Hi Adrian,
> We are using a Gumstix basix 200, a robostix, and we also have a tweener
> board. We are currently using the robostix/gumstix combo and connecting =
to
> the gumstix over Bluetooth. When necessary, we will disconnect the robos=
tix
> and connect via our serial cable and the tweener.
You can use the tweener with the robostix.
http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=3DTweener-Mod
> Do we actually have to replace the entire filesystem in order to run the
> program, or can we run programs from our MMC card?
You can definitly run programs from the MMC card.
> Also, we were going to try to flash our Gumstix with the JFFS2 filesystem
> that we created with the buildroot, but we noticed that it is 5.6MB! Thi=
s
> will not work for the Gumstix, correct? We thought that the Gumstix flas=
h
> is only 4MB...
Yep. You'll want to prune a bunch of stuff out. The uisp/C++
programming environment takes up quite a bit of space. This page talks
about running uisp from the MMC card:
http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=3DRobostix-Gumstix-ISP
The gumstix-XM has 16 Mb of flash.
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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/
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