From: Arthur M. <ar...@ar...> - 2004-03-25 18:23:47
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I like your ideas Jon. I like the GumStix for being small and cheap. I'm interested in trying a bit of hardware hacking with it, but like you, haven't come up with The Idea(tm) yet. It seems that with the exposed I2C a lot of things are possible. From a hardware point of view, there's a lot of beef in the GumStix (the last hardware I worked on was a PIC with a handful of bytes!). The full Linux environment to develop in is an absolute bonus. I'd like to see a library of daughter boards build up. I guess a useful starting point would be a 'bare' daughter board PCB, including only the connector and board outline. I've previously used a package called EAGLE (www.cadsoft.de) for laying out PCB's, mainly because it's affordable. It's also available for Windows and Linux. I've no link to the company, I just like their product. Judging by a couple of Gordon's illustrations I'd guess that's what he uses too(?). Then we can start building up a selection of useful circuit modules. I2C stepper motor controller, I2C DAC/ADC, etc, etc. Okay, I feel inspired now...just need that idea... Arthur |