Re: [Gumstix-users] Difference between gumstix and cobox

[Jean J. <jea...@du...>]

Dear Jim,

Thank you very much for this reply.
As i'm not an electronic geek i'm a bit confused about what kind of 
product i should choose.
My first project would be this one,  someone is coming to my website, 
this action could trigger the lighting of an array of leds.
I would also love to remotly control servo motors thru an ethernet 
connection.

I dont't know if this kind of thing can be done with gumstix ?

Best regards,


Jean-Jacques

Jim Walters wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Well, from looking at the webpage, I'd have to say that the Lantronix 
> part is not the same as a gumstix.  The two devices seem to be aimed 
> at to very different market segments.  The Lantronix device seems to 
> be designed to network enable a system that currently only has a 
> serial port.  I see that as a quick fix for a person or company that 
> wants to add that one single feature without doing significant 
> hardware and software redesign of an existing system.  The gumstix 
> device is significantly more general purpose, and really makes the 
> most sense as the foundation upon which to base a new design.  The 
> rich feature set of Linux combined with the flexibility of many 
> different hardware expansion options and openness of the development 
> community make the things you can do with a gumstix limited only by 
> your imagination and spare time.
>
> I hope that wasn't completely useless advice/opinion/information!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Walters
>
> Jean Jacques wrote:
>
>> Dear Mailing list,
>>
>> I would like to ask you a stupid question, i would like to know if 
>> the gumstix is the same product as a cobox 
>> (http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/micro.html) 
>>
>>
>> I tried to read and understand as much as i can, what i've found is 
>> that the gumstix is running under linux (which i really do 
>> appreciate) and the cobox is not.
>>
>> In fact i would like to build networked objects and i'm looking for 
>> the best hardware (to be used with a PIC), your advices are welcome.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jean-Jacques
>>
>>
>>
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