Re: [Gumstix-users] Why Gumstix ?

[Michael C. <mi...@ca...>]

Its a great platform for many things.  Consider a UAV for instance, You =
need to process many different telemtry inputs, process much information =
to make appropirate flight adjustments base on flight commands and then =
continously update flight controls.  The more often you can do this per =
second the more accurate your flight will be. =20

But why Gumstix for simpler projects?  Well I think Bang for the buck =
matters here.  These platforms are extremely inexpensive.  While =
controllers like PIC and others can be pruchased for ~$10, you have many =
other tools which cost money.  The smaller micro controllers take a bit =
more in the way of electronics understanding to work with.  I think the =
bottom line is that the folks at GumStix priced their product just right =
that makes ideal for people to pick up and get started.  They do so =
much, and many smaller project are just stepping stones to learning what =
these controllers can do.  As the experience builds so does will the =
projects attempted. =20

As well if I'm developing a larger project, I'm certainly not going to =
try to describe the entire project to get one small piece working.  So =
while it may seem that there are only small project being built many of =
us are undertaking much larger projects.

I hope this helps,
michael

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Demetris Zavorotnichenko=20
  To: Gumstix Sorce forge forum=20
  Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 11:36 AM
  Subject: [Gumstix-users] Why Gumstix ?



  Hi guys.

  I have a question that i have been wanting to ask for a long time now.

  I don't want to get anyone offended or anything like that, i have been =
using Gumstix for some of my projects my self.

  I just have been looking on this mailing list for a while and i have =
seen some applications in which a Microprocessor with 400 MHz is just =
not nessesary.=20

  Like for instance:

  GPS tracking.

  RC, Gyro tracking (with servos)

  Serial LCD connection.

  GSM applications. - Data transfer.

  I mean, take for example The Gallileo Baloon project, no offence, a =
nice idea but why would someone need a 400 MHz processor to tell a =
Camera to take a photo and send GPS coordinates with a GSM module ?

  Or people are playing with Robots that work on Servos (Like from Lynx =
Motion)

  Mhy would someone need to go and set up a buildroot for a linux =
environment so that he could move 6 - 12 servos in a sequence or =
reacting to Gyro data ?


  I don't want to offend anyone and maybie most people use this machine =
for better use. But for those who don't, Could you please explain why ?


  Maybie i don't know much about Hardware or if there is a reason that a =
200 - 400 MHz processor is needed then please explain that reason to me.

  Demetris Z.




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