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e-con Systems Launches Capella
The Capella reference design comes with a Software Development Kit with full source code for application development on top of V4L2 or OpenCV, enabling customers to develop their own Stereo Vision Camera based applications.
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Fundamental Law of High Speed Flying Maneuverability Discovered
The discovery of an ultimate speed limit for birds flying through forest clutter could help shape the design of future autonomous aerial vehicles.
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Real-Time Computer Vision Processing on a Wearable System
The proposed project involves the development of a wearable system that is capable of processing visual imagery from a camera in real-time and providing the user with actionable information. The system will be evaluated based on the image processing frame rate and its ability to detect obstacles.
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Breaking Free the Gumstix DSP
For a senior design project, I was part of a team that needed to process Fast Fourier Transforms on an embedded computer. Specifically, I chose to use the Gumstix Overo Fire because of the integrated Digital Signal Processor (DSP), which has Fast Fourier Transforms as part of the Texas Instruments API.
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T-Net News: Neodyn Systems Announces Gumstix® Contract with SJ Geophysics
"Gumstix® allowed us to focus on optimising the analogue circuits," says William Hue. "Our approach is always to use the right solution for each product."
"Using an off-the-shelf computer-on-module (“COM”) in the DABstix project saved $40,000 and four months" full story »
Gumstix Powered Paper Phone
Move over, iPhone; you soon could be replaced by the paper smartphone.
That's the prediction from Prof. Roel Vertegaal, director of Queen's University's Human Media Lab, who will be presenting an interactive paper computer that duplicates many of the functions of an iPhone -from making calls to playing music to sharing books… full story »
New! Android Board Support Package for the Gumstix Overo Series
Now Available!! Intelligraphics' first Android Board Support Package for the Gumstix Overo Hardware Platform. This Android enabled Kernel 2.6.29 BSP includes: boot loader (u-boot), HDMI based display for up-to 720p resolution, USB EHCI HOST, USB OTG DEVICE or HOST and 10/100 Ethernet ports.... more »
Gumstix Powered Filesharers in the Sky
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s an anarchic, copyright-flouting peer-to-peer filesharing site hosted from a high-altitude balloon... full story
e-con Systems Launches 5MP HD Camera Solution for Gumstix Overo Computer on modules
e-con’s new 5M Pixel High Definition (HD) Camera Solution launch will help engineers to develop a Gumstix-based solution in surveillance, robotics, image handling and other related video-based product designs... full story
A Cluster of Gumstix
Gumstix is packing seven Gumstix Overo computer-on-modules (COMs) into a single Stagecoach board. The board is so small (70mm by 293mm) that three could fit on a sheet of paper. The Stagecoach board links the Overo modules using 100Mbit/s switched fast Ethernet network. Each module is assigned its own IP address. Plans are already in the works for 256 node cluster... full story
Gumstix Overo Review
One of the OMAP3 modules available is the Overo from Gumstix. As the company name suggests, this module looks about like a stick of gum, but smaller. The Gumstix module provides a lot of functionality in a very small package. It is reasonably priced, and is an excellent way to quickly create a product that has advanced functionality such as a high powered CPU (OMAP3), high speed USB, DSP, 3-D graphics acceleration..... full story
Can Intel Do Power-Efficiency?
The latest version of its Atom-based Netbook chip-set, called Moorestown, draws up to half the power in active mode and up to 50 times less power in idle mode compared to its predecessor, Rajesh Patel, lead architect for the chip-set, told the Stanford University conference..... full story
Linux - The New 'Hot' Job Skill
Nationwide unemployment may be heading toward double-digits in the U.S., but among the skills that are in highest demand are those of a Linux sysadmin. That's partly due to the effects of the recession -- more companies are willing to experiment with lower-cost open source alternatives to proprietary software. Still, the good news is qualified: Many of those jobs can be done anywhere on the planet..... full story
Take advantage of open-source hardware
Many designers are familiar with open-source software, such as Linux, in which the source code is available to all. However, fewer are familiar with organizations offering open-source hardware. These organizations release free information, including schematics, BOM (bill-of-materials) information, and PCB (printed-circuit-board)-layout data, covering the overall hardware design.... full story
Adeneo Embedded announces Windows Embedded CE BSP for Gumstix Overo computer-on-module series
Adeneo Embedded, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner with facilities in Europe and the U.S. presented at TI Tech Days 2009 (Dallas, TX) a preview of its new Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Board Support Package (BSP) for the Gumstix Overo compuInstruments OMAP35x Applications Processors... full story
Linux Touchscreen Smartphone
Open source hacker community GizmoForYou is shipping a Linux hardware/software kit for building a modular touchcreen smartphone. Based on the OMAP35x-based Gumstix Overo Earth single-board computer (SBC), the Flow phone offers modules including GPS, 3.5G cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi, and a camera, says the group... full story
Short and Sweet - the best things are open and free
When I first came across Gumstix, my jaw dropped. Gumstix are fully functional computer motherboards, the size of a gumstick or smaller, that run Linux. The latest in the Gumstix line, the Overo Earth, pushes the boundaries of ultra small computers -- and kicks some serious butt doing it.... .... full story
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