Reference Designs

More about Reference Designs:

Gumstix products offer an industry-leading solution with which to build a product reference design. Gumstix technology and development environment provides:
  1. A wide range of function including GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11B/G, 10/100 ethernet, compact flash, MMC, microSD, GPIO, RS232 serial, LCD connectivity, USB host and more,
  2. Superior software development environment for rapid application development,
  3. Online posting of expansion board schematics for custom design work without license fees,
  4. Very low product pricing,
  5. # Simplicity and availability for purchasing one (1) or up to (120) units online,
  6. A rapid development cycle.
  
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Customer Reference Designs

Here are some reference designs that are available in the market today:

Product Manufacturer Link Gumstix Product Software Reference Design Further Information
Active Matrix Electronic Display prototype kit eInk Embeds the gumstix basix motherboard with Bluetooth and a connector modification Review eInk product information eInk prototype kits  
Readius rollable display device demo Polymer Vision Embeds the gumstix basix motherboard with Bluetooth Review Readius product information Readius device demo  


Ideas for new Reference Designs

Here are some reference design ideas with gumstix technology that could be developed:

Product Manufacturer Link Gumstix Product Software Reference Design Further Information
Samsung: LCD screen Samsung.com Purchase the LCD Pack which includes the Samsung 4.3" LCD screen small app needed to demonstrate the 4.3" Samsung screen   LCD technical and configuration information
Marvell® 88W8385 module for 802.11(b) and 802.11(g) Marvell Technology Group Purchase the Starter Pack and add the wifi module EU or wifi module FCC small app needed to demonstrate the wifi function   verdex wireless configurations
u-Blox: NEO-4S GPS module u-Blox NEO 4S Individually order components of the Starter Pack but replace the netmicroSD board with the GPSstix expansion board small app needed to demomstrate the GPS function   GPSstix and verdex configuration
SMSC: LAN9117 ethernet controller SMSC LAN9117 ethernet controller Leverage a gumstix starter pack which includes the netmicroSD expansion board small app needed to demonstrate the Ethernet function   verdex 10/100 configurations



Gumstix' expansion board schematics are openly available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike2.5 License.

  
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