Here is the given Gumstix computer, with a ten cent coin placed tactfully nearby for size comparisons. This picture includes the mainboard, console board and wifistix, and would be capable of using Wifi, or connecting to a computer via serial.
Of course, just leaving the Gumstix sitting there is fairly pointless, so I connected it via serial port to one of our computers to get it set up. I used hyperterminal to set up a connection, using the information from this very useful wiki page
Having connected to the computer, I worked on getting wireless working properly on my home router, as discussed previously. Restarting the wireless connection a few times led to my happiness in seeing my given static IP popping up each time, so I was able to disconnect the serial board from the Gumstix and connect only the wifistix.
Of course, Murphy's law states that having bragged about getting a static IP working on the Gumstix, when I go to get a screen-grab of me SSHing triumphantly into the Gumstix, my laptop decides that it's not having any of it, so my faithful readers(!) will have to make do with a putty SSH.
So I've remotely logged into the Gumstix computer, which gets rid of many restrictions on the unit, as we now know what IP it will have each time it boots which means that we don't need the serial connection unless we're flashing the file-system, or changing the wireless information. Also, in testing the cross-compilation toolchain previously mentioned that comes with Buildroot, I had to SCP (secure copy) the compiled binary from the host machine onto the Gumstix, which confirmed that transferring files between host computer and Gumstix is very easy.
Finally, here is the little "Hello World" C program at work on the Gumstix computer. I'll be working on trying to cross-compile more advanced programs next, as well as working on the Bluetooth aspect of the project.
So that's about it for pictures. I'll have a few more screengrabs and hardware pictures when I start working on the Bluetooth aspects of the project; the cross-compiled programs will likely speak for themselves.
Right now though, I'm planning on setting up a TODO wiki page for the project on the CSI trac (which I'm not finding half as useful as the old GForge page, unfortunately).
Over and out!
2 comments:
Do make whatever improvements you feel necessary to the new wiki. That wiki is directed towards gumstix newbies like you so take ownership of it :-)
Will do, Lorcan! Most of the other trac info was invaluable to me, so hopefully I'll have something to pass on to other newbies.
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