New toy called GUMSTIX

[PBinda]

Hi Folks! I've just received a new toy from Santa Claus for a R&D project that will start next year. The item is a AM300 EPD Prototype Kit from E-ink (www.eink.com) running of a Gumstix Verdex XM4-bt board. Has someone already experienced LV running on gumstix?

Thanks in advance,

Pietro

[Michael.Phillips]

Hi Pietro,

The gumstix platform can make a great LabVIEW target. It has a powerful processor, lots of memory, and runs Linux OS. You can use the LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK to port LabVIEW's C Code Generator to build applications for the gumstix. 

The main hurdle with the gumstix is building the tool chain to run on Windows. Once that is done, the target is very similar to the example Unix Console target, which is included in the LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK. Alternatively, you could use the tool chain on a Linux PC or virtual machine, and script the toolchain remotely with LabVIEW.

[Timothy C]

Pietro,

We actually have LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK ported on Gumstix here in UCLA for several research projects.

As Michael mentioned, cross-compiling the GNU tools for Cygwin can be a very frustrating task and the results may varies on different computers.

For the starters, you may want to use the pre-built GNU tools for Cygwin. I found one from TomTom (they actually use Linux on their products, so they have to make their source codes and toolchains freely available). Their GCC version is a bit old (3.3.4), but hey, it's free and it does the tricks 🙂

http://www.tomtom.com/page.php?Page=gpl

After getting the toolchain installed, all you have to do is take the UNIX console target as a template, and cross-compile the run-time libraries for LabVIEW Microprocessor SDK.

You may contact me if you are interested, I may able to find a way to make the Gumstix target support package available for download in some form.

Tim

[JGaines]

Hi Tim.  My name is Jonathan Gaines and I am very interested in Gumstix tarket support.  I am a student at Virginia Tech, have purchased the Overo Earth from Gumstix, gotten my hands on the Microprocessor SDK, and would like to port Labview embedded.  Please contact me if you are willing to help.  Thanks

Jonathan