What is your background?
I'm a recent college graduate with a Computer Science Degree (from the United States Military Academy at West Point) and a love for technology. That is to say...someone who knows just enough to get himself into trouble. I just finished writing an article for the Linux Journal (published June 2011) about compiling a 2.6.33 Kernel with the drivers and libraries necessary to run the Digital Signal Processor.
What started your interest in Gumstix technology?
Originally it was for a senior design project, but it has quickly turned into an obsessive hobby.
On what projects are you currently working?
I just finished writing an article for the Linux Journal about compiling a 2.6.33 Kernel with the drivers and libraries necessary to run the Digital Signal Processor. I needed the DSP for use in my senior design project to perform Fast Fourier Transforms, but at the time I could not find a definitive tutorial. So my article for the Linux Journal was how to manually compile the kernel using DSPbridge outside of the open embedded environment. This allowed my project group to then use the DSP for our calculations. For more information please refer to the June 2011 addition of the Linux Journal!
Which Gumstix products are you using in the project?
I used the Gumstix Overo Fire COM and the tobi expansion board.
Why is Gumstix technology the best solution for the project?
We chose the Overo Fire because it had a Digital Signal Processor and low power draw.
What projects do you have planned for the future?
I'm going to pursue making a low power sensor network, realistically it will be a low power wireless botnet. I don't really have a purpose for this project yet other than seeing it's feasibility, but my hope is to provide a modular framework so others with definite goals will have a starting point.
Will Gumstix technology be part of your future plans?
Definitely!
If so, why?
Because of the modularity of Gumstix devices and the ability to use one COM for many purposes.
