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OpenGL Demos on Gumstix Overo Fire

September 14, 2010 by Alexandru Csete

I was surprised to see how well the OpenGL demos run on the Gumstix Overo Fire. I have laptops that perform worse! These demos were all included in the Overo image i downloaded from Gumstix.

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Categories Gumstix Overo Tags embedded, fire, Gumstix, linux, Overo

Kernel panic, accidental downgrade and working webcam

September 13, 2010 by Alexandru Csete

It has been a busy night but I have made good progress with the Gumtix Overo Fire. Today’s report is action packed with kernel panics, painful downgrades and a working webcam.

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Categories Gumstix Overo Tags Angstrom, computer, embedded, fire, gstreamer, Gumstix, kernel, linux, logitech, opkg, Overo, panic, quickcam, tobi, webcam

Gumstix Overo Fire booting from microSD card

August 21, 2016September 12, 2010 by Alexandru Csete

I’m happy to report that I managed to make my Gumstix Overo Fire boot from the microSD card! After a few failed attempts as I mentioned here, I noticed an error message in the boot sequence:

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Categories Gumstix Overo Tags Angstrom, computer, embedded, fire, Gumstix, linux, omap3530, Overo

Gumstix Overo Fire on a rocket

September 6, 2010 by Alexandru Csete

Few weeks ago I was told about an opportunity to fly something small on an amateur rocket in October, when the guys from Danish Space Challenge will launch a bunch of rockets. I figured it was a good excuse to resume my work with the Gumstix Overo embedded conputer that I have lying around.

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Categories Gumstix Overo Tags computer, embedded, fire, Gumstix, linux, Overo
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