Gumstix

Gumstix is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California. It develops and manufactures small system boards comparable in size to a stick of gum.^[2] In 2003, when it was first fully functional, it used ARM architecture system on a chip (SoC) and an operating system based on Linux 2.6 kernel.^[3][4] It has an online tool called Geppetto that allows users to design their own boards. In August 2013 it started a crowd-funding service to allow a group of users that want to get a custom design manufactured to share the setup costs.^[4]

Gumstix, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Computer hardware
Founded	2003; 21 years ago (2003)[1]
Headquarters	Redwood City, California
Key people	Gordon Kruberg, CEO
Products	Complete computer systems, Gumstix Overo and verdex pro computer-on-modules, and a series of I/O expansion boards with accessories
Number of employees	Under 25 (11-50)
Website	www.gumstix.com

A side-by-side size comparison of a US Quarter, a Gumstix Overo Earth, a stick of gum, and the Gumstix Summit expansion board.

See also

• Arduino
• Embedded system
• Raspberry Pi
• Stick PC

References

1. "GUMSTIX, INC". OpenCorporates. August 17, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
2. Greenemeier, Larry (September 29, 2006). "Gumstix Aims At Mobile Apps". InformationWeek. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
3. Larson, Erik (2003). "Introduction to GumStix Computers" (PDF). University of West Florida. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
4. Lunduke, Bryan (August 20, 2013). "For $50, you can build a custom Android or Linux mini-computer". Network World. Retrieved October 19, 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Gumstix users wiki
• Gumstix mailing list archives on nabble