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; 22 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