Posted by: GizmoMan
in Articles on Apr 06, 2011
Posted by: GizmoMan
in Hardware Descriptions on Aug 22, 2010
As most of our Gizmos, this one was suggested by one of our members. The idea was to have these Wall plugs through out the house and by means of gestures and sound commands to be able to control different appliances, security and other house-hold hardware. In this description we shall explain all main parts of the device and the reason for their existence.
Posted by: GizmoMan
in Tutorials on Feb 25, 2010
We get allot of questions from our members and other forums about electronic design and the work-flow we follow when making a Gizmo come to life. One of these questions caught our attention for making this Blog entry. The question was: Hi, I am new to embedded development and your site has been of great help to me. I had a query regarding the way device are made from Scratch to Finish. I am going to take the example of Flow 1.0 or 1.5. I wanted to know, your initial designs and spec say that the phone will have XYZ features. After it is decided that you are going to use Gumstix for your project, what is the procedure after that? As far as I can understand after selecting all the features, you sit through the data sheets of each component used in the project and work out the schematic layout using KiCad or eagle CAD. I wanted to know after you have decided the interfaces like blue-tooth,WiFi ,sensors, how do you simulate your circuit? Is there any software or tool you use to determine the behavior or is it just trial and error system. It would be great if you could guide me through the process of the design, after the device specifications.
Posted by: GizmoMan
in Hardware Descriptions on Jan 31, 2010
In this article we shall be describing all of the hardware features of the FLOW G1.5 in detail as well as mentioning general information about the Gizmo it self. After reading this article you should have a better understanding of the features available on the device ether you are a hardware specialist or not.
Posted by: GizmoMan
in Articles on Jan 30, 2010
The idea for this Gizmo came up when me and my wife were Kite Surfing.... (everyone has to stay in shape and get out of that chair once in a while..)
