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Re: Gumstix Programming

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Originally Posted by EHaskins
What does it cost to get a gumstix running Windows CE?
I have used the Gumstix Connex 400xm - 400MHz XScale and 16MB of flash, which looks like it's going for $129 now. You also need a "tweener" board which gives you a serial port as well as access to the JTAG lines. You will need an ARM JTAG programmer - you can build one yourself or buy one like this .

As far as software goes, you will need Microsoft Platform Builder (there is a free 120-day trial) and Visual Studio 2005 (for .NET CF development).

That will get you to where you can flash the Drumstix bootloader onto the Gumstix and begin building CE OS images. As long as your OS image includes the .NET CF runtime you can connect to the Gumstix with VS2005 and download applications.