http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/ 2010-09-09T12:44:31+01:00 http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/ http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-06T08:26:04+01:00 http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/doku.php/gumstix_bible:starting:mac_os_x?rev=1218007564&do=diff There were a couple of things i had to set up on my new MacBook before I could get access to the gumstix: * First you need to install the usb-serial controller driver, mine uses the PL2303 chipset so I use <http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/> * By default OS X doesn't have Kermit so you'll need to get that cku211.tar.gz * Ungzip and Untar it * Using the terminal 'cd' into the directory and run 'make macosx103' * Install it with 'sudo make install' * Also you'll need to … text/html 2008-08-06T08:24:07+01:00 http://www.pegasushabproject.org.uk/wiki/doku.php/gumstix_bible:starting:making_a_serial_cable_for_breakout_boards?rev=1218007447&do=diff To connect to the gumstix's ttl serial ports (usbnet doesn't work on the verdex models as they are usbhost rather then usbclients) it was necessary to make a cable and also voltage shift. * Usb-Serial Controller * Sparkfun smd level shifter * Cable * I didn't want the cable to be permanent, I found that the gumstix holes are 0.05”, therefore you can still use them. Conveniently there is a set up of TxD, Vcc, RxD, gap, GnD, Txd, Vcc, the underlined ones are all separated by 0.1” so its…