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Can ANY wall power adapter be used with gumstix products?
A wall adapter from Gumstix, Inc. is the best choice to use with any gumstix configuration as Gumstix only sells wall adapters which have a 5v regulated output.

Any wall adapter not sourced from Gumstix, Inc. needs to be checked closely as many wall adapters have an unregulated voltage output, which means that the voltage may be around seven (7) volts.

Check the output voltage on a scope to see the voltage that is being produced by the third-party wall adapter before using it on a gumstix product.