hi azzy. i ordered a jtag cable and one logic analyzer. but now i just learned that i must solder jtag header pins onto the bbb. it appears that i can only buy the (samtec) header from digikey for $4. but they only ship by courier for $40! where did u get your headers?
thx.............dd On Monday, October 28, 2013 5:18:24 PM UTC+2, azzythehillbilly mir wrote: > > Hi Forum, > > > > I have a problem and I am hoping that I kind soul will direct me whereby I > am able to help myself get on my feet. > > This is a bit embarrassing, but here it goes. I got myself a BBB because I > want to switch from using MCS-51 processors and the like. I have no > formal schooling in processors or electronics. I started working on > processors around 1980 when I got hold of an Ohio scientific and later an > AppleII+. Later moved to Z80/Z8000/8086/68030 and similar as I started to > formally design HW and SW for embedded systems. > > Never had to bother even with C so have been hacking merrily away with > Assembly only. Rarely adding ( with difficulty) bits of code for floating > point when my own extended math routines simply would not do. This works > for me as I have learned to cram as much functionality as possible into > limited resources. I can get working code written and debugged faster than > most C coders can. I know nearly zero about Linux//Ubuntu/Fedora. Unless > someone has worked on the simple old controllers one might not understand > how exciting ( mouth watering even! ) it is to contemplate the peripherals > this Sitara 3359 processor provides. I just need to get a jump start. > > > > Here is the problem, I want to write code for the Sitara-3359 and learn > the nuts and bolts of low level programming (assy). I need some kind of a > simple IDE Where I can take control of the processor from reset onwards ( > barring un-by passable initializing code prewritten into the processor?). > I have been searching all over the net for just that but come up frustrated > by the huge number of names/acronyms and all. There are just too many > branches to investigate. I get lost every time I try. For the moment I > want merely to exercise the Sitara and study its responses, no desire to > write any commercial application (with the possible exception of a camera > interface for my telescopes). > > > > Please kindly somebody point me in the right directions. Once I have the > correct IDE set up I can take over and dive into the details. No problem > there. > > Thanks in advance > > > Azzythehillbilly > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
