I am probably the opposite of Charles above. I have been "toying" with Linux ( Debian ) since the mid 90's, and have been building desktops about as long. I picked up programing as a hobby in the late 90's starting with quick basic on dos, and rapidly moving through ASM, C, C++ and many higher level languages.
Prior to owning a BBB though I had zero hands on with embedded Linux, and had never written a program for Linux. The only semi related experience I had was writing software for a Rabbit Semi "web device" and the MSP430 Launchpad. The latter here actually helped me a lot towards understanding how the GCC toolchain needs to be setup, while the former used a proprietary language called "Dynamic C", and IMHO is a nightmare. Anyway, we picked up out 2 BBB's right at release last year, and you can bet I was in over my head. However, even then with less information around I was able to find information on everything I needed. Mostly through google, but also from people like Robert Nelson for working to get Debian running on the hardware, and answering the occasional question. MY point is, if I can learn how to get done what I want on the BBB, anyone else can. BUt they need to be serious, and having no experience with Linux is going ot definitely be a hindrance for them. So . .. learn how to use Linux *FIRST*. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Charles Steinkuehler < [email protected]> wrote: > On 5/17/2014 4:25 PM, David Farning wrote: > > I Have been playing with my BeagleBoneBlack for the last couple of > > week and have been exceptionally pleased. > > > > The biggest stumbling block has been related to documentation. The > > product has been progressing faster than the volunteer writers. I was > > wondering if anyone had considered working on a coordinated set of > > tutorials. My first exposure to this category of devices was > > https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/AIK/ARDX-EG-SPAR-PRINT-85-REV-10.pdf > > . We had a great time working through the exercise over the course of > > a couple of week :) > > > > If anyone has a suggestions for BBB tutorial topics and a place to > > host them, I would be happy to help organize this project and write a > > few of the articles. There are already a lot of great stuff out > > there... it can just be a little hard to find or a little out of date. > > Good luck! I think the community needs more easy-to-succeed beginner > level tutorials. You might want to keep an eye on the Bone101 GSOC > project: > > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/GSoC/2014_Projects#Project:_Bone101 > > ...it sounds like it could work well with what you're wanting to do. > > I've been working with minimal and "alternate" architecture Linux > systems (PPC, MIPS, & Alpha) since the mid-1990's, so the BeagleBone was > easy for me to start using, but I realize it's pretty foreign for a lot > of new users. > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [email protected] > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
