Has anyone looked at the Embedded Beagle Class work that Mark Yoder has done at http://elinux.org/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=e&to=&namespace=0 ?
That looks like at very good starting point for a set of general purpose beagle board tutorials. On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 7:29 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
