On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 8:51 PM, David Farning <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Indeed, this is excellent material. > > 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. -- 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.
