From: Phil Schmidt <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 1:05 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [beagleboard] Really, how do I get started?
> I just got a BeagleBone Black, and I've been fumbling around the documentation > for almost 3 days, and still don't feel I know how to get started doing what I > want to do.... > > Goal: I want to create some hard-real-time PRU functionality, create a > less-hard-real-time executive running under Linux, and link the two together, > so that I can control/monitor the functionality at the PRU level via ethernet. > > My background: I have many years of down-to-the-metal embedded systems > development, using no RTOS or an embedded RTOS. I use Windows, and I use > desktop Linux and use the terminal when I need to, but I don't have deep > knowledge of how Linux works. > > Where I've landed thus far: I have installed the TI Code Composer Studio on > Windows - and it looks reasonable enough. I have a TI AM335x SDK installed on > a Linux PC, and have a micro-SD with the SDK on it, but have not installed it > on the BBB. I have read tons of documentation, but nothing that walks a newbie > through the development and deployment process. > > Sticking points and questions: > * I have a gaping hole in my knowledge about embedded Linux, and how to > develop and deploy applications to it. Are there any good online resources to > help me along with this? Books? Other suggestions? > * I am going down the path of installing the TI SDK, but I don't even know if > this is the right thing to do. How do I evaluate my options in the context of > my objectives? > * Can I do PRU development and make it run on and with the Debian distro that > is factory installed on the BBB? > I could ask lots more questions, but I think this provides a good picture of > where I'm at with all this. Can anyone offer some guidance? Given your limited knowledge of embedded Linux, I would recommend buying this book because it covers everything you have asked for above: http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-BeagleBone-Techniques-Building-Embedded/dp/1 118935128/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422565808&sr=8-1&keywords=Beagleboneblack& pebp=1422565811391&peasin=1118935128 Regards, John > > > Thanks! > Phil > > -- > 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.
