Ok, The twin challenges for a double-newbie are:
a) selecting the right toolchain and development tools, ide etc. - so far I've identified at least ten (mbed, platformio, Kiel, IVR, Crossworks, Clion, Sublime (seems most common), etc. b) evaluating MyNew against alternatives: - no OS (seems most common), FreeRTOS, mBed, etc. etc. In each case the defacto evaluation task seems to be blinking the onboard LED. So, with regards to MyNewt: - I used the Docker install option, but couldn't get the first project to work, the error was: ``` ../newt install docker: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon. Is the docker daemon running on this host?. See 'docker run --help'. ``` Note: Docker machine was started without any problem: ``` ⇒ docker-machine start default Starting "default"... (default) Check network to re-create if needed... (default) Waiting for an IP... Machine "default" was started. Waiting for SSH to be available... Detecting the provisioner... Started machines may have new IP addresses. You may need to re-run the `docker-machine env` command. ⇒ docker-machine env default export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY="1" export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://192.168.99.100:2376" export DOCKER_CERT_PATH="/Users/davem/.docker/machine/machines/default" export DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME="default" # Run this command to configure your shell: # eval $(docker-machine env default) ``` also the simulated version didn't seem to want to run: ``` ⇒ ./bin/my_blinky_sim/apps/blinky/blinky.elf zsh: exec format error: ./bin/my_blinky_sim/apps/blinky/blinky.elf ``` So, that's as far as I got with MyNewt. Hope it helps. David ps: do we have a slack channel or Github issue system? Easier to past code with markdown than in email. On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Sterling Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > On 28 May 2016, at 11:47, David Moshal wrote: > >>> i’d be interested in what others (especially newcomers) would have found >>> helpful in the release tarballs in terms of documentation. i feel like we >>> have a fairly good set of docs on mynewt.apache.org, but that often people >>> want to see the docs next to the source code— and not have to wonder what’s >>> on a website. but i’d take others thoughts here: i usually just go ahead >>> and try and break things, and then search for docs after they don’t work. >> >> >> Sterling: I'm a double newcomer, i.e: new to MyNewt, and new to embedded >> C. >> Does that count? >> > > Of course. We’ll take it in that context, but if you’re willing to take the > time to put your thoughts down- it will only help us. > > Thanks, > > Sterling
