2010/10/29 Michael Adeyeye <micadey...@gmail.com>: > Many thanks to everyone for their contributions. I have also sought opinions > of colleagues here. I am right with the listed equipments. We will be > exploring both - ARM and MIPS - architectures. And we do have the expertise > to put them into full use. As I earlier said, the equipments will always be > used by all the students. The postgraduate students will be required to > guide the undergraduate students, when they need to use the equipments. We > already run courses at both levels that require the equipments. > > I looked online if the suppliers could provide me with some free boards, but > they've run out of free ones. It would be great if I could get them by the > end of November so that we could get a hang of them before the school > resumes in January.
FWIW RTEMS uses a number of simulators for testing. We have support for about 20 simulator configurations. We have BSPs for ARM and MIPS simulators. Most of them don't have the features of say a BeagleBoard but depending on what you are teaching, some of them may be good targets. They are very easy to use. --joel sherrill RTEMS > Regards, > Michael. > > > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Mel Chua <m...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> /me reads comments from Steve and Matt, blinks, absorbs, and learns a >> *lot*, filing thoughts away for future reference when I someday become a >> prof myself. Wow. Thanks, guys. >> >> Michael - I want to give you some time and space to rethink and respond, >> but one thing that would be helpful to know on this end: what's your >> timeline for this? I'm not sure when your term starts/ends; regardless >> of what equipment you decide to ask for at the end, when will you need >> it by? >> >> I do echo the general suggestion of starting with something small and >> achievable and asking the manufacturer first, as from my own personal >> experience[0] the larger suppliers are pretty psyched when schools ask >> to teach using their platform and usually express that happiness with >> massive discounts and/or donations. Mmm, donations. >> >> --Mel >> >> [0] as a student asking for project hardware - think of it this way; >> manufacturers want students to learn on their stuff so when they go to >> work and design things that will be manufactured in the tens of >> thousands of units, they'll *still* use their stuff. :D >> _______________________________________________ >> tos mailing list >> tos@teachingopensource.org >> http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
