On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Michael Adeyeye <[email protected]>wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Joel Sherrill <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> 2010/10/29 Michael Adeyeye <[email protected]>:
>> > 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.
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>> > I looked online if the suppliers could provide me with some free boards,
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>> > 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.
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>> 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.
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>> --joel sherrill
>> RTEMS
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> Thanks Joel. But we are not thinking of simulations. The RTEMS project is
awesome. We might get some students, who might be interested in it, here.

Regards,
Michael.

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>> > Regards,
>> > Michael.
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>> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Mel Chua <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> >> /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.
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>> >> 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?
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>> >> 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
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>> >> [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
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