[beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-02 Thread murrellr
I received a Beaglebone Black to develop a homework project on. I plugged in the board to my USB and installed the Windows driver. I next wanted to develop a simple "Hello world" C project and debug it on this board. I didn't want to be a Newbie so I researched how to develop programs for thi

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
*This is not the fault of the hardware or the designers of the hardware. This is your fault for not knowing the tools. Harsh as it may seem, this is a fact. This is why professional software engineers with the skills to setup / use said tools get paid big money.* It is very much the responsibil

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
Thanks, Ivan, for giving a plausible solution. My project has to be in ANSI C and not C++. If Qt can accomplish that, I'll try it. On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:27:31 PM UTC-4, ivan_n wrote: > > As an alternative to eclipse-based IDEs there is the qt creator. After > changing code, with a

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:00:11 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:57 PM, > > wrote: > > This is not the fault of the hardware or the designers of the hardware. > This > > is your fault for not knowing the tools. Harsh as it may seem, this is a > > fact. Th

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:22:12 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > You can also use code::blocks IDE, and setup a custom toolchain. I did > this last year with linaro's WIndows armhf toolchain binary. > Can you put this into an installation package, document it, and get the Beaglebo

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:10:09 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > > > > I'm working with an industrial class board that costs $375 in single > > quantities. The single-seat QNX development license cost my company > $1500, > > but I was porting code to it in a day. > > Okay, good f

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
Already did, "someone" had to create the default debian image. ;) > > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu > http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/Home > > Regar

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie "how to get started"

2014-09-04 Thread murrellr
So you want to compare a $45 board with a $375 one with a $1500 development > license? Come on you can't be serious. Seems logic of a common variety is > lacking here. > > It's no ones fault but your own you're behind in the skills required for > your "homework" project. Step off the fricken h