Postby lesto » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:27 am
nice news!
as freshmeat i would like to see the following;
first of all basic of C should be considered a prerequisite.
control loop, function, pointer, list, pointer to function, struct, allocation should be a know path. See later about allocation
an introduction to RTOS
one example to reproduce all Arduino function (digital read, digital write, analog read, pwm output, ppm output, easy communication with PC like USB-CDC)
because i think almost everybody that come here have at least an arduino background, and moving on know path is a lot easyer. Put here other simple HAL example, like "hey, you can also do that!"
Now it should be time to introduce memory allocation; a basic introuction on how it differs from PC's malloc, and maybe even why some tecnical choose of the system. Then a simple example of the allocation sistems
Then it would be great to see a really basic explanation to multithreading and differencies from PCs, and start to itrocuce thread and locking mechanism, with an example of thread, and at least most important lock.
at that point the API should be less or more covered, so maybe some part of chibios itself can be used as complex example to be analized and discussed on how things works and why.
bonus: a guide on how import a new bord/architecture would be nice, as an overview of the C++ bridge, and many other things like nil etc.
I feel it should be open to everybody to edit and most important ADD new pages/example, and have a discussion place over all examples, maybe a section for question about the book's example.
I want a paper-copy of the book. xD
as example may be done with just some LED, resistor, photoresistence etc, i would do a list of things suggested to buy. I would not only focus on that small list of object, but also on a specific board, the one who gives you the most easy setup and on-board different bus sensor.
in order to have it ready for the 3.0 launch.
