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   gbulmer
   Moderator

   I sometimes find it hard to get to sleep at night ... :-)

   I am an old guy, and I LIKE reading books.
   Also I am a 'bouncer'. I understand something at a high level, then want to do the detail to se if it works, then I want to integrate that into my high-level understanding, then extend.
   I find I am more effective at learning when I have the materials to support all the ways I learn. Good books fulfil a role for me.

   I will install and 'fool around with' webpack, but a really good book would support me learning faster.

   Also, I am happy to take a book to 'the can' (no, not the bus:-), but it feels downright weird taking a laptop ;-)

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   crenn
   Moderator

   I wish I could share the material I learnt from.

   Ever thought about taking a kindle with you to the lavoratory? (lame joke there)

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   edpell
   Member

   Freescale has cortex-m4 now. NXP folks say Q1 2011 for samples. I would expect that by the end of 2011 all cortex manufacturers will have cortex-m4s. At the embedded conference in Boston in September NXP made it sound like m4 was right around the corner. But two weeks ago I asked NXP sales and they said samples Q1 2011.

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   larryang
   Member

   IIRC, the webpack has a fairly decent tutorial.

   If you want a good theoretical understanding, one of my professors would suggest reading the Bachus-Naur format (BNF) for VHDL (IEEE Standar 1076 Appendix A). Very dry though...

   Posted 5 years ago #
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   gbulmer
   Moderator

   If you want a good theoretical understanding, one of my professors would suggest reading the Bachus-Naur format (BNF)

   I assume that professor had a whicked sense of humour, and was joking with you guys :-)
   IMHO, the BNF/EBNF of a programming language is very close the the least interesting part.

   I want to understand the rationale, semantics, how to test and debug it, where the edges are, the favoured idioms, what not to use it for. That sort of stuff.

   Maybe the easiest way to explain what I would like is to ask for the VHDL equivalent of "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"
   http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
   But a 'Kernighan & Ritchie' equivalent be fabulous.

   Seems like a good section for the web site when Oak arrives.

   Kindle in the 'lavoratory' D'oh! (Hmmm, not such a bad idea :-)

   Posted 5 years ago #

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