New skills
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^ Languages and Software Development Tools
Languages and software development tools too investigate . . .
^ Python scripting language
Available with an interactive Python session:
:~$ python3
Python 3.8.5 (default, Jul 28 2020, 12:59:40)
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> credits
Thanks to CWI, CNRI, BeOpen.com, Zope Corporation and a cast of thousands
for supporting Python development. See www.python.org for more information.
>>> help
Type help() for interactive help, or help(object) for help about object.
>>> help()
Welcome to Python 3.8's help utility!
If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out
the tutorial on the Internet at https://docs.python.org/3.8/tutorial/.
Enter the name of any module, keyword, or topic to get help on writing
Python programs and using Python modules. To quit this help utility and
return to the interpreter, just type "quit".
To get a list of available modules, keywords, symbols, or topics, type
"modules", "keywords", "symbols", or "topics". Each module also comes
with a one-line summary of what it does; to list the modules whose name
or summary contain a given string such as "spam", type "modules spam".
help> help modules
No Python documentation found for 'help modules'.
Use help() to get the interactive help utility.
Use help(str) for help on the str class.
help> modules
Please wait a moment while I gather a list of all available modules...
Python3 "hello world" example . . .
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-write-your-first-python-3-program
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/users/ltagliaferri
^ python virtual environment set-up, python3-venv
May be a good idea to create a python virtual environment on Ubuntu and similar Linux distro hosts, to avoid possibly breaking some globally installed python modules and or configurations. An article at Linuxize talks about how to do this . . .
^ Cmake
C++ Programming Lanuage and Topics
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/the-c-standard-template-library-stl/ C++ STL classes
- http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2018/p1319r0.html C++11 versus C++14
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(C%2B%2B) References C++ versus Pointers C
2021-02-09 Tuesday - Direct Rendering Manager DRM and related:
Open source examples of Direct Rendering Manager:
QtConcurrent . . .
- https://doc.qt.io/Qt-5/qtconcurrent-index.html Code written with QtConcurrent automatically adjusts number of threads instantiated based on number of available processor cores detected at run time . . .
- https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/containers.html Qt container classes, replacements for C++ STL (Standard Templates Library)
^ Containers
^ Docker
STUB SECTION
^ Kubernetes
Containers, Kubernets . . .
^ FPGAs
FPGAs and Their Uses . . .
- https://www.prowesscorp.com/what-is-fpga/#:~:text=FPGAs%20are%20particularly%20useful%20for,FPGAs%20to%20prototype%20new%20chips. FPGAs for chip prototyping
- https://www.adafruit.com/product/451#description DE0-Nano - Altera Cyclone IV FPGA starter board
Somewhat dated with a posting date of 2015 . . .
ALTERA Cyclone IV EP4CE6 FPGA Development Board Kit Altera EP4CE NIOSII FPGA Board and USB Downloader Infrared Controller
" Well, there is also a Verilog IDE which runs on Linux: https://github.com/rochus-keller/VerilogCreator/blob/master/README.md
And I'm not sure what you mean by "reasonable sized mainstream FPGAs", but there is a full open source toolchain e.g. for Lattice ECP5 and also the Xilinx 7-series will be supported soon. "
- electronicdesign.com/resources/whats-the-difference-between/article/21800239/whats-the-difference-between-vhdl-verilog-and-systemverilog
^ Verilog and VHDL
VHDL and Verilog editors and simulators
Verilog tutorials recommendations:
- https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-verilog . . . Ten best Verilog tutorials
Recommended books on Verilog:
^ Xilinx tools
Best download method for Xilinx developer tools and libraries . . .
^ FPGA articles at Digikey
2021-02-18 Thursday
- https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/fundamentals-of-fpgas-part-5-getting-started-with-intel-altera-fpgas
- https://www.digikey.com/en/blog/fpgas-101-a-beginners-guide
^ FPGA development kits
- https://www.mouser.com/new/terasic-technologies/terasic-fpga-development-kits-altera-cyclone-iv/
- https://www.amazon.com/Altera-Cyclone-FPGA-Development-Board/dp/B0188D4ENO/
- amazon.com/ALINX-ALTERA-Development-EP4CE6-AX301C/dp/B07DBXVMFZ/
^ Portland Community College courses
^ Existing skills
Excerpt of Agile values in a nutshell:
"Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan.”
