Please Vote: What Arm Education Course Would You Most Like To RoadTest?

Are you ready for a different kind of RoadTest? Would you like to get a chance to take a complete course with the associated lab kit? If so, let me tell you about it...

element14 and Arm Education are collaborating to offer element14 RoadTests of the Arm's online courses. Arm would like to get some feedback on the courses while element14 likes the idea of roadtesting courses that help expand the knowledge of it members.

I'd like you to give me some feedback and what course you would like to roadtest first? Here are the courses and links to the course descriptions. Note: course prerequisites are listed in the course descriptions.

Efficient Embedded Systems Design and Programming: Learn the design and programming of embedded systems, and how to implement them in low-level hardware using standard C and assembly language

Rapid Embedded Systems Design and Programming: Learn how to accelerate the development of embedded systems and rapidly prototype various embedded applications

Internet of Things: Learn IoT principles by working through a system that connects embedded sensors using commodity smartphones, developing skills such as app development and embedded system design

Digital Signal Processing: Learn to design DSP systems and create commercially viable audio applications, using high-performance and energy-efficient processors

Real-Time Operating Systems Design and Programming: Learn foundational RTOS concepts for embedded applications, including task scheduling, memory allocation and resource management

Introduction to System on Chip Design: Learn a typical SoC development process around Arm Cortex-M based processors, which are perfectly suited for IoT needs

Advanced System on Chip (SoC) Design: Engage with a typical advanced SoC design process on an Arm Cortex-A based platform, including design and implementation using standard hardware description and software programming languages

Graphics and Mobile Gaming: Learn the latest graphics and game design technologies on mobile devices, with a focus on optimizing performance and reducing power consumptio

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Jan Cumps over 7 years ago

I selected DSP, because that's the area I know least.
Is there a reason to call these ARM trainings? Except the two SoC ones, these seem to be processor independent topics.
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rusgray over 7 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

"Would you like to get a chance to take a complete course with the associated lab kit?"

This sentence in the original post suggests to me that each course includes a practical/hands-on portion where the student will use some kind of ARM hardware to implement what they've learned.
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Jan Cumps over 7 years ago in reply to rusgray

rusgray wrote:

"Would you like to get a chance to take a complete course with the associated lab kit?"

This sentence in the original post suggests to me that each course includes a practical/hands-on portion where the student will use some kind of ARM hardware to implement what they've learned.

Got it. Interesting!
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rscasny over 7 years ago in reply to rusgray

The kit isn't necessarily arm. Some of them are dev kits with a lot of components for project building. I think that's for the embedded courses.

Basically, any hardware needed to complete the labs for the courses would be provided.

Randall
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dougw over 7 years ago in reply to rscasny

From my perspective the hardware is not a concern but there is mention that some of the course work is based on (separately purchased) commercial development software. These commercial packages can be quite costly in time and money and it is unusual for full commercial development packages to be given away.
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gordonmx over 7 years ago in reply to dougw

Doug,

My guess would be that whatever software platform is used it with be feature limited or a student edition or a time limited or a mix of the above. From reviewing the class descriptions, most of these courses are introductions into the topics, but Randall can clarify this.

Gordon
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gordonmx over 7 years ago in reply to dougw

Doug,

My guess would be that whatever software platform is used it with be feature limited or a student edition or a time limited or a mix of the above. From reviewing the class descriptions, most of these courses are introductions into the topics, but Randall can clarify this.

Gordon
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dougw over 7 years ago in reply to gordonmx

The issue I didn't articulate well is that there is less incentive to invest time in learning to use software that you cannot afford to buy.
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weiwei2 over 7 years ago in reply to dougw

have to agree...some ARM toolchain like MDK-ARM is too expensive
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jomoenginer over 7 years ago in reply to weiwei2

You can download and run a free version of the Keil MDK-ARM IDE (LITE) to use with most of the major ARM based dev boards. I've used it with the TI, STM32Fx and Renesas dev kits. It just has a memory restriction which is something I have not run into as of yet.

However, for reasoning to use an IDE such as Keil, is to use an industry standard IDE that one would more likely run into in a professional environment, although this is job specific. Eclipse seems to be quite popular as well.
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