What should be a right Approach to learn Porting

[Akhil Varghese]

Hello,

I am a newbie to Nuttx.

I want to deepen my knowledge in embedded systems.

I thought of starting with Porting Nuttx(I have never done any porting in past).

I have STM32F103C8T6 with me and I understand that support for the same is already available in Nuttx.

For learning purpose, will it still be a nice idea if still I go ahead with my porting from scratch by following Nuttx Porting guide? If so, approximate how much time it will take if I am going on a decent pace?

Thanks and Best Regards,

Akhil.

[Alan Carvalho de Assis]

Hi Akhil,

On 6/5/20, Akhil Varghese <akhilvar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie to Nuttx.
> I want to deepen my knowledge in embedded systems.
>

Welcome! Please keep in mind that this mailing list is deprecated, you
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> I thought of starting with Porting Nuttx(I have never done any porting in
> past).
>

There are many ways to learn more about NuttX. Porting is a way to
understand a little bit more about NuttX boot/initialization and you
will learn a lot about the MCU you were porting.

> I have STM32F103C8T6 with me and I understand that support for the same is
> already available in Nuttx.
> For learning purpose, will it still be a nice idea if still I go ahead with
>
> my porting from scratch by following Nuttx Porting guide? If so,
> approximate how much time it will take if I am going on a decent pace?
>

Do you mean porting again to STM32F103C8T6? Please don't do it.

If you want to port, select a new unsupported MCU, like the Dialog
DA14697 (used on Mi Band4).

Also there are many MCUs supported by NuttX with only basic support
(i.e. boot and serial console), it should be a good idea start
creating drivers for its peripheral. You will a lot too.

BR,

Alan