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Cross compile for BeagleBone Black in Eclipse with Docker

Initial situation # If you want to cross compile for the ARM plattform BeagleBone Black, you need to have the cross compiler arm-linux-gnueabihf- installed on your system. In most distributions the compiler can be installed via the package manager. If you are using an IDE like Eclipse you can set up a new cross project and choose arm-linux-gnueabihf- as compiler. Eclipse will find the correct compiler in $PATH. At someday I ran into the problem that my compiled programm was not executable on the target. ...

Remote Laboratory due to Corona pandemic

Initial situation # In my current job as laboratory engineer at Hochschule Karlsruhe I supervise some courses for students. For purely theoretical courses it is in most cases no problem to set up an alternative via Skype, Teams or similar software. But there are courses where the students work with Embedded Hardware. In this specific Software Engineering course the students work with a BeagleBone Black and develop on Eclipse in Linux. ...