Prop for the other Engineers?

John A. Zoidberg

Hey there,

Since there is a "Prop for Kids" thread, I'm curious on how do you teach/guide other non-Electronic Engineers and/or Comp. Sci. students to learning the Propeller?

I have a Mech.Engineering student who is very curious about the 8-core processor. I know I must employ a different approach to teaching, as most of those non-electronic engineering students have not exposed to bits and bytes, (some) basic digital electronics and intermediate programming techniques.

As I know, the Mechatronics guys in my college handles any microcontroller really good without a hitch, but I found out that the Mechanical, Chemical and the other diciplines struggled badly.

Any ideas? Or must I use one of those Prop Starter kits to teach them line-by-line?

Rick_H

I'm not a teacher but I would assume that if their driven to learn pointing them to the right literature would be enough education. Everyone has to start somewhere no matter thier level of education. I'm an Industrial controls engineer and when I started working for a direct steam injection heater company I had to learn fluid dynamics and steam heating principles from scratch and on my own time. The thing that helped me was being surrounded by people that had a passion for this stuff and their direction in reading material.

I still think What is a Microcontroller is one of the most cut and dry books on micros I would recommend the pdf for any one wanting to learn processors, not for just the Stamp.

blittled

I agree with Rick. I had a college professor tell me once that the only difference between a technician and an engineer is that the engineer knows where to look for the information.