[TOS] Teaching/Research Equipments

[Michael Adeyeye]

Many thanks to everyone for their contributions. I have also sought opinions
of colleagues here. I am right with the listed equipments. We will be
exploring both - ARM and MIPS - architectures. And we do have the expertise
to put them into full use. As I earlier said, the equipments will always be
used by all the students. The postgraduate students will be required to
guide the undergraduate students, when they need to use the equipments. We
already run courses at both levels that require the equipments.

I looked online if the suppliers could provide me with some free boards, but
they've run out of free ones. It would be great if I could get them by the
end of November so that we could get a hang of them before the school
resumes in January.

Regards,
Michael.


On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Mel Chua <mel at redhat.com> wrote:

> /me reads comments from Steve and Matt, blinks, absorbs, and learns a
> *lot*, filing thoughts away for future reference when I someday become a
> prof myself. Wow. Thanks, guys.
>
> Michael - I want to give you some time and space to rethink and respond,
> but one thing that would be helpful to know on this end: what's your
> timeline for this? I'm not sure when your term starts/ends; regardless
> of what equipment you decide to ask for at the end, when will you need
> it by?
>
> I do echo the general suggestion of starting with something small and
> achievable and asking the manufacturer first, as from my own personal
> experience[0] the larger suppliers are pretty psyched when schools ask
> to teach using their platform and usually express that happiness with
> massive discounts and/or donations. Mmm, donations.
>
> --Mel
>
> [0] as a student asking for project hardware - think of it this way;
> manufacturers want students to learn on their stuff so when they go to
> work and design things that will be manufactured in the tens of
> thousands of units, they'll *still* use their stuff. :D
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