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Author: smalinux

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+title: "BBB Advanced Learning Path"
+source: "https://chatgpt.com/c/67f10249-c2a4-8012-8b02-73910880f26c"
+author:
+  - "[[ChatGPT]]"
+published:
+created: 2025-04-05
+description: "ChatGPT conversation with 2 turns"
+tags:
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+---
+## You
+
+say I read Derek moloy exploring beaglebone what is next? I want to know everything about BBB and continue
+
+---
+
+## ChatGPT
+
+Nice! If you’ve read *Exploring BeagleBone* by Derek Molloy, then you've already got a **solid foundation** — that book covers a ton: Linux, GPIOs, PRUs, device trees, and even some kernel work.
+
+If you want to go *next level* and aim to **know everything** about the BeagleBone Black (BBB), here’s a roadmap you can follow depending on what you want to specialize in:
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 1. Deep Dive into the Kernel & Device Drivers
+
+You already know basic kernel modules from Moloy's book. Now it’s time to go deeper.
+
+- **Goal:** Write custom kernel modules and device drivers for your hardware.
+- **Learn:**
+	- Platform devices & platform drivers
+	- Writing character & block device drivers
+	- Integrating with `/dev`, sysfs, and procfs
+	- Asynchronous I/O, poll/select
+- **Resources:**
+	- *Linux Device Drivers* by Jonathan Corbet (Free online)
+	- LWN.net articles on driver development
+	- Your own drivers using BeagleBone's I2C/SPI/GPIO
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ 2. Create a Custom Linux Distribution with Yocto
+
+This is powerful if you want full control over the BBB system.
+
+- **Goal:** Build minimal images with only what you need.
+- **Learn:**
+	- Yocto layers (meta-\*, recipes, machine configuration)
+	- How to write a `bbappend` and patch recipes
+	- How to write a new recipe for your kernel or app
+	- Add your own overlays or device tree files
+- **Bonus:** Cross-compile kernel from upstream for BBB and integrate with Yocto (you're already working on this, right? 😉)
+
+---
+
+## 🧠 3. Understand the PRU Subsystem
+
+The Programmable Real-time Units are one of BBB’s secret weapons.
+
+- **Goal:** Use the PRU to do real-time tasks like fast GPIO toggling, or communicate with fast peripherals.
+- **Learn:**
+	- How to write PRU code in C or Assembly
+	- How to communicate between PRU and ARM core
+	- How to use RPMsg, remoteproc, UIO
+- **Resources:**
+	- TI’s PRU Software Support Package
+	- Derek Molloy's PRU chapter (again), then go deeper with TI docs
+
+---
+
+## 📡 4. Explore Networking, IoT, and Remote Access
+
+- Build systems that communicate over MQTT, HTTP, WebSocket
+- Expose GPIOs or sensors via REST API
+- Create a web dashboard to control the BBB
+
+---
+
+## ⚙️ 5. Real Hardware Projects
+
+Use what you know to build real things. Some ideas:
+
+- Custom cape with I2C/SPI peripherals → write the driver
+- BBB as a home automation hub → control relays, get sensor data
+- BBB as a logic analyzer or oscilloscope via PRUs
+- BBB controlling motors with real-time feedback
+
+---
+
+## 💡 6. Contribute to Open Source
+
+Find BBB-related projects on GitHub or BeagleBoard.org and start contributing.
+
+---
+
+Would you like me to help you create a **detailed study/project plan** tailored to what you want to build or focus on (e.g., device drivers, embedded Linux, IoT, PRUs)? Just tell me what excites you the most about BBB.