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I'd suggest that this student find a way to apply what s/he's learned: write a mobile app, a game, a web app, or something like that. If s/he prefers electroni
by ThrowawayR2 8y ago
I'd suggest that this student find a way to apply what s/he's learned: write a mobile app, a game, a web app, or something like that. If s/he prefers electronics because of the past robotics work, invest in a hobbyist FPGA development board ($119 or so from Digilent), and they can create their own hardware devices.
Education is a very important thing but ultimately it has to be applied in order to be of use. A lot of people who did well within the structured confines of a classroom environment fall down when they reach the real world.
- mswen 8y agoWhen he and I have talked projects he has been more inclined toward something on the hardware side of things. Would you recommend the FPGA board from Digilent rather than an raspberry Pi, or other android boards?
- ThrowawayR2 8y agoThat really depends on his interests: A Raspberry Pi board is a computer that one can conveniently attach things to and control them from software. He could build a variety of interesting systems with it. A FPGA board would allow him to design digital circuits. He could, with enough skill, create his own custom CPU and computer from scratch. That's a fairly stiff challenge for even college juniors in a computer architecture course.