Jumpstarting Zephyr: Engaging Newcomers through Practical Workshops
summary
Shows a practical workshop recipe that gets newcomers running Zephyr apps fast using an RP2040 Sitron board with ROM bootloader so students drag‑and‑drop firmware, the Zephyr shell and west for builds, and a browser-based IDE (containers / GitHub Codespaces or self‑hosted Theia) to avoid local installs. Materials run in meetups and courses with about 120 students over eight sessions, hardware survives ten sessions with no failures, but browser sessions lack source‑level debugging and some Mac laptops show USB issues.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Zephyr accessibility challenges
- 10:42Hardware for workshops
- 16:45Hands-on Zephyr exercises
- 22:46Browser classroom setup
- 30:17Meetup experiences and lessons
- 35:15Future plans and closing
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