BeagleBoard/GSoC/Meetings/20140501

Agenda

 * Students will provide a quick update and we can all review
 * Note that coding starts in less than 2 weeks on May 19

BeaglePilot

 * vmayoral was present and confirmed good interaction with tridge
 * vmayoral is keeping status reports at https://github.com/BeaglePilot/beaglepilot/blob/master/reports/report_victor.md
 * Project intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giV6Xr8RtY
 * Already fighting some bugs and working on driver code

BotSpeak for PRU

 * karki was present and confirmed good interaction with panto, mranostay and alexanderhiam
 * karki is researching reading remote proc, virtio, upcalls and down calls
 * karki is still analyzing and scheduling some project tasks

Beagle Android Remote Display

 * praveendath92_ has created git repos (https://github.com/praveendath92/bard-droid and https://github.com/praveendath92/bard-linux)

PyBBIO

 * rseethamraju was present and confirmed good interaction with alexanderhiam and VoltVisionSteve

Bone101

 * DiegoTc showed off some template drafts at http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/template.html and http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/tempboot.html
 * DiegoTc is working on a list of the tutorials and required hardware

BeagleLogic

 * Abhishek_ was present
 * Abhishek_ has setup blog and created a fork of libsigrok, but github setup is not complete as there will be a main BeagleLogic repo with submodules

Linux MMC+DMA

 * disdi was not in attendance

Log
Apr 30 16:02:20 well, seems it's time :) hi everyone! Sorry i couldn't make it last time. To all new students welcome! Apr 30 16:02:28 hello panto alexanderhiam Apr 30 16:02:39 hello karki Apr 30 16:02:48  Hi everyone Apr 30 16:02:58  praveendath92: exams over? Apr 30 16:03:06  hello DiegoTc !! Apr 30 16:03:15  Hi VoltVisionSteve Apr 30 16:03:19 Abhishek_ Yes. What about you ? Apr 30 16:03:34  exams over > let us dev something! Apr 30 16:03:40  Mine too, currently waiting at the airport Apr 30 16:03:57  Abhishek_: going on vacations? Apr 30 16:03:57 vvu|Log: Yes ! Of course. Apr 30 16:04:06 <_av500_> praveendath92: congrats on getting in btw Apr 30 16:04:15 <_av500_> I was on vacation when the announce was Apr 30 16:04:21 Thanks @_av500_ Apr 30 16:04:24  DiegoTc: home :) Apr 30 16:04:41 Finally back :) Apr 30 16:04:43  Abhishek_: you study in USA? Apr 30 16:05:32 jkridner, sorry but I'm not able to stick around for the meeting but I'll scroll back through later today Apr 30 16:05:32 na, unless they shifted the IIT's to USA Apr 30 16:05:35 av500: I forgot to tell you. I need to make small changes in my timeline. Apr 30 16:05:40 <_av500_> ok Apr 30 16:05:49 Won't be there in the 1st week of June. Apr 30 16:06:17  VoltVisionSteve: have you checked the new tutorials? Apr 30 16:06:23  DiegoTc: Studying at India, living at Jakarta Apr 30 16:06:27 bradfa: k. even I can't pay attention as I have another meeting right now. Apr 30 16:06:48 * jkridner hopes students will provide a quick update and we can all review. Apr 30 16:06:57 * jkridner doesn't expect everyone to stick around for an hour Apr 30 16:07:24  DiegoTc, yes looking @ them now. Apr 30 16:07:43  ok so i can get started with the quick update Apr 30 16:07:50 vmayoral: Hello ! Apr 30 16:08:03  everything fine on my side, working close with tridge, anuj sid and the others Apr 30 16:08:09  i'll keep reports here https://github.com/BeaglePilot/beaglepilot/blob/master/reports/report_victor.md Apr 30 16:08:17 jkridner : I have been talking to panto mranostay and alexanderhiam. Apr 30 16:08:48 jkridner : been reading about remote proc, virtio, upcalls and down calls Apr 30 16:09:15  for now, i'm testing the initial work i did. I'm having some issues with the ardupilot code (specially with the I2C side). There seems to be a bug somewhere so i'm fighting with it. Still, nothing that will keep me hanged Apr 30 16:09:30 <vmayoral|pc> i keep coding drivers which is what i'm supposed to do through the first weeks Apr 30 16:09:33 are intro videos done? Apr 30 16:10:03 <vmayoral|pc> mine is, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-giV6Xr8RtY Apr 30 16:10:06 <vvu|Log> just beaglepilot i think :-? Apr 30 16:10:38 intro videos are due by first week of coding right? Apr 30 16:11:00 <praveendath92_> vvu|Log: I created the Git repos Apr 30 16:11:04 jkridner : I will get a detailed component splitup of my project by this weekend, then I'll make a video. Apr 30 16:11:13 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: seen that, just starred them :) Apr 30 16:11:16 <vvu|Log> to keep updates from them Apr 30 16:11:25 I started doing moving file i/o code to C and had 2 meetings now with alexanderhiam and VoltVisionSteve Apr 30 16:11:28 <vmayoral|pc> jkridner: koen pinged me the other day suggesting to got for IIO drivers. I believe it's a great suggestion but i already agreed with tridge on building userspace drivers following previous the convention. Anyhow it can be done in the near future quite easily Apr 30 16:11:29 <praveendath92_> yeah. Apr 30 16:11:32 <_av500_> praveendath92: git url pls? Apr 30 16:11:35 <praveendath92_> https://github.com/praveendath92/beagle-android-display.ko Apr 30 16:11:39 <_av500_> ah Apr 30 16:11:43 <praveendath92_> https://github.com/praveendath92/beagle-android-display.java Apr 30 16:11:45 <vmayoral|pc> s/got/go Apr 30 16:11:46 jkridner : also looking at panto 's and mranostay 's code Apr 30 16:11:58 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: change .ko .java remove from the name of the repos... Apr 30 16:12:02 well, sooner would be good Apr 30 16:12:02 <vvu|Log> u can rename the repos Apr 30 16:12:07 <praveendath92_> yeah. Apr 30 16:12:09 <VoltVisionSteve> vmayoral, excellent job with the intro video and the diydrones post!!! I was checking it out earlier. Any student wondering how to approach the video, check out the video from vmayoral !! Apr 30 16:12:11 panto has been **very** helpful, not to mention patient! Apr 30 16:12:25 <praveendath92_> I just went with what stuck me at that time as we can rename Apr 30 16:12:39 <vvu|Log> ok, did u set up a blog ? Apr 30 16:12:41 <praveendath92_> suggestions ? Apr 30 16:12:45 <praveendath92_> I will. Apr 30 16:12:53 <_av500_> you can blog on goithub too Apr 30 16:12:55 <_av500_> no? Apr 30 16:13:03 <vvu|Log> yep, github pages :) Apr 30 16:13:04 <praveendath92_> I want to do it today itself but have a visa interview tomorrow morning. Apr 30 16:13:05 <vmayoral|pc> VoltVisionSteve: thanks :)! Apr 30 16:13:29 karki, I'm neither of these things Apr 30 16:13:38 don't go whitening my black name Apr 30 16:13:41 <praveendath92_> @_av500_: never used it as a blog but I will give it a try. Apr 30 16:14:05 <vmayoral|pc> praveendath92_: this link, http://proposal-place-holder.lol, is it broken? Apr 30 16:14:17 <vvu|Log> praveendath92_: just read on github pages and you can make a new post each week there, also when u have all the stuff set up post on the ML too to have people knowing what is going on Apr 30 16:14:21 <praveendath92_> That's just a place holder as it says :P Apr 30 16:14:24 panto : I think I'll need to put in a week or two more into my timeline? or will the current timeline do? Apr 30 16:14:35 <DiegoTc> This is my update: Apr 30 16:14:58 <vmayoral|pc> praveendath92_: ;), link to your blog? Apr 30 16:15:02 <DiegoTc> Hi, this is my updated. I have been working on the main page template (overview).I have show mentors 2 proposal. Today I'm working on a third one. diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/template.html & http://diegotc.github.io/bone101/Support/GSOC/tempboot.html Apr 30 16:15:08 <DiegoTc> The new proposal I'm working is with 3 cards horizontaly. I'm plannig to work on the video after I get approved the template. It will be cool having it working :) Apr 30 16:15:13 <DiegoTc> About the tutorials that will be available I have 10 tutorials in the google docs, need to talk with voltivisionsteve about this. Need at least 5-10 more. Apr 30 16:15:30 <praveendath92_> Yeah. That should be there in place of place-holder vmayoral|pc Apr 30 16:15:42 <praveendath92_> I didn't setup the blog yet. Apr 30 16:16:00 panto : do you think I should keep a blog too? Apr 30 16:16:10 <vvu|Log> also praveendath92_ update the wiki when u have time Apr 30 16:16:18 karki: I believe all students are required to Apr 30 16:16:35 <praveendath92_> elinux ? vvu|Log Apr 30 16:16:39 <vvu|Log> yep Apr 30 16:17:08 <VoltVisionSteve> DiegoTc, do you have time to talk after this meeting? Maybe a skype? Apr 30 16:17:18 <DiegoTc> yes Apr 30 16:17:21 <DiegoTc> g+? Apr 30 16:17:22 <praveendath92_> I will first write the content and once that is there I will do it everywhere - blog, elinux. Apr 30 16:17:57 <VoltVisionSteve> DiegoTc, sure g+ is fine. You can start the call after this meeting. Thx! Apr 30 16:18:02 <vvu|Log> perfect Apr 30 16:18:11 ds2 : oh! okay. Apr 30 16:18:13 <praveendath92_> vvu|Log, av500 Suggestions for repo names ? Apr 30 16:18:50 * karki runs off to octopress and github pages Apr 30 16:19:07 <Abhishek_> My update: Blog has been setup last week, github setup is not complete; currently only my fork of libsigrok is there. Would create a separate BeagleLogic repo and add the code as submodules. I'm currently in transit. I'll have the video ready by this weekend; just began making the presentation. Apr 30 16:20:09 anything that you can keep a log is good Apr 30 16:20:49 <vvu|Log> praveendath92: kinda long names android beagle and display :) need to find a nice match Apr 30 16:21:26 if you get stuck at any point, please do not sit on things for weeks Apr 30 16:21:53 GSoC is short. talk to the mentors.... post updates on the blog even if it is just to say you a stock Apr 30 16:21:54 Yeah. Still thinking. Anyway, that won't stop us after all. Apr 30 16:22:00 always communicate Apr 30 16:22:07 We will get a good name :) Apr 30 16:22:53 <Abhishek_> Like the lord of the cables ;) (one cable to rule 'em all )? Apr 30 16:23:23 Haha. Apr 30 16:23:30 #copied Apr 30 16:24:33 <Abhishek_> Indeed Apr 30 16:24:51 <Abhishek_> That was a quote Apr 30 16:24:52 Abhishek_: Travelling ? Apr 30 16:25:06 <Abhishek_> Yep Apr 30 16:25:07 Abhishek_: yeah. Famous one that too ! Apr 30 16:25:57 <DiegoTc> VoltVisionSteve: I guess the meeting is over? I am calling you right now
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