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Gedare Bloom gedare at rtems.org
Sat Apr 27 01:31:16 UTC 2013


Is the MCU supported in rtems or do you need to port it? Is it just a bsp
or is the cpu also new for rtems?

In general a new bsp is an ok project, and coupling it with something else
like a GPS processing library might make a good project.
-Gedare
On Apr 26, 2013 4:06 PM, "Namrata Kamte" <namrata.kamte at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you so much for the prompt response. I have gone through the Start
> up guide for the participating students and I can see that writing the
> proposal is quite a rigorous process in this case.
>
> Hence, I would like to pitch my project idea to you in a couple sentences.
> It is a humble request to you to tell me if this idea is eligible for a
> proposal or if it is completely off the topic:
>
> *We, at the Satellite Technology Laboratory, are working on Chip-scale
> satellites.*
> *At this juncture, we have a TI CC430 Microcontroller that I need to
> program so that it can actively communicate with the ground station i.e.
> send encoded data and be decoded/filtered at the ground station. We have a
> USRP at the Lab to be our ground station for testing purposes. *
> *I need to write the code that will enable the CC430 to receive data from
> the GPS chip, process it and send it down to the ground station.*
>
> Please let me know if the idea is worth writing a proposal for.
> Please feel free to be honest. Any kind of suggestion/criticism is welcome.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Namrata Kamte
> Research Assistant
> Satellite Technology Laboratory
> The University of Texas at Arlington.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
>
>> I will also chime in. There is one week left for the deadline for
>> students to submit proposals, but your project has a MUCH higher
>> chance to be accepted if you get the proposal up early for reviewing
>> and resubmitting. You can update your proposal as many times as you
>> like until the deadline.
>> -Gedare
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Joel Sherrill
>> <joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Gedare reminded a student today that no matter how much
>> > you talk to us or share a fabulous proposal via Google Docs,
>> > you have to be registered with Google to be considered.
>> >
>> > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013
>> >
>> > Sign up. Put a version of your proposal there with a link to
>> > the Google Doc at the top.
>> >
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