GSOC Student Reminder

[Gedare Bloom]

Then this might be too much for a gsoc project, but you can certainly
propose it... definitely there is enough work, but the risk is whether you
can achieve the goals in time.
On Apr 26, 2013 9:33 PM, "Joel Sherrill" <Joel.Sherrill at oarcorp.com> wrote:

>  MSP430 is not a currently supported architecture. So a whole port is required.
>
> Should also have a libre simulator bsp
>
> Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
>
>
>  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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