BBB GSoC Projects was Re: Gsoc 2016 project proposal

Tue Mar 8 20:08:56 UTC 2016

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 8:54 PM, punit vara <punitvara at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Ketul Shah <ketulshah1993 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hello Punit and all,
>>
>> According to me, Punit you must have completed some gpio test through
>> gpio API that was merged last year. So till the final result of accepted
>> student you can start working with PWM driver that plays an important role
>> for any embedded project. This would be a good kick-start for you as well
>> as a strong reason to showcase in your proposal. Try to give hardware test
>> and post the video if possible.
>>
>> Coming to further I2C and SPI can be next milestones. To me these should
>> be at the highest priorities. I had done I2C driver but was not able to
>> make the hardware test. So you can also refer that and come up with the
>> output along with best modifications.
>>
>> Next target you can set for SPI after both drivers are tested and
>> committed.
>>
>> For the references you can always have a loot at code of GPIO
>> API,MINIX,FreeBSD for BBB drivers.
>>
>> Any suggestions ?
>>
>> In case of any queries you can always ping.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ketul
>>
>> On 5 March 2016 at 01:02, Marcos Díaz <marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> We use I2c but using drivers from TI's baremetal drivers they provide in
>>> their StarterWare software suite.
>>> So, currently we cannot commit that into RTEMS.
>>> But those drivers should be very useful to port to RTEMS.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Marcos Díaz <
>>>> marcos.diaz at tallertechnologies.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 1:41 PM, punit vara <punitvara at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes I have checked previous year work of ketul . He has done ADC and
>>>>>>> GPIO BSP . It seems SPI,USB BSP need to be developed as I have checked
>>>>>>> rtems.git and I am not sure about I2C .I asked last year student Ketul
>>>>>>> .According to him , I2c is also need to be modified. I tried to contact Ben
>>>>>>> but he is unreachable on mailing list :-(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Let me reach out to Ketul and see if a private ping helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Start with the assumption that USB needs work. That involves the
>>>>>> rtems-libbsd tree and
>>>>>> there is likely code to import from FreeBSD that will help a lot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SPI and i2c are close to one another in my understanding. Likely
>>>>>> Ketul is referring to changes
>>>>>> in the RTEMS i2c interfaces.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My recollection is that the NIC had performance issues based on the
>>>>>> version of U-Boot
>>>>>> used. There was some traffic at the end of GSoC about this. I don't
>>>>>> know if it was
>>>>>> ever resolved.  But the NIC should work. Maybe worth benchmarking.
>>>>>>
>>>>> We had more of these problems when trying to use I2C. It was fixed in
>>>>>
>>>>> https://git.rtems.org/rtems/commit/?id=8c5c53f4788eb74264a053f8293fed26da85b764.
>>>>> I think we dont need tos ee these problems any more
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> Marcos.. does this mean that the BBB i2c is complete now?
>>>>
>>>> And is my understanding that this covers SPI correct?
>>>>
>>>> What else on the BBB is left?
>>>>
>>>> --joel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> --joel
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Hesham Almatary <
>>>>>>>> heshamelmatary at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Punit,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You can have a look at the open projects here [1] and find one or
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>> that match your experience/interests.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1] https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/OpenProjects
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have added Ben Gras. He knows more about the BBB than anyone. I
>>>>>>>> am unsure what is left
>>>>>>>> to do. Have you compared the status of last year's projects versus
>>>>>>>> the git repository?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --joel
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 7:14 PM, punit vara <punitvara at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >  I have asked for BBB BSP proposal before but I haven't found
>>>>>>>>> any good
>>>>>>>>> > response from someone. What are the projects you are going to
>>>>>>>>> mentor @joel ?
>>>>>>>>> > Would anyone please suggest me to pick any other project ?
>>>>>>>>> >
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>>>>> --
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>>>>> ______________________________
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Marcos Díaz
>>>>>
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>> Thank a lot for helping me. Till now I have completed hello world Test on
> Beagle Bone Black.Soon I will post video on youtube. I will follow your
> suggestions. Any more suggestions for me @Joel regarding proposal and
> prerequisite tasks ?
>
I have uploaded hello world video of beagle bone black on this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyOHU02bsvw&list=PL2muodf7ZnYcS18wkilESuJpZGj4mYSMJ&index=6
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