**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Apr 25 02:59:58 2016 Apr 25 12:01:36 chanakya_vc: if you read the livelogs, I'm usually at my keyboard from about 8:00 till 16:00 EDT (eastern daylight time) which as long as I don't screw up the conversion, is 12:00 to 20:00 UTC. I usually stay logged in when afk and I do read the backlog if I get mentioned. Apr 25 14:15:50 Hey bradfa,mdp,Are you there? Apr 25 14:17:03 chanakya_vc: yes, hi, sorry I was afk for the weekend Apr 25 14:17:10 bradfa, I read your message. I am in Indian Standard Time Zone,which If I am not wrong is about EDT+9.5 hours Apr 25 14:17:50 bradfa,No problem :) I was also enjoying the weekend. Apr 25 14:19:31 I read your mail,but _av500_ said that he would be sending a mail to all students and mentors. So I am waiting for that.What would you like me to do to start things? Apr 25 14:20:43 chanakya_vc: you can start making a list of the hardware you'll need. Procuring physical things always takes longer than anyone would like :) Apr 25 14:21:10 chanakya_vc: send me your mailing address via email, please Apr 25 14:21:33 * ZeekHuge guesses everyone is waiting for an official word from beagleboard admins Apr 25 14:21:55 * ZeekHuge has his first exam tomorrow ... back to studies Apr 25 14:23:05 bradfa,I will make that list. And I will immediately send you my mailing address(the address where you would send the BBB and other stuff if required right?) Apr 25 14:23:18 ZeekHuge, Best of luck!! Apr 25 14:24:56 bradfa,The hardware list would have to include logic analysers and other pieces of devices that I would require to test stuff right?Would you have me procure it locally or you would be sending it? Apr 25 14:29:03 bradfa,Though I think I would have access to oscilloscopes in the TI lab in my college for summers Apr 25 14:35:25 chanakya_vc: sorry, I won't be able to provide any hardware to you. Hopefully you can borrow some from your school if you aren't able to buy it yourself (GSoC pays pretty well ;) Apr 25 14:36:15 chanakya_vc: you can often find reasonably good cheap FX2 based logic analyzers for pretty cheap that works with sigrok: http://sigrok.org/wiki/Supported_hardware#Logic_analyzers Apr 25 14:37:46 bradfa,Yeah it certainly does ;). I would look at the website above. Maybe I could make a initial list and perhaps you could add to anything you deem fit? Apr 25 14:38:32 chanakya_vc: sounds good! :) Apr 25 14:38:50 But _av500_ said that a BBB would be provided to everyone. Apr 25 14:39:13 Till when would you want the complete list? Apr 25 14:40:20 bradfa, And as you suggested,it would be pointless to write drivers using both custom based buffers and Rproc.So I guess we would have to decide on that? Apr 25 14:44:36 chanakya_vc: I would trust what _av500_ says, he's usually right :) Apr 25 14:45:13 chanakya_vc: I don't know if "pointless" is the right word, we can talk about that more. But I think it would be most valuable to pick one way to do it and keep doing it that way, maybe make the comparison of the options a reach goal or something? Apr 25 14:49:31 bradfa, Okay :) So you would want me to code it only in a single way right? Apr 25 14:51:28 chanakya_vc: yes, I think that'd be a good place to start. Apr 25 14:51:34 mdp: ^^^ any thoughts? Apr 25 14:53:57 bradfa,mdp, We would have to discuss both of them and decide on one before the official coding period I guess? Apr 25 14:54:16 bradfa,Do you know what time zone mdp is in? Apr 25 14:59:41 chanakya_vc: mdp is in EDT, like me (unless he's traveling) Apr 25 15:00:00 chanakya_vc: yes, we can talk more about what the right first approach is, we have time to do that :) Apr 25 15:00:27 chanakya_vc: I'm in New York state, mdp is in Ohio state, both in USA Apr 25 16:35:47 there's no "one good approach" and you won't get penalized for having experimental branches... Apr 25 18:47:06 morning Apr 25 18:47:20 mornin Apr 25 18:48:15 bradfa,mdp Gotcha :) I will mail you my address as well the initial list. Apr 25 18:48:28 ZeekHuge_: if you need to ask something and your query isn't answered on this channel, email me. However I'll try to be here more often than not just to keep all discussions in one place. Apr 25 18:48:47 Hey Abhishek_ ! Apr 25 18:48:52 *isn't answered on this channel and I'm offline, Apr 25 18:50:04 Hi chanakya_vc Apr 25 18:50:16 Wormo : Morning :) Apr 25 18:50:55 Abhishek_, Are you from IITkjp? Apr 25 18:51:05 yes Apr 25 18:51:54 Abhishek_: sure, I am actually waiting for the official mail from the org as ds2 said. Also, I have my exam tomorrow .. so just working on it ... the last moments are the most critical one in case of exams ;) Apr 25 18:52:19 * Abhishek_ has his last exam for the semester tomorrow afternoon. Apr 25 18:52:43 Cool ! Good luck Abhishek_ :) Apr 25 18:53:15 * ZeekHuge_ 's exams will go on till 17th may .. Apr 25 18:53:21 Abhishek_, Wow! Great campus.Even I got admitted there in metallurgy.But did not pursue it. Best of luck to you!! Apr 25 18:53:40 chanakya_vc: So, where are you right now? Apr 25 18:53:42 Mine will begin from 16 May :( Apr 25 18:53:44 hi ZeekHuge_ Apr 25 18:54:04 Hey ! Apr 25 18:54:32 I am in electronics and communications in Delhi College of Engineering. Apr 25 18:55:02 Abhishek_, ^^ Apr 25 18:55:05 * ZeekHuge_ goes back to study, but will be around if needed :) Apr 25 18:55:11 Nice! Apr 25 18:57:44 Trivia: Google's current CEO, Mr. Sunder Pichai is an alumnus of the Metallurgical Engg. Department at IIT Kharagpur. Apr 25 18:58:23 Abhishek_, I know he just became the CEO a month after I left metallurgy . Apr 25 18:59:29 I was pretty sad .But then i had no interest in metallurgy. :) Apr 25 19:00:32 Not necessarily, you always have an option of change of major after your first year, but maybe you would not have been sure you'd make it. Apr 25 19:01:10 Yup that requires a very high GPA I guess? Apr 25 19:01:17 and that you chose subject over the place, which I appreciate. Apr 25 19:01:55 And I was not in the mood for another gruelling year after studying like crazy for JEE Apr 25 19:01:56 Not really, you can get into EE with a 9 which isn't that hard. ECE is more like 9.3-9.4 and CSE is 9.5+ Apr 25 19:02:21 Ohh :| Apr 25 19:03:15 anyway, don't worry about it now you're already a year in. Apr 25 19:03:23 Abhishek_, Did you face the Jee Mains system or AIEEE? Apr 25 19:03:44 last batch to face the old system. Apr 25 19:04:40 You guys were very lucky indeed.Jee mains with its weightage of Board marks was very stressful. Apr 25 19:04:59 But any case it's long gone now :) Apr 25 19:05:08 Focus on GSoC right now :) Apr 25 19:06:03 Yes I will :) I just got very excited to know that you are a student in IITkjp :) Apr 25 19:07:54 Abhishek_, Anyway Good luck with your exam! Apr 25 19:08:18 Thanks Apr 25 20:01:34 * Abhishek_ bought a 64GB SSD to connect to my X15 **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Apr 26 02:59:58 2016