**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Mar 15 03:00:02 2018 Mar 15 04:55:43 k Mar 15 05:37:36 Is there any mentor online Mar 15 05:55:34 Can anyone help with the template of proposal Mar 15 06:37:48 Rishu: template for proposals is at https://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/GSoC/ProposalTemplate Mar 15 06:40:41 you can also look at the 2017 proposal wiki pages at https://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/GSoC/2017_Projects Mar 15 07:31:40 jkridner[m]: ds2: zeekhuge: abhishek: I've been waiting a couple of days for m_w to come online to ask about the serial terminal server project, but it looks like he's busy. I'd appreciate your comments on the following: Mar 15 07:32:05 I set up an arduino to act as an emulated serial device that prints a prompt and echos whatever it gets as input. (I wanted to use a real uart console, but my Pi zero just decided to die. The replacement will take a couple of days to get here). Using fifos and pipes, I'm able to reliably log the UART console and provide an interactive shell that can be attached to and detached from. Mar 15 07:32:09 https://kvm.illustris.tech/serialterminalserver_poc.png Mar 15 07:32:36 This is just a proof of concept done with a few pipes and fifos. If I were to do this as a GSoC project, I would package all of this up as a C program with a CLI accessible through LAN. Mar 15 07:32:42 Commercial serial terminal servers typically cost hundreds of dollars (https://www.amazon.com/4-Port-Serial-Console-Terminal-B095-004-1E/dp/B003ELL2KO/). I would have found this extremely useful last year when I had to monitor 4 devices over UART for a project. Connecting four USB TTL converters, logging and interacting with them using multiple screen sessions was a real pain, and it's not a good long term Mar 15 07:32:42 solution. Mar 15 07:33:10 I probably even have a few max485s and D-Sub connectors lying around to make a cape prototype after the code is done, if time permits. Mar 15 07:33:18 But seeing that the previous three applications for this were rejected is a little discouraging. I'd appreciate your thoughts on the project itself, and my approach. Mar 15 09:29:28 Anyone know what is proposal template Mar 15 12:22:19 Hello Mar 15 13:11:32 Is there anyone online Mar 15 13:16:13 Hello Mar 15 13:18:04 rishu: see topic. bbb.io/gsoc Mar 15 13:41:13 I have already seen that Mar 15 13:41:27 I want a mentor for my project Mar 15 13:41:41 I have an different idea proposal Mar 15 13:42:12 What's your proposal? Mar 15 13:44:20 I want to add stereo camera library for distance measurement Mar 15 13:45:42 What do you say sir Abhishek_ Mar 15 13:46:30 I have already done work with stereo cameras using PC and have done quite a work with arduino Mar 15 13:55:00 Abhishek_: i am really interested in electronics and coding and thought it would be golden chance for me to contribute to such a organisation Mar 15 13:56:05 Which stereo camera are you going to use? Mar 15 13:57:11 I will use two normal cameras and and take input from them by calibrating them on a board Mar 15 14:01:27 Abhishek_: usb cameras can also be used Mar 15 14:45:56 Abhishek_: is this seem fine sir **** ENDING LOGGING AT Fri Mar 16 03:00:01 2018