Hello, There may be are a couple of developments in the LinuxCNC source tree that would benefit from having a trainee work on full-time for a couple of weeks. A quick web search found that LinuxCNC was adopted by BRL-CAD for previous GSoCs but have not heard about 2021 - is anything happening this year? BRL-CAD and/or LinuxCNC would need to apply until the 21st this month.
I have no idea if LinuxCNC has a sufficient number of projects to run independently. To mind come: * introducing crowd-translations of our documentation (we are doing this now, but it is how I got this idea) * Connect LinuxCNC with CAN-FD interface of Duet3 extension board that already has 32V/6A stepper drivers (this is what I planned to address over the summer but it does not need to be me) * bringing po4a (weblate) to HAL (just a thought, no idea if that is desirable) * bringing po4a (weblate) to graphics * help transitioning Gtk2 to Gtk3/4 (that is too late for the next release, but maybe this triggers an idea with someone) * clarify interface with Robot Operating System * show what LinuxCNC can do to one of those low-cost mills from China * improve integration with CAM within FreeCAD (I am just making this up, cannot mentor this) * backport something from Machine-Kit * ...? I have mentored myself in 2010 last time, so I am a bit rusty. Also, too new with everything here, I should not have any official position in the GSoC administration if LinuxCNC decides to apply, but I happily help where I can. Best, Steffen _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
