Re: CAD file
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:21 PM, christooss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have downloaded SolidWorks package from the page. The problem I see is all files have .1 on the end of a name. Example gtc02-msh01.prt.1 Is this my problem or packaging problem? Tnx for anwser As the file name should indicate these are ProE [1] files, not SolidWorks models. SolidWorks is able to open ProE files, so be sure to select ProE Part (*.prt,*.prt.*,*.xpr) from the Files of type: pop-up menu. The other thing is your version of SolidWorks may not be able to import ProE files of this version. For example, SolidWorks 2005 can only import ProE files from versions 17 through 2001, and Wildfire versions 1 and 2, whereas the Freerunner ProE files appear to be Wildfire 3.0. Check the SolidWorks Online User's Guide from the Help menu and search for ProE to verify what versions it can support. SolidWorks can import STEP or IGES just fine, so maybe you could convince them to also release STEP or IGES versions of the Freerunner as they have the 1973. -Mark [1] http://www.ptc.com/products/proengineer ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: GSoC Interest
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Mark Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Openmoko Community, snip Since most of my experience is in hardware and low level software (device drivers and kernel hacking), I think my skills would be best used there, however, I would not be apposed to working in higher level middleware. Initially, I had wanted to write an open source device driver for the GPS device in the Neo1973 that would provide a standard NMEA output which gpsd could interpret. However, I see that the Freerunner will be getting a new GPS device, so this may no longer be necessary. Other ideas that I saw on the GSoC wiki page that I thought might be of interest: Ad hoc communication via Bluetooth/WLAN Cooperative Differential GPS Accelerometer Gestures My willingness to work on the project is not conditional on whether my application gets accepted. I would like to work regardless of Google supporting me. If there are any other projects that you think would be good, please let me know. I would like to discuss this more before I submit my application. Email works well, or you can occasionally find me on #openmoko under the handle 'queueRAM'. Regards, Mark Schneider Dear Openmoko Community, Thank you to those who have responded to my questions. After some more thought, I would like to propose another idea for a project. I have seen that the Neo1973 takes a while to boot (~1.5-2 minutes). I would like to see if there are opportunities to speed up the boot process. I have noticed that there has been some previous work done by Alessandro to profiling the boot process with bootcharts [1]. My idea is to start with the kernel, to see where in the kernel there might be room for improvement and then continue into the boot process by using Alessandro's bootcharts work as a reference and coming up with other ways to measure the processes that consume the most time and try to work with them to improve their speed. Before submitting this in a GSoC application, i wanted to throw this idea out there in case anyone had any thoughts on the matter and to make sure this work hadn't already been done. Thanks, Mark [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Bootcharts ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
GSoC Interest
Dear Openmoko Community, On Monday, I saw that the Openmoko mentoring application was accepted by the Google Summer of Code program. I am considering applying as a student for the 2008 Google Summer of Code to work on the Openmoko project. I have read over the mailing lists and looked at the wiki page for GSoC [1], and feel that I would make a good candidate for working on some of the projects. The question I would like to throw out there, is which project does the community think is most desirable, and that someone would be willing to mentor me on? First, I would like to formally introduce myself and tell you a little bit about my background. My name is Mark Schneider and I live in Iowa, USA. I have been interested in the project for some time now, and was finally able to save up enough money to buy a Neo1973 this past winter. I have been using desktop Linux for about 7 years, and embedded (Denx [2], not OpenEmbedded) Linux and U-Boot for 2 years. I have a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and am currently attending Iowa State University pursuing my masters. I have worked in embedded field for 2 years, which is where I have gained most of my experience with embedded Linux and U-Boot on the PPC platform. I would like to leverage my past experience and current schooling to help the Openmoko platform stabilize. Since most of my experience is in hardware and low level software (device drivers and kernel hacking), I think my skills would be best used there, however, I would not be apposed to working in higher level middleware. Initially, I had wanted to write an open source device driver for the GPS device in the Neo1973 that would provide a standard NMEA output which gpsd could interpret. However, I see that the Freerunner will be getting a new GPS device, so this may no longer be necessary. Other ideas that I saw on the GSoC wiki page that I thought might be of interest: Ad hoc communication via Bluetooth/WLAN Cooperative Differential GPS Accelerometer Gestures My willingness to work on the project is not conditional on whether my application gets accepted. I would like to work regardless of Google supporting me. If there are any other projects that you think would be good, please let me know. I would like to discuss this more before I submit my application. Email works well, or you can occasionally find me on #openmoko under the handle 'queueRAM'. Regards, Mark Schneider [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2008 [2] http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community