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Call for topics for open-source embedded systems education projects

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It’s that time again, time to start gathering project ideas and possible mentors for Google Summer of Code. This year, you can be a student even if you aren’t enrolled in school! That’s got me thinking about the key areas we need to help advance education around open source embedded systems. One of the early Beagle community development focuses was software defined radio (SDR). With updates to available CBRS bands, enabling personally unlicensed 5G small cell creation, and unlicensed radio frequency (sub-GHz) low-power wireless networks like IEEE 802.15.4, LoRa, and Wi-SUN, and many new silicon solutions, there are many opportunities … Continue reading Call for topics for open-source embedded systems education projects

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BeagleBoard.org update for the Open Hardware Summit 2020 @ohsummit #OpenCovid19Initiative

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Open hardware community advances environmental testing for COVID-19 to help clean up schools and libraries Continue reading BeagleBoard.org update for the Open Hardware Summit 2020 @ohsummit #OpenCovid19Initiative

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BeagleBoard.org® Community Kicks off GSoC 2019 with Four Projects

Cathy Wicks

This summer, four student projects in the Google Summer of Code 2019 (GSoC) will be mentored by BeagleBoard.org®. GSoC, sponsored by Google, is a global program in it’s fourteenth year, focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development during a 3 month programming project.

After going through a detailed and thorough application process the following four projects will be developed this summer. Check out the intro videos from each student:

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Calling all Students and Mentors: Applications Now Open to Join BeagleBoard.org for GSoC 2019

Cathy Wicks

Google Summer of Code (GSoc) is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects. We are excited that BeagleBoard.org has been again accepted as an open source community to mentor students in projects for the … Continue reading Calling all Students and Mentors: Applications Now Open to Join BeagleBoard.org for GSoC 2019

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GSoC 2018 Brings Students and BeagleBoard.org® Mentors Together

Cathy Wicks

This summer, three students successfully completed  Google Summer of Code 2018 (GSoC) projects mentored by BeagleBoard.org®. GSoC, sponsored by Google, is a global program in it’s thirteenth year, focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development during a … Continue reading GSoC 2018 Brings Students and BeagleBoard.org® Mentors Together

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Time for another Google Summer of Code

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by Jason Kridner Google starts accepting applications for potential mentoring organizations on today, February 9th. BeagleBoard.org is going to send in an application. Your help is needed to make that application as strong as it can be! Sign up on the mailing list: http://bit.ly/bbgsocml Join the eLinux wiki and review/update the ideas page: http://bit.ly/bbgsocideas Prospective mentors: update your info on the ideas page (change something so I know you are alive or I’ll remove you) Prospective students: contact prospective mentors NOW and start looking for simple tasks to prove your ability to handle a project Need some motivation and inspiration? Check out … Continue reading Time for another Google Summer of Code

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Calling all BeagleBoard.org GSoC Mentors

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We are getting great interest from students this year for Google Summer of Code, but we could use a bit of help from our community getting a great feedback on their proposals. I encourage you to engage with them on #beagle-gsoc and the beagleboard-gsoc mailing list even if you don’t plan to be a mentor, simply to make the proposals better for the community. If you do plan to be a mentor, you are required to sign-up on Melange and make a connection to the BeagleBoard.org group. I will be contacting prospective mentors to verify their commitment and history of … Continue reading Calling all BeagleBoard.org GSoC Mentors

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BeagleBoard.org Mentoring Google Summer of Code

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BeagleBoard.org has once again been selected as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code! This means it is time for students and potential mentors to check out the information on the program home page to find out about the program in general and discover the other organizations participating in mentorship this year. Once familiar with the program, you should check out the ideas pages for various organizations, including the BeagleBoard.org ideas page. Once you feel like you have a bit of inspiration, get connected to some mentors who might help you out. You will find several related to BeagleBoard.org … Continue reading BeagleBoard.org Mentoring Google Summer of Code

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BeagleCast 2011-03-14: BeagleBoard-xM rev C

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Today’s hosts are Jason Kridner, Gerald Coley and Jeffery Osier-Mixon.  Below are the show note links. Links to the recordings BeagleCast-20110314.mp3 BeagleCast-20110314.ogg To provide questions or suggestions: Call +1-713-234-0535 or visit the BeagleCast suggestions form From the RSS feed Running a BeagleBoard off of Batteries    BeagleBoard cases with a MakerBot on Thingiverse New SGX Graphics Driver Release 4.03.00.02 for Linux now available!     DVI-D to VGA converter for BeagleBoard-xM and issue to be fixed with the current BeagleBoardToys VGA adapter when using a BeagleBoard-xM   Kinect + BeagleBoard-xM (now need GLES)     Leverett and Wasson Win Texas Instruments Beagle Board Design … Continue reading BeagleCast 2011-03-14: BeagleBoard-xM rev C

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Six BeagleBoard.org GSoC projects launching

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BeagleBoard.org was approved to mentor six (6) students during this year’s Google as they execute their projects.  The students, projects, and mentors are: Christopher Friedt’s project is NEON Support for FFTW.  He is being mentored by Mans Rullgard.  I’m proposing Philip Balister as a co-mentor. Christopher attends C.A.U. Kiel, Germany.  You can follow his work at http://perpetual-notion.blogspot.com/. Tobias Arrskog’s project is Optimizing rendering of XBMC and aiding the port to ARM.  He is being mentored by Mike Zucchi.  I’m proposing Mans Rullgard and Søren Steen Christensen to assist as co-mentors. Tobias attends Lunds University, LTH. Sweden. Yaman Umuroglu’s project is … Continue reading Six BeagleBoard.org GSoC projects launching

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BeagleBoard.org in Google Summer of Code!

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BeagleBoard.org has been listed as one of the accepted mentoring organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2010!!! Over 365 organizations applied and we are among the 150 lucky Free and Open Source projects that were accepted. About 1,000 students are expected to have their project proposals accepted and Google will be providing US$5,000 to every student and US$500 to the mentoring organization for every successfully completed project. Texas Instruments will be providing BeagleBoard hardware through the BeagleBoard.org Sponsored Projects Program. TinCanTools has offered to provide Zippy boards to students using those in their projects. Now is the time for … Continue reading BeagleBoard.org in Google Summer of Code!