[MinnowBoard] GSoC 15 : Introduction

[John 'Warthog9' Hawley]

On 03/03/2015 04:32 AM, Don Dennis wrote:
> HI :)
> 
> I'm an undergraduate Computer Science student  from India, hoping to do
> a summer project with MinnowBoard this time. I loved some of the project
> ideas from the GSoC page and feel that I can contribute . I just wanted
> to say HI and give a brief intro about myself.
> 
> Personally I've never used a MinnowBoard Max but I have plenty of
> experience on other hardware and fulfill the requirements the project
> page specifies. I previously have worked on arduino modules and
> currently am working on incubating a startup (aiming high :) ) which
> basically tries to use an AT89S51 micro controller an R305 fingerprint
> module and other technologies to create an independent low cost, low
> power consuming, tamper resistant  system to validate the  school
> attendance in rural  and inaccessible parts of India.
> 
> Previously , I have also worked on Intel x86s and am familiar with it.
> We, as a project, had previously  made a 4 Bit CPU with a basic 12
> instruction set design based on the x86 instruction set.
> 
> Though I haven't used a MinnowBoard Max yet , I feel like I'll be able
> to gain its specific knowledge quickly and be able to contribute to the
> project.
> 
> My name is Don Dennis  by the way :) . I'm currently in my 4th semester
> studying at the Indian Institute of Technology (IITp) here. Please guide
> me to anything I might have missed because of joining this community
> late, if its not too much of a trouble.
> 
> I'm really glad that there are projects related to hardware in GSoC 15 .
> Hope I can contribute my bit to this community :)

Welcome!  Obviously you should take a look at our GSoC Ideas page at
http://elinux.org/Minnowboard:GSoC2015 and start taking a look at what
you might be interested in working on.

- John 'Warthog9' Hawley