Random Number Gnerator Library project
by Raghavendra B.L
HI.
I'm intersting to contribute Random Number Generator Library Project.In this
project no TO DO work,How can i contribute or help to project.
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Regards
Raghavendra
12 years, 7 months
Compilers/Assemblers for ARM-Cortex uC
by Thorontir
Hi there,
I am still trying to get familiar with the electronic-lab, but i find that
is not easy to know all the tools that come with the distro. Is there any
list that is sorted by the "use" of the different tools. I mean, if i am in
the need of ARM compilers, there is any listing where i can find "compilers"
and search for arm ones under that point?
By the way, i am looking to start developing in 32 bit uC (Until now always
used 8bit uC) and i am finding that is not easy to find a "complete
solution" (Compiler + debugger + programmer) for STM32 (Which are ARM-Cortex
M3, if i am not wrong) and PIC32 (which have MIPS core). I have find Atollic
toolchains, but I was wondering if there is any open source *working*
compiler + debugger (OpenOCD seems to be working as a debugger).
I am sorry if I am not making clear what I look for; when talking about a
debugger, I really mean software + hardware. I mean, if talking about JTAG,
i am looking not only for software debugger, but also for the probe
schematics. STM32 have SWD, which is an option, and for the PIC32 I think I
can still use ICD2 instead of a JTAG debugger.
As a last point, do you know if there is some good site to look for
tutorials when starting with this uC's? Or for the MSP430 from TI (I have
been purchasing so many develpment boards, and now i want to give a try to
many of them, in Linux if that's possible). I have found that, for the use
that i do of my PC, the change from Windows 7 to Linux is not as hard as it
may seem (OpenOffice/LibreOffice, Gimp, and many other great OpenSource
Tools are great tools that can do almost any work that i can think of) but
for the things related to the microcontroller developing area. Probably it
is my fault, since I have found in the Distro tools for PIC18 that I was
unaware of, but i find that this field is the hardest of the ones I have
faced when changing to Linux from W7.
And one last question. When looking in the mail list archives, is there any
way to search in the entire archive, and not by month? In home I have
downloaded the monthly archives, but in work it is harder to do, since I use
many computers, and all of these are shared. No personal info is intended to
last in any of these.
Well, thanks in advance!
12 years, 7 months
[Event Report] "From Python to Silicon" - PyCon India, September 16-18, 2011
by Shakthi Kannan
Hi,
I had presented "From Python to Silicon: python-myhdl" talk at PyCon
India 2011, September 16-18, 2011 at Symbiosis, Pune, India.
The first day of the (un)conference was filled with tutorials. I
attended the "Functional Programming with Python" talk by Anand
Chitipothu [1]. He had illustrated list comprehensions, recursions,
higher-order functions, iterators and generators in Python with
numerous examples.
On the second day, I attended the keynote by Raymond Hettinger on
"What Makes Python Awesome" [2]. It was a very informative talk
illustrating the key characteristics of Python, and the community that
surrounds it.
I also attended the "Python on Android" [3] talk by Sajjad Anwar, who
gave simple examples using android-scripting [4]. The "Emacs as a
Python IDE" [5] talk by Noufal Ibrahim had useful tips and tricks on
using Emacs for development work, and issue tracking using org-mode
[6]. I also attended the "Decorators as Composable Abstractions" [7]
by Sidhant Godiwala which was an introduction to using decorators in
Python.
On the final day of the event, I attended "Network Programming with
Umit Project" [8] by Narendran Thangaranjan who gave demos on network
protocol implementation, and testing in Python using the Umit project
[9]. Jivitesh Singh Dhaliwal gave a demo of using PySerial to control
robots in the "Python in the Real World: From Blinking LEDs to
Advanced Robotics" [10] talk.
My presentation slides are available [11]. Thanks to Christopher
Felton for his valuable feedback. Few photos taken during the event
are available at my /gallery [12].
python-myhdl is available in Fedora. You can install it using:
$ sudo yum install python-myhdl
SK
[1] Functional programming with Python.
http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/4-functional-programming-with-python
[2] What makes Python awesome.
http://ep2011.europython.eu/conference/talks/what-makes-python-so-awesome
[3] Python on Android. http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/13-python-on-android
[4] android-scripting. http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/
[5] Emacs as a Python IDE.
http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/7-emacs-as-a-python-ide
[6] Org-mode. http://orgmode.org/
[7] Decorators as Composable Abstractions.
http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/43-decorators-as-composable-abstractions
[8] Network Programming with Umit Project.
http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/35-network-programming-with-umit-project
[9] Umit project. http://www.umitproject.org/
[10] Python in the Real World: From Blinking LEDs to Advanced
Robotics. http://in.pycon.org/2011/talks/30-python-in-the-real-world-from-everyday-...
[11] From Python to Silicon: python-myhdl.
http://shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#from-python-to-silicon
[12] Photos. http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album70
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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
12 years, 7 months
Need Help
by Raghavendra B.L
Dear Sir
I Raghavendra completed my graduation in Electronics and Communication Engg.
Currently working in Green turtles technologies .
I have installed Fedora 15 after gone through fedora electronics lab
tools.Now i am interested to do real time projects in VHDL or verilog or
microcontroller ,please guide me where i can find projects
Thanks and Regards
Raghavendra
12 years, 7 months
Contribution to fedora electronics projects
by Raghavendra B.L
Dear Sir,
I Raghavendra completed my B.E in Electronics and communication dept.
I worked all the tools under fedora electronics lab.Now i plan to contribute
fedora electronics lab projects through Green Turtles Technologies
Bangalore- India please guide me which tool need support and how i start..My
interesting fields are vhdl,verilog and microcontroller.
Regards
Raghavendra
12 years, 7 months
New member
by Thorontir
Greetings,
Well, I have just subscribed to the list, so I think that it is time to
introduce myself.
First of all: I have not downloaded yet "Electronic Lab". I downloaded last
week the "main" fedora (The live CD, but installed shortly after trying) but
I will download this when I arrive home (Now writing from work, don't tell
my boss ;) ). Electronics are both a job and a hobby for me. At work, mainly
used 8 bit microcontrollers (PIC18 always, or nearly always) until a few
months ago. And always developing on windows machines. I tried Linux at
home, time ago, but the computer was shared, and, well, my brother did not
like having a bootloader. And I was a poor student. Probably most of you
know what I mean ;). Later, I almost forgot Linux, and went on using
different windows OS. But as I said, a few months ago it changed: we needed
(at work) to develop a kind of set-top box, and video & audio streaming
software, and as I am the younger here, and the only one speaking english
-kind of ;)- it ended assigned to me.
Oh, about speaking english: I am spanish. I always though that english was
important, and also needed it for understanding the songs whose music I
loved. That songs were from Blind Guardian, Iced Earth, and some more.
Understanding the letters made me lome even more those songs, but thats
another topic.
Well, let's return to the point. The project was assigned to me, so I
started learning about embedded linux -The hardware used was a kind of
beagleboard clone- and linux cross-compiling. Also it meant to leave Visual
Studio in the host PC, and go back to writing C apps in a text editor (Hey,
as i used to do when I was 12 or 13 years old. Well, It was Pascal those
days, but...). I have almost leaved electronics as a hobby lately, but this
project made me wanted to switch back to the days when I developed robots at
home, and programmed for the pleasure of it, not for work. But now, using
Linux, Open Source tools, and so on.
Let me summarize: After getting Fedora as the OS (well, dual boot Fedora 15
& Windows 7) for development, it was time for the tools. For programming the
PICs, now exist Microchip MPLAB X. I have to try it yet, but it does not
worry me much. As the PIC18 are well known to me, and mainly i want to try
new things, I think I will use it only few times. Maybe with PIC32 I will
use it more. Even if I had lost the will for doing such home projects at
home, I never stopped buying develpment boards (low cost ones, only ;) ) and
now have PIC32 boards for playing, PIC24, STM32 for developing with ARM, a
launchpad (TI MSP430 value line) and homemade boards. So now I am looking
for toolchains for those families. That´s for programming. For the hardware,
I used to desing schematics and pcb's in homer or University with OrCAD or
PROTEUS, and, in the work, CIRCUIT MAKER 2000 (Yup, STILL they use this...
imagine how I feel....). Now i searched, and think that KiCAD is the best
available option.
Mmm, I think that I have procrastinated enough (Time to go back to work...)
but, as a last think, probably should tell something about me. As I said, I
am from Spain, have studied Electronics Engineering, and have recently
reached 27 years. I work a lot, earn few money, but, hey, I really love what
I do. Sure, if I had more time probably would do more things at home (At
this moment i reach my work at 9 hours and leave at 19...), but as I said, I
love this stuff :) Another things I like are Basketball, SciFi and Fantasy
books (Which mainly I read in english since a few years ago), and some TV
series (SciFi mainly) but downloaded to view it when I can. I have Tv at
home, but feels terribly alone hehehe.
Ah, and I want to apologize for the mistakes I had made (In this post, and
in all that may come after ;) ). I try my best to write (and speak)
correctly, but it is not always easy. Feel free to point me any mistake that
makes your eyes hurt.
As soon as I get my computer ready, and start doing anithing be sure that I
will post here both questions and results. Since then, I will be reading ;)
See you guys!
12 years, 7 months
