Re: [Paparazzi-devel] paparazzi user edition?

[Andy Brown]

So I have spent most of my time fighting to get things working on Mac.
Our team uses Mac, windows and Linux etc but we have wasted a ton of
time on this generally.

I have also wasted a ton of time with our streaming video server
software so last weekend I configured an AMI I can spin up on amazon
and I want to do the same for PPZ.

I think the system would look like this.

- base ubuntu 12.04 system with paparazzi installed and the tool chain working.

- Web front end (or just API) to upload my own XML config files and
kick off the build.

- process to archive and version the xml bundle in a db or on S3 so we
can roll back/diff the config.

- after we have the config files place them approbropraitly in the PPZ
directories or somewhere appropriate.

- kick off a build using the uploaded setting and archive the result
and version it so we know what configs go to what builds.

- using and API and web interface I want to be able to download the
the bin file (I think this is how it works) and tranfer it to the
micro controller - manually first at first.

-  I want to be able to point my ground station (iPad or desktop app)
at an endpoint and have it download the correct config files from the
server and configure itself.

- stretch goal. Gumstick talks to the server, downloads the micro
controller boots from the Gumstick and I don't have to plug anything
in at all.

That's  loosely what I'm going to try to build. Starting with a base
PPZ image I can boot up at will on amazon cloud.

- Andy





On May 23, 2012, at 8:04 AM, Chris Gough <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Andy
>
>> - tool chain is hard: I'm working on prebuilt amazon machine images running
>> paparazzi and some better automated scripts to keep them up to date. I'll
>> let the list know when I get the first version done so the list can try it
>> out. My ultimate goal is to be able to configure and build from the remote
>> system and just download the compiled result to be transferred to  the micro
>> controller.
>
> please elaborate :)
>
> I've thought about a web-based tool for configuring and compiling
> firmware, to all-but eliminate tool-chain issues for nonstandard
> operating systems. It would require a tool for flashing firmware, web
> access, and a way of managing files (I still don't know how to do that
> on my stupid phone).
>
> I imagined it might run on something like a raspberry-pi in the ground
> segment (or airframe) as well as an online service. That way phones,
> tablets and workstations could all use it.
>
> Chris Gough
>
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