[burpg] Re: Ground Software development

  • From: Dean De Carli <ddecarli@xxxxxx>
  • To: burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 11:09:16 -0400

Let's save the discussions for the PDR tonight, and also keep in mind that
the mission control software that NASA uses is written is Java and uses
swing.

https://sites.google.com/site/openmct/

Dean A. De Carli
Boston University
Electrical Engineering 2016

BU EDF Student Technician
BU SEDS President
BU AIAA Vice President
Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group Systems Integration and
Electronics Lead Engineer


On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Jiehong Brandon Chung <jbxchung@xxxxxx>
wrote:

> I didn't realize we had a cross-platform compatibility issue before, since
> all of us had Windows machines anyway. And a full version of Visual Studio
> is free via Dreamspark, which we all have access to as BU students. Also
> correct me if I'm wrong here but wouldn't running a virtual machine to run
> this program be more resource intensive, which is something we had an issue
> with when we were working with that Toshiba we used for the on-site system?
> And from a development standpoint, I feel like there'd be quite a learning
> curve with the Swing framework (I'm assuming that's what you had in mind?).
> Since I've been working with .NET in C# for a few years, and since a lot of
> the things we learned from building the MkIV software would be
> transferrable, I think development would go more quickly through that
> route. Also, if the majority of new developers have to learn one framework
> or the other anyway, I think it would be useful to have someone as a
> reference to ask questions to. Unless you or someone you had in mind is
> already comfortable with Swing and can take that role.
> Basically my vote is that unless our end product is going to be run on a
> Mac/Linux machine, or we have a lot of developers who don't have Windows
> machines, we should build this in C# with the .NET framework.
>
> - Brandon
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Kelley, Andrew, Todd <atkelley@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>  That’s a good question. Mainly because Java supports cross-platform
>> compatibility. It’s risky being tied down to any given operating system or
>> computer when you have something on the critical path. Java is also
>> completely open source and doesn’t require Visual Studio to edit/compile
>> making it somewhat more flexible and lighter weight. It also allows
>> Mac/Linux users to work on the project.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Drew
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* burpg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:burpg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>> Behalf Of *Jiehong Brandon Chung
>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 22, 2014 5:44 PM
>> *To:* burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [burpg] Re: Ground Software development
>>
>>
>>
>> Just wondering, why are we switching to Java?
>>
>>
>>
>> - Brandon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Zhenjie Ruan <zhenjier@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I'm interested. When do you plan to start?
>>
>>
>>
>> -Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Kelley, Andrew, Todd <atkelley@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, well I’ve gotten 2 responses. I was hoping for more like 6-8 (though
>> I screwed up and didn’t actually send the email until 5 hours after I’d
>> typed it…). Anyone who’s interested should hang around after the Mk. V PDR
>> that’s taking place on Monday at 9PM ET/6PM PT and we’ll discuss. This is
>> definitely going to be an exciting project (challenging… but exciting) and
>> it’s easiest to get in now before too much work has been done.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Drew
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* burpg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:burpg-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>> Behalf Of *Kelley, Andrew, Todd
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 21, 2014 6:49 PM
>> *To:* burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [burpg] Ground Software development
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m looking for some folks who would be interested in working with me on
>> the newest revision of the ground control software – IRIS. We had a lot of
>> success with the software work that was done last year but there’s still a
>> lot to be done in terms of robustness, cross-platform compatibility, and
>> customizable functionality.
>>
>>
>>
>> The new version, IRIS (which stands for IntraRange Information System)
>> will be a Java based system with 2 parts (like this years): Olympus (the
>> rocket-side data collection server), and Gaia (the GUI and  control side).
>> I know how I want to go about the development of the system as a whole from
>> functionality and organizational standpoints but it’s going to take quite a
>> lot of work to actually implement it and implement it properly. If you’re
>> interested, let me know directly (don’t respond directly to this email,
>> send me an email at atkelley@xxxxxx. Freelists is a little too slow). I
>> would like to setup a meeting as soon as possible (ideally tomorrow) with
>> anyone interested in working on it. It’s ok if you don’t know much (or any)
>> Java. If you’ve done any work with C/C++ or C# then it’ll be a quick study
>> and if not, then no better time to learn than right now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Just a disclaimer: This will be a tremendous undertaking in terms of
>> software. I’d imagine it will take somewhere between 1 and 2 months for us
>> to get this to a state where all the systems have at least preliminary
>> functionality, so be ready to work please. And work a lot.
>>
>>
>>
>> -Drew
>>
>>
>>
>>
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