Hi everyone!
Since some new folks have started contributing to the project since our last meeting I wanted to write a quick intro of who's who and how we can communicate.
If you cannot make the call then don't despair. We will take notes and also relay updates in person at sudo room.
# People
Current team and what they are working on or have stated they want to work on. (from memory, please let me know if I forgot you or got something wrong)
* mixmix: Javascript. Scuttlebutt integration. New Zealand based.
* dominictarr: Javascript. Scuttlebutt integration. New Zealand based.
* piet: Extensive hardware design/implementation experience. New Zealand
based. Waiting for us to give him more details and send version 0
hardware prototypes (ETA 3 weeks).
* cel: Javascript. Scuttlebutt integration. Focus on offline and low power operation. Nomad (currently Hawaii based I think).
* noffle: Javascript. Peer to peer offline and web-based mapping.
* tunabananas: Team coordination. Writing / documentation. 501c3 application.
* jorrit: Software. Mesh protocol development and simulation.
* muxlux: Circuit board layout.
* nanomonkey: Circuit board design/implementation.
* fitz: Circuit board design/implementation. Radio expertise. Helping scott learn KiCad.
* nic: Design and prototyping of node enclosure and mounting system. May be bringing someone else on board to help with automated drone node-mounting.
* leez: Solar li-ion charging and power management.
* juul: Firmware and web app dev. Hardware research/prototyping. Video production.
* grant: Firmware development. Pre-circuit-board-layout hardware prototyping
* sierk: Public facing website development and vector map tile generation
I am trying to on-board another person who has experience designing on-pcb high gain panel antennas, which is currently a missing area of expertise.
# Software, Hardware, Designs and Writings
We use this github repo to share what we make:
Currently it contains firmware, web app and some circuit board design files.
For the software we have been writing a simulator so folks can develop the front-end without having the hardware hooked up to their computer. This is nearly done.
# Communication
Note that we want to operate in the open but we have competition that does not operate in the open, e.g. the for-profit GoTenna company is apparently entering the competition. Luckily their product is proprietary, over-priced and doesn't actually mesh. Given this state of affairs, all our comms are still public but please don't link to our discussions unnecessarily in public places.
We have several comms channels:
* Scuttlebutt: General discussion
-- The #DisasterRadio channel. NOT the #disaster-radio channel (that was a mistake)
* Mailing list: General discussion. Several folks have encountered bugs in the Patchwork scuttlebutt client so we set up a mailing list. Unfortunately a couple of folk don't like email. People will cross-post important things between the Scuttlebutt and this list so just use whichever one you're more comfortable with but do make an attempt to cross-post if something is urgent.
-- You have already been subscribed (I hope that's ok)
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Github issues: We're trying to move discussions and updates about ongoing sub-projects here. Please start a new issue for each sub-project you're working on or if you feel the need, start a whole new github repository. If you don't have admin access for the sudomesh group then let me know and give me your github user name.
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https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio/issues
To get on Scuttlebutt it's probably best just to show up on a Monday or Tuesday evening and talk to someone. There are a few different clients and they each have their oddnesses. The most full-featured one is Patchwork:
https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork
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