Symmetry Autumn of Code

[rikki cattermole]

On 23/07/2018 6:00 PM, Zheng (Vic) Luo wrote:
> On Sunday, 22 July 2018 at 22:07:00 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
>> The software should be efficient enough to use on embedded systems 
>> like https://github.com/JinShil/stm32f42_discovery_demo
>>  Under that constraint, you'd probably want to try to accomplish the 
>> task with the -betterC-like subset of the language 
>> (https://dlang.org/spec/betterc.html).  That being said, there's no 
>> reason the software couldn't be used on a PC with resources to spare, 
>> and it would probably be easier to do the development on a PC and just 
>> verify the implementation on an microcontroller periodically.
>>
>> I, myself, don't have much experience in graphics, so I don't know if 
>> I'd be a very good mentor, but if you have any questions about the 
>> goal or use case for the project, let me know.
> 
> Thank you for the suggestion. Previously I interned at a VR company and 
> had some experiences writing code related to graphics, but I don't have 
> any experience on embedded system programming, so I was wondering that 
> do I need to buy a microcontroller or just testing it on PC would be 
> enough? If it's the former one, could you give some suggestions on the 
> starter kit?

Based upon the repository linked:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/STM32F429I-DISCO-Embeded-ST-LINK-V2-STM32-Touch-Screen-Evaluation-Development-Board-STM32F4-Discovery-Kit-STM32F429/32754485004.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.254.4f1137329ITDKU&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4_10152_10065_10151_10344_10068_10342_10547_10343_10340_10059_10341_10548_10696_100031_10084_10083_10103_10618_10307_10624_10623_10622_10621_10620,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_2&algo_expid=bee79865-7735-4b46-8010-a905be82e0e4-40&algo_pvid=bee79865-7735-4b46-8010-a905be82e0e4&priceBeautifyAB=0

As long as it has a touch screen, programmer (ST-LINK) and STM32F429I 
chip on board, you should be good to go for those instructions.

Of course that isn't a cheap board, and you may want to put some work 
into instead of paying for it ready to go, and get one of the blue pill 
(stm32f104) boards ($10 will cover programmer + board, another $10 for 
touch screen).