On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 4:05 AM Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 00:23:29 -0300 > Maíra Canal <maira.canal@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, I am Maíra Canal an undergrad student at the University > > of São Paulo, Brazil, pursuing > > computer engineering. I wish to participate in the GSoC 2021 as a part > > of the Linux Foundation, IIO Project. > > I have been contributing to the Linux kernel for a couple of months > > and have more than 20 > > accepted patches in a couple of subsystems. > > > > I started looking through the catalog of Analog Devices Inc. and I'm > > pretty interested in writing a driver for gyroscopes, inertial > > measurement units (IMUs), magnetometers, pressure sensors, proximity > > sensors, or temperature sensors. But, while looking through the > > catalog, I could not figure out a sensor that would be relevant to > > Linux Kernel. I mean, I would like to work on a sensor that would be > > relevant to the community and to Analog Devices Inc. > > > > In that sense, I would like to know if anyone in the IIO community > > could recommend a sensor that would make sense for the company and the > > IIO community. Any suggestion is appreciated! > > I'm not going to recommend a particular sensor, but more offer some general > tips on what 'sort' of device makes a good target for a GSOC. My recommendation to GSoC participants stays the same, i.e. browse stackoverflow for the questions regarding the sensors that are only implemented in user space so far (by Python/Java/etc libraries) and write a driver for one of them. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
