[ag-automation] [ANNOUNCE] Call for Participation for OSADL Fieldbus Framework

[Peter Soetens]

On Wednesday 11 June 2008 15:07:57 Robert Schwebel wrote:
> In order to gain momentum, I think it is necessary to bring significant
> critical mass behind this project. Recently, the OSADL Supervisory Board
> has agreed that "mixed founded projects" will be made possible under the
> leadership of OSADL; we see this as a viable model for the framework.

'Mixed founded': Does this mean that both OSADL and third parties fund a given 
project ? Need the third parties to be OSADL members ? Are there details 
available on the definition of this new model ?

>
> To coordinate the activities, here is a short poll which will give us an
> impression about who is interested in the fieldbus framework project:
>
> [x ] yes, I am / my company is interested in the fieldbus framework
> [ ] no, I am / we are not interested
>
> If yes:
>
> [ ] our company might want to participate in a mixed founded project
> [ x] our company might want to be part of the development team

Note: our contribution is limited to 2008 and limited to 80 mandays. However,
we're working already on a similar, but minimalistic, implementation, for 
dedicated point-to-point communication in embedded systems. So we're spending 
time already...

> [x] we are interested in integration of the following fieldbusses
>     or other I/O sources:  CAN, Ethernet (UDP)
>
> The following person would like to join the upcomming (non-technical)
> kick-off meeting (name+email), either personnally or remote (for people
> not located in Germany):

Remote - Peter Soetens - peter.soetens at fmtc.be

Peter

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