Difference between revisions of "Mission Briefings"

Latest revision as of 01:58, 9 April 2020

1 Introduction

Some of the AXIOM project task priorities (usually in order of importance). See also Research Pending

If you're unfamiliar with our current project the AXIOM Beta is the world's first open source, free software, open hardware digital cinema camera - AXIOM Project Background.

Please accept this information as a call for assistance. If you have the required skills, and would be willing to contribute some of your time towards development, then these links should help introduce you to exactly what's required.

It would be beneficial for all concerned if you were to make contact through the preferred channels so that you can be brought up to speed on what's current - See Join the Team for contact channels and languages, and Useful Links for links to repos, sample files etc.

Photo credit: Maxime Fuhrer, AXIOM Belgique.

2 AXIOM Beta Related

2.1 Context: Road to Shipping AXIOM Beta Compact

We published this article on 17.07.17... which details some of the remaining tasks prior to the shipping of AXIOM Beta CP.

The items referenced there, are as follows:

1) Full Enclosure (Design -> 3D print prototypes -> Review -> Redesign -> Metal Production) - 3d print prototypes soon -> participate.
2) Battery solution - can be preliminary, eg. atomos power station or just USB power bank / backup battery with dual USB power cable we already have.
3) Automated firmware builds.
4) Evaluate and pre-install WiFi Sticks to ship with Betas.
5) WebGUI for camera remote control (dependencies: REST, camera control daemon, automated firmware builds so webserver can be pre-installed).
6) CE / FCC certification (time unknown).
7) Software Rewrite (not essential for ABCP) - This isn't essential as, if it's not completed prior to the time-frames specified it can be released shortly thereafter.
8) SDI Plugin Module (not essential for ABCP) - It will ship with the camera however.

2.2 Web GUI

One of the priorities at the moment is No.6 above, WebGUI, which is dependent on the following (links lead to task threads on AXIOM Labs):

Image Creation (Tasks listed beneath are dependent on Image Creation)
REST (Web Interface)
Control Daemon

3 OpenCine

OpenCine is a free RAW processing suite.

4 Web Related

We'd very much like to rebuild our website. Much of the design mock work has been done, and initial steps have been undertaken, but as all of our web-developers are occupied with other projects the task tends to be put onto the back-burner.

If you have Drupal experience and the projects interest you then we definitely need your help. Please contact us if you'd be willing to assist: https://www.apertus.org/contact

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 ==Introduction==
-Some of the AXIOM project task priorities (usually in order of importance).
+Some of the AXIOM project task priorities (usually in order of importance). See also [[Research Pending]]
-If you're unfamiliar with our current project the AXIOM Beta is the world's first open source, free software, open hardware digital cinema camera.
+If you're unfamiliar with our current project the AXIOM Beta is the world's first open source, free software, open hardware digital cinema camera - [[AXIOM Project Background]].
 Please accept this information as a call for assistance. If you have the required skills, and would be willing to contribute some of your time towards development, then these links should help introduce you to exactly what's required.
-It would be beneficial for all concerned if you were to make contact through the preferred channels so that you can be brought up to speed on what's current - See [[Join the Team]] for contact channels and languages, and [[Useful Links]] for project background and repos etc.
+It would be beneficial for all concerned if you were to make contact through the preferred channels so that you can be brought up to speed on what's current - See [[Join the Team]] for contact channels and languages, and [[Useful Links]] for links to repos, sample files etc.
 <br>
+[[File:Lase Cut Clear 03 sm b.jpg| thumb | 350px | Photo credit: Maxime Fuhrer, [https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/Regional_AXIOM_Communities AXIOM Belgique].]]
 ==AXIOM Beta Related==
-[[File:Lase Cut Clear 03 sm b.jpg]]
-===Context: Road to Shipping AXIOM Beta II===
-We published [https://www.apertus.org/road-from-axiom-beta-developer-kit-to-production-camera-article-july-2017 this article] on 17.07.17... which details some of the remaining tasks prior to the shipping of AXIOM Beta II.
-We've been saying that an announcement will be made regarding shipping time-frames in the first half of August but this probably won't differ too much from what was said in the comments of the linked article, ie:
-''Including the items described in this article there are ten tasks that need to complete, some of which are more complex than others. Works on an SDI plug-in module have now commenced and a finished component is expected in the first half of November. We're confident over this time frame but with this in mind it's safe to say that the camera won't be shipping in time for December.''
-''Because we're a small team, and because some of us have commitments running alongside the project, it can be difficult to make accurate predictions with respect to exactly when specific tasks will complete but, when discussing this 'last leg' towards shipping, a consensus has been that we'd like to try for January/February 2018, and provided there are no significant setbacks this is potentially realistic, however, as detailed in this article there are some necessary provisions that fall outside of our control - namely, the FCC and CE certification... so some emphasis certainly needs to be put on the word "try". In truth, and at this stage, we've no idea how long the certification process might take. This is the kind of information that the community will be updated with over the next six months though. It should be noted that the greater the number of people contributing their time and skills to the project the quicker the camera will ship of course.''
-''Generally all concerned are wary of being specific with respect to dates at this stage as it would be foolhardy to make promises that we're not certain can be kept.''
+===Context: Road to Shipping AXIOM Beta Compact===
+We published [https://www.apertus.org/road-from-axiom-beta-developer-kit-to-production-camera-article-july-2017 this article] on 17.07.17... which details some of the remaining tasks prior to the shipping of AXIOM Beta CP.
 The items referenced there, are as follows:
-* 1) '''Full Enclosure''' (Design -> 3D print prototypes -> Review -> Redesign -> Metal Production) - prototypes at the end of summer.
+* 1) '''Full Enclosure''' (Design -> 3D print prototypes -> Review -> Redesign -> Metal Production) - 3d print prototypes soon -> [https://wiki.apertus.org/index.php/AXIOM_Beta/Enclosures participate].
-* 2) '''Battery solution''' - can be preliminary, eg. atomos power station or just USB backup battery with dual USB power cable we already have.
+* 2) '''Battery solution''' - can be preliminary, eg. atomos power station or just USB power bank / backup battery with dual USB power cable we already have.
-* 3) '''Automated PCB Assembly''' (if there are no setbacks we start populating most small components on first boards next week 24.07.17.)
+* 3) '''Automated firmware builds'''.
-* 4) '''Automated firmware builds'''.
+* 4) Evaluate and pre-install '''WiFi Sticks''' to ship with Betas.
-* 5) Evaluate and pre-install '''WiFi Sticks''' to ship with Betas.
+* 5) '''WebGUI''' for camera remote control (dependencies: REST, camera control daemon, automated firmware builds so webserver can be pre-installed).
-* 6) '''WebGUI''' for camera remote control (dependencies: REST, camera control daemon, automated firmware builds so webserver can be pre-installed).
+* 6) '''CE / FCC certification''' (time unknown).
-* 7) '''Packaging''' - We're leaning towards the option of a custom made Peli case for this.
+* 7) '''Software Rewrite''' (not essential for ABCP) - This isn't essential as, if it's not completed prior to the time-frames specified it can be released shortly thereafter.
-* 8) '''CE / FCC certification''' (time unknown).
+* 8) '''SDI Plugin Module''' (not essential for ABCP) - It will ship with the camera however.
-* 9) '''Software Rewrite''' (not essential for Beta II) - This isn't essential as, if it's not completed prior to the time-frames specified it can be released shortly thereafter.
-* 10) '''SDI Plugin Module''' (not essential for Beta II) - It will ship with the camera however.
-* 11) '''USB3 Plugin Module'''.
 ===Web GUI===
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 * [https://lab.apertus.org/T757 Control Daemon]
-Would you be willing to assist with these or any of the others detailed by and chance?
-Again, if required there's an overview of how communications are typically conducted in [[Join the Team]]
-Any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
-<br>
 ==OpenCine==
 [[OpenCine]] is a free RAW processing suite.
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 ==Web Related==
-We'd very much like to rebuild our [https://www.apertus.org/ website]. Much of the design mock work has been done, and initial steps have been undertaken, but as none of us are web developers the task tends to be put onto the back-burner.
+We'd very much like to rebuild our [https://www.apertus.org/ website]. Much of the design mock work has been done, and initial steps have been undertaken, but as all of our web-developers are occupied with other projects the task tends to be put onto the back-burner.
-If you have Drupal experience and the projects interest you then we definitely need your help. Please contact team@apertus.org if you'd be willing to assist.
-==Colophon==
-A colophon is intended to be displayed on videos (Team Talks and some third party media) that were shot on the AXIOM Beta.
-Should be animated or could be static in the meantime.
-Brief: Task is to create a short animation spanning a maximum of five seconds (although four maximum would be a better benchmark): 2-3 seconds is fine, that conveys the message:
-"Shot on:
-AXIOM (logo)"
-Other things that should be included:
-* “Open source digital cinema camera” label for people who have no idea what we do.
-* www.apertus.org
-* apertus logo - small (at the bottom center or right bottom corner?)
-A fuller description of requirements can be found [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bR12LQe3xvQKZxMnraGR6-bgAcXbmGGdnLwyqXlXLbo/edit?usp=sharing here.]
-Lab discussion [https://lab.apertus.org/T811 here] if required.
-<br>
+If you have Drupal experience and the projects interest you then we definitely need your help. Please contact us if you'd be willing to assist: https://www.apertus.org/contact
 ==Associated Projects==
-===Numato Opsis===
-[[File:Opsis_Board_2.jpg]]
-A friend of ours is looking for someone with CAD prowess to put together a 3D printable design for the Opsis board case.
-Tim Ansell has done good work in the community - so far this year he's been instrumental in apertus° gaining GSoC acknowledgement and the logistics behind the AXIOM Beta SDI Plugin Module, development on which is now underway. Some bio reading [https://www.crowdsupply.com/numato-lab/opsis#who-are-we here]
-The Numato Opsis board is a Mini-ITX standard, FPGA-based open source, open hardware video platform for videographers and visual artists that's typically geared towards conference capturing solutions and FPGA-based video research. It’s an interesting project and if you’re skilled in CAD it would be worthwhile assisting.
-So far, 3D printable "face plates" have been done but they’re not final.
-* [https://github.com/timvideos/HDMI2USB-numato-opsis-hardware Full hardware design]
-* More docs [https://hdmi2usb.tv/numato-opsis/ here] and [https://opsis.hdmi2usb.tv/ here]
-* [https://opsis.hdmi2usb.tv/getting-started/case.html General guide]
-Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please email team@apertus.org and we'll put you in touch with the TimVideos team.