[sudo-announce] Microcontroller Hacking begins in 48 hours!

[Scott Garrison]

I'd be interested in doing something similar for controlling a camera.  I
also have an extra house satellite dish that I would love to put to use.  I
have experience controlling servos with microcontrollers.

-Scott


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Steve Berl <steveberl at gmail.com> wrote:

> I notice on the etherpad that someone is interested in a 2 axis control
> for a radio dish. I'm interested in that also. In particular I want to
> mount a house satellite TV dish sized antenna on a 2 axis mount for radio
> astronomy use. It requires smooth and precise, but slow movement.
>
> Who is it that is interested in this project? Can you get in contact with
> me?
>
> -steve
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:43 PM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>
>> Howdy folks,
>>
>> We are two days away from the beginning of the second microcontroller
>> project hacking night at sudo room.  As someone suggested, I created a
>> facebookpage for the event.  Please invite people you think might be
>> interested!  I previously ordered 10 ATMega328p chips and crystals, and
>> will have them available at cost ($5) for those just starting out who want
>> a basic controller.
>>
>> Event Link:
>> https://www.facebook.com/events/502675869769339/
>>
>> Also, there is an etherpad to jot down projects you intend to work on in
>> case anyone out there is interested in collaborating:
>> https://pad.riseup.net/p/microbotics
>> This will be an ongoing document, and is intended to provide a
>> subsystem-level view of project elements in order to encourage people to
>> join together to work on individual elements or principles where interests
>> overlap in a way that permits a limited scope of collaboration, without
>> having to commit to recurring work on an entire project.
>>
>> We had some interesting projects last time and I expect even more this
>> time, hopefully with a few people from the last event returning to show
>> what they've done with their projects since then.  Personally I will try to
>> go back and forth between  50% working on 2-3 projects, 30% getting newbies
>> started on their controller builds, and 20% snacking/shooting the shit.
>>  Looking forward to seeing y'all!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hol
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> -steve
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