[sudo-discuss] 3/5 Microcontroller Project Hack Night: Wrap-up

[Morten H. D. Fuglsang]

Yes. Yesterday was awesome and I am all in favor of making this a regular
thing. Suggested times work well for me, albeit I have no clue about
scheduling conflicts in terms of other things.
    Having it split into two segments seem to make sense. Let's try it out
and see what happens :)

Make a great day,
Morten H. D. Fuglsang
US: +1 415 799 6931 // skype: FlyvendeHest


On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:02 AM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren at gmail.com>wrote:

> I wish I had more time, or I would have stayed and learned some arduino
> stuffz.
>
> Good work sudo peepz!
>
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> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> We had a good session last night, with a mushroom environmental control
>> system and an RGB color mixer both advancing to the next operational stage,
>> a beer brewing robot gaining a good amount of ground on its grainy prey,
>> and a wood gasifier control system not getting much attention at all as the
>> maker was having such a good time helping others out and generally talking
>> shop.  Also had a first-time solderer successfully execute a cut-and-solder
>> list on some heavy amperage connections, learned how to google our
>> debugging problems into submission, extolled the virtues of power
>> transistor arrays, and determined experimentally that it probably isn't a
>> good idea to put a glass jar of process water in a bench vise.  Throw in
>> some chips and salsa, and a good night was had by all.
>>
>> I'd like to make this a recurring thing and build momentum in the cycle
>> of getting an idea, turning it into a project, building the project, and
>> coming away with more and better ideas.  To facilitate this, we could take
>> over the newly (?) vacated alternating tuesday meetup spot at sudo room.  I
>> propose we break it up into one night a month for fresh ideas and new
>> entrants, one night a month for refining and implementing more developed
>> ideas.  Here is what I propose:
>>
>> Microcontroller Project Hack Night
>> @sudo room
>> March 26 @ 5:30PM - 11PM
>> April 23 @ 5:30PM - 11PM
>> May 21 @ 5:30PM - 11PM
>> "A shared worktime for tackling microcontroller and robotics projects.
>> Bring that complex project you've been putting off finishing and hunker
>> down around the communal soldering iron and serial terminal for a
>> high-productivity, high-spirited build night. Both independent work and
>> collaboration strongly engouraged, as are snacks and other refreshments."
>>
>> Basic Microcontroller Hack Night
>> @sudo room
>> April 9 @ 5:30PM - 11PM
>> May 7 @ 5:30PM - 11PM
>> "A good night for both beginning and more experienced microcontroller
>> users. Emphasis is on first principles, trying out new sensors and
>> actuators, testing out new ideas that haven't yet found a home in a
>> project, and cracking open black boxes of all sorts for fresh ideas.
>> Eventually we will have low-cost starter kits available to get beginners
>> hacking right away."
>>
>> Are there any scheduling conflicts?  Do people want to meet up more than
>> twice a month or does this seem like enough to satisfy your need for group
>> hacking sessions in this area?  My theory is that we can always meet more
>> than this, but scheduling too many (ie weekly) meetups will max out peoples
>> bandwidth and result in decreased cohesion between attendees.  I will also
>> work on getting this added to the calendar in the near future.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hol
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