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

[Anthony Di Franco]

That's excellent.
Does anyone want to get into canbus andor its derivatives?
I want to head towards vehicle control.
On Mar 6, 2013 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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