By:
On:

Where: Makers Local 256, 203 Brown Street
When: Saturday, October 17th, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Cost: $30 (for the things you get to keep)

Mr. Mike Spiceland, a coworker of mine, will be giving an basic AVR class in two weeks, October 17th from 1 to 3pm. Everyone will need to bring a laptop with them. I’m waiting to hear back about getting some Arduinos for $30. Please email me before Saturday if you’re interested in taking part in the class so we know how many people to plan.

For those with Debian or Ubuntu systems, you should be able to just run the following before the class:
apt-get install gcc-avr avr-libc avrdude

For those with Windows systems, you’ll need to install the WinAVR package here: http://winavr.sourceforge.net/

Don’t worry if you have any problems getting your system setup, just show up a little early and we’ll be able to help you get going.

The class outline is as follows:

Class 1: Introduction to microcontrollers / AVR / Arduino
– October 17th
Basic Concepts
building projects and programming your micro
bits and bytes – hex, binary, binary C operators, and accessing
16-bit registers on an 8 bit micro
getting familiar with the datasheet
I/O ports – talking to the outside world
intro to avr-gcc and avr-libc
Interrupts
Interrupt Service Routines
External Interrupts

Mike also has two more classes planned. We’ll discuss when we want to have them at the this class.

I look forward to seeing you there!
#matt

By:
On:

We’d like to thank all our guests who came out to our Hackerspace Meetup last weekend.  Everyone had a great food (special thanks to MudFlap) and a great time.  Crashcart is going to post videos of the talks onto youtube this weekend, and we’ll post them all here on the home page as soon as they’re up.  We listened to everyone’s comments about the meetup itself, and we’re looking forward to making an even bigger event next year.  Hope to see you then!

By:
On:

Some of us will be volunteering at the Big Spring Jam this weekend, look for us in a Coke booth. Also, since we are so close to the Jam we will be charging for parking. If you want to help us out, as well as park close and in a secure location, feel free to come by. Someone is going to be at the shop all weekend, parking and watching vehicles.

Thanks
Nathan

By:
On:

This weekend (9/18 – 9/20) we are hosting a meetup for a bunch of hackerspaces. Its going to be a very open event. Feel free to stop by and check out all the crazy stuff that will be happening. Here is a general list of how we think things will be going down. Again this is very open, and may change alot.

Schedule

  • Friday
    • Check in
    • Get Dinner
    • Check out the shop
    • Probably party.
  • Saturday
    • Opening remarks
      • We are a 501c3 please don’t use our network for illegal activity.
      • Contests we are going to have.
      • Have fun!!!
    • Open talks
      • Talks will be how ever long you want. Just sign up on the white board.
    • MudFlap from Hacker Consortium will be deep frying a Turkey.
    • Next year Con discussion.
      •  ????
    • Closing Ceremonies
      • Contest winners.
      •  ????
    • Dinner we have been thinking Souther style, but who knows.
    • PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Sunday
    • Checkout
    • Breakfast if anyone is alive.

Time Event Location
Friday
20:00 Meet and Greet Hotel Lobby
Saturday
9:30 10:00 Opening Speech Shop
10:00-13:00 Open for Presentation/Talks Shop
13:00-14:00 MudFlap is cooking lunch for all Shop
14:00-18:00 Open for Presentation/Talks Shop
18:00-19:00 Discussion of the possibilities of a Con next year. Shop
19:00-20:00 Closing ceremonies Shop
20:00-21:00 Dinner Anywhere or bring back to shop
21:00-?? Party!!! Shop
Sunday
11:00 Breakfast Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, IHOP..ect