Paul, Thank you for your, ahem, "entertaining", Arduino presentation at Vermont Code Camp this past weekend. I would be remiss not to point out that Vermont Code Camp is a cross-technology event and not specific to Microsoft or Windows technologies. If you take a look at the schedule for this past weekend, I think you'll agree it covered quite a diverse set of topics:
http://vtcodecamp.org/2012/schedule Code camps have traditionally been Microsoft-focused, but Julie Lerman who runs the local .NET user group and started Vermont Code has gone to great effort (since the first Vermont Code Camp in 2009) to make sure that Vermont Code Camp is not just a Microsoft-centered event, bringing in others (including myself, being a PHP developer) from different technology backgrounds to help organize the event. I hope that some folks on the VAGUE mailing list will consider submitting a few sessions to next year's Vermont Code Camp when the time comes! Thanks, Bradley On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings List Lurkers, > > Welcome to your official notice of the Barre Open Systems Institute (BOSI) > Adult Swim. The swim stars at 5:00 PM, and this after a hell of a weekend > preaching to the greater Vermont (mostly Chittendon County :^) Windows > Technocracy... Hey, Microsoft is a big cat to swing around but in all > seriousness it is nothing compared to the agony (and ecstasy) of dealing > with the all manner of technology, with a distinct emphasis on open source > stuff, particularly the Arduino. > > If you want the story on Chris Yarger and my triumphant sojourn into the > World of Windows at VT Code camp, with any luck Chris will be "at liberty" > to discuss the whole deal with all of us. Next week Chris and I are dated > up to do a reprise of our presentation on Arduinos, and their applications > in temperature sensing and in robotics - particularly the by now famous > "SNOBOT", at the Maker Fair in Burlington > (http://www.champlainmakerfaire.com/) on September 29th. The temperature > sensor system is an elegant thing, and it is actually letting me know that > the water temperature out of our "hippie" water heater Chris thinks that > MRTG is too techno-retro, I disagree but he wants to play with MySQL, > Java-script and what all. Tony and Josh from VAGUE were in the house > Saturday, and Josh had a very cool camera and we expect (in classic VAGUE > time :^) to publish the VT Code Camp on site pictures of the event, the > latest incarnation of the TSP which we showed, the baby SNOBOT and the > mother bot, and all the other stuff we did (I particularly liked the Paul > Flint Saber Saw dance of death). > > Despite all this foolishness I must reinforce that the pellet furnace, and > temperature monitoring projects all seem to converge around this Amtel chip > set, which we see as embodied in the Arduino. > > Other projects that tend to gather dust or move in spurts include: > > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/arduino - moving in the arduino groove > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/javajive - to get better at Javascript > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/tsp - Temperature Sensors Project > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/furmon - Furnace Monitoring > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/RobotsRules - Roberts Rules of order > application... > http://docbox.flint.com:8081/snowbot - The snowbot autoplow... > > > On the subject of the snowbot, The new batteries are working out so we got > something for the $160.00 we spent on new batteries. The new 250 Amp half > wave rectifier to fix my battery charger ( you gotta see this thing ) is > working. Predictably, the snowbot in stock configuration needs a 26 Volt > Lead Acid charger. I am likely gonna change this into a battery switching > technology with relays and the Arduino (It needs something to do while it is > resting) The very cool but closed source quad chair controller is working > and we have only broken it several times trying to figure out the interface. > We have faith we can overcome the signal compatibility with the Arduino. > > What we really need now is some technical documentation...(closed source > sucks). While I like the gang at Barre Coins and hobbies, where you can > spend money like it was water, we need a digital serial radio link that can > go farther than a blue-tooth, but is easy to interface on an existing serial > link. It is hard to believe that the model car radio controller. Either > with the 300 Amp motor controller, or hacking the existing controllers don't > support much more than multi tone. > > That said, anybody got a plow? > > As you you already know that A "snowbot" is a rumba with a snow plow or > blower, I am going to continue to bet on global warming for now. As > mentioned here before, after we scam a plow from somewhere we believe the > linear actuators that might do the trick for deployment during snow.. > > We are seriously need to go out net and find well-healed patrons to realize > the research potential of the Barre Open Systems Institute and cut us a > large check. Robots Rules has had some developments, there is a thing like > it at Evergreen college in Washington State called "e-liberate". Watch is > space. > > Otherwise Barre indeed remains a great venue for a Linux and Open Source > Software meeting. That said, continue to find ourselves desperately trying > to entertain the intelligentsia of Burlington, and the Arduino is and > clearly remains the coolest thing all year, at the meeting today, we are > ordering a Raspberry Pie, now that I have held one in my hand... > > Note well that the Barre library stocks "Linux World", the DVD are available > as well. Don't reveal your source, I think I have some fines overdue... > > Anyway, come and do open source stuff. For more information about the BOSI > Adult Swim meeting time and location try this: > > http://www.flint.com/adult_swim_location/index_html > > Show up at the the Hedding United Methodist Church Basement if you have > questions or are interested in Linux or the concept of free and open > systems, The basement of the Hedding UMC facility is actually working out > pretty well. > > If you wish to be included on the "Linux_adult_swim" mailing list, send a > response to this note. Note that the mailing list system is a bit peevish > right now. Let me know if you have any difficulties. > > > Kindest Regards, > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. 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