Barely a year has passed after welcoming the amazing Raspberry Pi 2 and behold: the Pi 3 is here. So what do we get with the version bump? Built-in 802-11N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, and it's still $35! Here is Hackaday's review, and the base Pi page at Element 14. I've already ordered mine. … [Read more...]
February 18th – Single Board Computer Workshop
In February, we’ll look at some purpose-built Linux distributions available for the Raspberry Pi. Our January meeting was devoted to two projects. First we discussed how my fuel oil tank gauge had failed in testing. When the transducer head of the distance sensor was located in the pipe, the … [Read more...]
December 2015: Single Board Computer Workshop Notes
Microchip PIC16F1938, Arduino, distance sensor - A single report will cover the last two months. In December Will Callahan presented his microcontroller project using the PIC16F1938 microcontroller along with the same distance sensor I’m using in the oil tank. His application senses the … [Read more...]
January 21 – Single Board Computer Workshop
Bring your projects for show and tell. We will review my progress on the Fuel Oil Gauge and maybe look at some quickie Raspberry Pi projects like a media server or a network monitor. … [Read more...]
December 17: Single Board Computer Workshop – Microcontroller Design
Join us for a presentation from Will Callahan. He plans to talk about: Short introduction to Microchip Products Description 8-bit PIC16 Family with the PIC16F1938 microcontroller Capabilities of other 8-bit families Recent Project: Water level detection system Use of Waterproof … [Read more...]
November 19th: Single Board Computer Workshop
This month the Arduino oil tank application continues. We'll adapt the sample code I ran last month to measure a simple distance and write that value to the serial console. If I get far enough before the meeting, we'll look at using the Ethernet shield to put network the Arduino. I had found what I … [Read more...]
October 15th: Single Board Computer Workshop
Last month I "promised" a first stage look at ultra-sonic distance measurement. While this topic may sound [no pun] interesting, the real excitement centers on whether or not I can deliver on this! The goal is to use a HC-SR04 with an Arduino to measure distance. This is my first Arduino project and … [Read more...]
August/September 2015 Single Board Computer Workshop
Windows 10 IoT on the Raspberry Pi 2 Is IoT the NBT? If you said “Yes!”, then Microsoft might have something in a version of Windows 10 that runs on the Raspberry Pi 2. If your answer was “Huh?”, well that’s ok. We'll learn together. “IoT” means the Internet of things. No matter what that is, … [Read more...]
July 2015 Single Board Computer Workshop
Circuit and PC Board Design This month we had a special treat as William Kommritz gave a presentation on “Choices in Circuit and PCB Design”; basically a peek at his electrical engineering technology education at Rochester Institute of Technology. [I mistakenly said he was a computer science … [Read more...]
July 16th: Single Board Computer Workshop
Our presenter this month is Will Kommritz. As you recall, Will is a computer science student at RIT. His topic is "Choices in Circuit and PCB Design". He will show us some of his projects going into more detail about how he chose the components and designed the circuit board, To illustrate the … [Read more...]