August 2017 – Victoria PiMakers And Others

Saturday, 9:30 AM
Q-College
Suite 303 – 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC (map)

The Internet of things now can control things wirelessly. Control of things using inexpensive radio frequency switches (operating on 433 Mhz) and an ESP8266 micro controller.
wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266

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Intro to Pi & Others (Part 3 of 3)

Tuesday, Nov 20, 2018
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Q-College
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC

Intro to Pi & Others is a short monthly session to help get you up and running with your Pi or Other (embedded device). It is an unstructured hour-long session where you can ask questions. Please bring in your Pi and power supply. All other equipment will be provided.

This is a three part series with each session building on the previous sessions, where Pi basics of software and hardware will be explored.
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Month: August 2017

Sep 9, 2017 – ESP8266 and 433 Mhz