The friends of VicPiMakers wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Stay tuned for our 2021 lineup of VicPimaker and Others goodness and lots of Linux and Network fun.
Christmas Tree by Mark G and Arduino
Happy Holidays
Interested in a Programming Challenge?
See Jim’s Challenges here.
Sat. Dec. 12, 2020 – Virtual Projects
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi connection:
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
See the Projects presented here.
Sat. Nov. 28, 2020 – ESP32 Camera (Hybrid)
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
The ESP32 can do Video! Learn more about how to use the ESP32 Camera.
Presentation Notes here: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/esp32cam/index.html
And Jim’s Challenge #3.
This will be a virtual meeting on Jitsi.
Sat. Nov. 14, 2020 – Overview of IDEs
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Overview of IDEs for programming your embedded devices.
Be sure to BRING a LAPTOP, as these are hands-on sessions.
QCollege has graciously offered to use their campus for our fall meetings. This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person & on Jitsi). Seating is limited, please indicate if you intend to attend in person post to this event on meetup.
QCollege
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Sat. Oct. 24, 2020 Intro to Scratch (language)
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Introduction to Scratch. Scratch is a block-based visual programming language.
See Eileen’s presentation .pdf here.
And Jim will introduce Programming Challenge 2. Download the challenge here.
Be sure to HAVE a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions.
QCollege has graciously offered to use their campus for our fall meetings. This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person & on Jitsi). Seating is limited, please indicate if you intend to attend in person (post to the event on meetup here).
QCollege
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Sat. Oct. 10, 2020 – Computer Language Series
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash
All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.
Be sure to BRING a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions.
This session: Libraries
QCollege has graciously offered to use their campus for our fall meetings. This will be a hybrid meeting (in-person & on Jitsi). Seating is limited, please indicate if you intend to attend in person (post to this event).
QCollege
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC
Jitsi
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Sat. June 27, 2020 – ADSB Multiple Feeds
Details
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Virtual Meeting: https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Interested in feeding your data to more than just Flightradar24 or Flight Aware? Unsure which feeder to install first? Confused by which dump1090 fork to install?
This presentation will demonstrate installing one feeder on your Raspberry Pi and then discuss the quirks to setting up the additional feeders (ADS-B Exchange, AirNav RadarBox, OpenSky Network, and Plane Finder) so that they all play nice together.
ADS-B Exchange: https://www.adsbexchange.com/
AirNav RadarBox: https://www.radarbox24.com/
Flight Aware: https://flightaware.com/
Flightradar24: https://www.flightradar24.com/
OpenSky Network: https://opensky-network.org/
Plane Finder: https://planefinder.net/
Here is the video of our virtual meeting: