Category: 2021 Presentations

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Sat., Feb 13, 2021 – Intro to Pi

Deid will give the Introduction to Pi presentation he gave to the OPCUG (Ottawa PC Users Group) last fall. It will be chock full of ideas for that Pi you have just laying around, or stuff in a drawer.

This will be a virtual Jitsi meeting.
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Posted on January 2, 2021January 11, 2021

Sat. Jan 9, 2021 – Algol

Murray will introduce/refresh us on the wonderful world of Algol.

This will be a virtual meeting.

Virtual Meeting via Jitsi
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Posted on January 1, 2021January 11, 2021

Sat. Jan. 23, 2021 – Electronics with Bolt Cutters

Electronics doesn’t have to be all tiny surface mount components that you can barely see. George will tell us about how to do electronics using bolt cutters this month.

This will be a virtual Jitsi meeting.
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Linux Sig

Saturday, February 6, 2021
We'll be meeting virtually this month.

https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vlug

Normally For 2021: First Saturday of the month
9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Net Sig

Thur, 28 Jan 2021
- virtual learning -
NetSIG: SSHFS, File Sharing made easy
6:30pm - 8:00 pm
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/netsig

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RPI sales soar! Covid 19.

In Tech Republic, April 17, 2020... "From ending battles over the only PC in the house to supporting 3D printing and ventilator projects, the tiny single-board computer is suddenly in great demand."

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/raspberry-pi-why-sales-have-rocketed-in-the-middle-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak/

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Raspberry Pi News

NeoPixel dithering with Pico January 22, 2021
In the extra special Raspberry Pi Pico launch issue of HackSpace magazine, editor Ben Everard shows you how to get extra levels of brightness out of your LEDs with our new board. WS2812B LEDs, commonly known as NeoPixels, are cheap and widely available LEDs. They have red, green, and blue LEDs in a single package… […]
Ben Everard
Meet Raspberry Silicon: Raspberry Pi Pico now on sale at $4 January 21, 2021
Today, we’re launching our first microcontroller-class product: Raspberry Pi Pico. Priced at just $4, it is built on RP2040, a brand-new chip developed right here at Raspberry Pi. Whether you’re looking for a standalone board for deep-embedded development or a companion to your Raspberry Pi computer, or you’re taking your first steps with a microcontroller,… […]
James Adams
Computing education and underrepresentation: the data from England January 20, 2021
In this blog post, I’ll discuss the first research seminar in our six-part series about diversity and inclusion. Let’s start by defining our terms. Diversity is any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. This might be, for example, age, gender, socio-economic status, disability, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or sexuality.… […]
Sue Sentance
Raspberry Pi LEGO sorter January 19, 2021
Raspberry Pi is at the heart of this AI–powered, automated sorting machine that is capable of recognising and sorting any LEGO brick. And its maker Daniel West believes it to be the first of its kind in the world! Best ever This mega-machine was two years in the making and is a LEGO creation itself,… […]
Ashley Whittaker
Deter burglars with a Raspberry Pi chatbot January 18, 2021
How to improve upon the standard burglar deterring method of leaving lights switched on? Dennis Mellican turned to Raspberry Pi for a much more effective solution. It actually proved too effective when a neighbour stopped by, but more on that in a bit. Here you can see Dennis’s system in action scaring off a trespasser:… […]
Ashley Whittaker

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