embedded systems to learn and create – 10 years of making, learning and sharing
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
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9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Lynn will share with us the many Display options available for embedded systems.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
Get Lynn’s presentation here.
Deid and others will share what sensors they have been using to sense the real world and report it to the computer world.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
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Please contact markg@vicpimakers.ca if you are having trouble connecting to the meeting server.
Click to page 2 for presentation links and images.
Alan German will walk us through the golden years of computer programming, covering many languages we all know and love, and some we may not have heard of.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
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Jim will review the answers to the Challenge (1 and more). Did you get the answers right? Find out on Saturday. Find Jim’s Challenges here.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
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Now that you have the world’s most useful project, it is time to package it up so the world doesn’t break it. We’ll discuss using different packaging containers to protect your project.
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PST
Jitsi Virtual Meeting
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George’s packaging presentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivUou7D7rNFYmZPl1GAi4F6A5dP52ewsqoxxl0eUt5c
Deid’s packaging presentation: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/packaging/
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.
See presentation here: http://drsol.com/~deid/pi/piIntro/index.html
This will be a virtual Jitsi meeting.
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Murray will introduce/refresh us on the wonderful world of Algol.
This will be a virtual meeting.
Virtual Meeting via Jitsi
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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
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
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentations
Jitsi connection:
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See the Projects presented here.
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.
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
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
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
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:
Flask is a micro web framework written in Python. Applications that use the Flask framework include Pinterest and LinkedIn.
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
Virtual Meeting: https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Saturday, May 23, 2020
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
Learn how django can solve your problems
Learn how to harden your Pi
We’ll be conducting this meeting virtually using Jitsi
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We will be conducting Virtual Meetings for the next few weeks using Jitsi, a free video-conferencing system. Please use Chrome or Chromium for the best experience, or download one of the pre-built clients: https://jitsi.org/downloads
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 have a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions. https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers
This session: Functions
Details
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation
This is a Virtual meeting using Jitsi. Join the meeting at:
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Interested in the basics of computer networking? Want to know how your packets get from here to there? Don’t miss this Introduction to networking presentation which will answer the following:
Bring your own coffee, and we’ll see you on Jitsi on Saturday!
Presentation notes:
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: Arrays
Saturday, February 22, 2020
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Camosun College Interurban Campus
4461 Interurban Road · Victoria, BC
Tech Bldg, Tec 177
