Sat Jun 8 2024: Little FS (for ESP) and Robot Wars

LittleFS is a lightweight filesystem created for microcontrollers that lets you access the flash memory like you would do in a standard file system on your computer, but it’s simpler and more limited. You can read, write, close, and delete files. Using a filesystem with the ESP32 boards is especially useful to:

from Random Nerd Tutorials: https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-littlefs-arduino-ide/

And then Lynn will share her experience at the Robot Wars competition in the UK, earlier this spring.

Where: Quality Foods, View Royal, 27 Helmcken Rd #110

When: 9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Hybrid meeting (in-person and on Jitsi).

Join Us Online here:

https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

VicPiMakers Meet & Greet (Hybrid)

Saturday, April 13, 2024
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PDT

  • 9:30-10am Coffee & Conversation (BIG Classroom 175, first floor at Camosun InterUrban Campus)
  • 10am Presentations

Join us for our Meet and Greet, where we explain what we do, and why we do it. Visitors may have the opportunity to learn about cool technologies such as artificial intelligence on a Raspberry Pi, LAMP on the Orange Pi and automated sprinkler systems.

Parking at Interurban in lot P8 is free on weekends for Saanich parks and trail users.

Interurban map: https://camosun.ca/sites/default/files/2021-11/iu_map.pdf

https://camosun.ca/about/our-campuses/transportation-and-parking/campus-parking

Programming Challenge (Hybrid) Saturday, September 26, 2020

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

A two-parter:

Jim will issue a programming challenge to hone or improve your coding skills.

Mark will share his 3D printer, octoprint, experiences.

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).

https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

See the programming challenge txt here.

Intro to Pi & Others Part 3

Light it up!

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Q-College
Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave · Victoria, BC

Intro to Pi & Others is a 4 part series of short monthly sessions to help get you up and running with your Pi or Other (embedded device). It is a structured hour-long session where you can ask questions.

Please bring in your Pi, HDMI cable, and power supply. All other equipment will be provided.

This is a four-part series with each session building on the previous sessions, where Pi basics of software and hardware will be explored. Read More

November 26, 2016 – Analogue Inputs

Analogue Inputs on the Pi

  • Saturday, November 26, 2016

    9:30 AM

  • Q-College

    Suite 303 771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC (map)

  • The Raspberry Pi has 30 GPIO pins, but none of them are analogue inputs. At this meeting, we’ll take a deeper look at how to take an analogue signal (like temperature) and connect it to the Pi, and access it via Python.