October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 by vicpimaker

Sat. Oct. 11, 2025 – ESP 32-C3 Super Mini and MicroPython

Died’s presentation notes are here:

And the url for the presentation spreadsheet is here.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Proxw3FjOUMywDOpgWHJ3LYviqbKQTCUSjEBunH1MMc/edit?usp=sharing

Next Meeting is August 27, 2026, 6:30pm -
usually every last Thursday but we're taking a break in July

VPNs-Part 2

Bring your laptop with Wireshark, and an OpenWrt router (if you have one).

Afterword, we will go out for a beer/coffee. We'll be meeting in-person this month, at Quality Foods, View Royal, 27 Helmcken Rd #110. We will also setup a laptop in the upstairs small board room for those attending remotely.
We'll use Jitsi for the remote part of this meeting:

Online...
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/netsig

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