[chbot] CHCH Robotics Group, meeting notes 20 June 2016

[Richard Jones]

Mark,
Thanks for posting the meeting notes.
Very much appreciated.
Richard Jones


On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Enthusiastic turnout, with 21 attendees with $29 collected and transferred
> to BR05 account. Balance is in the donation box.
>
> Apologies to BR05 for not keeping a close eye on exactly how much money
> was deposited in the brown donations box this evening, but the evening
> started with a wild rush of sales !
>
> With thanks on behalf of the group,
> Mark Atherton
>
> ===========
>
> Early in the evening, the hoards descended on the scrap angle ali pile.
> After consulting with Rory at BR05, a price of $3 per meter was agreed.
> Sales netted something over $60 cash, and an IOU note for $24. Also, the
> ‘small’ 10kV single phase transformer sold for $60 including a small pile
> of various other items. Monies were directly deposited in the brown BR05
> donation box next to the radio room.
>
> A new member turned up to see what the group was about – welcome.
>
> ===========
>
> Synco gave a tutorial about use of 16 bit timer/counters (as on board the
> Atmega328 etc.) to a small gathering around the white-board.
>
> ===========
>
> William has been working on his LCD watch/display, with Atmel Leonardo
> (ATmega32u4) controller. Progress is being made developing drivers, as is
> the main application.
>
> ===========
>
> Rudy talked about podcasts, including the Dave Jones EEV blog. He also ran
> through some of his favourite ‘casts.
>
> ===========
>
> Synco talked about his thermal imaging camera which attaches to his smart
> phone. Unit was a ‘SeekThermal IR’ unit.
>
> ===========
>
> Graham talked about progress of his spark eroder project (which he
> presented about three years ago). He then moved onto some modelling work he
> had done using hard foam.
>
> ===========
>
> Andrew discussed his experience with remote VR goggles from a model
> aircraft. Also mentioned his trampolining business in Bromley.
>
>
>
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