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

[Henri Shustak]

Mark +1 (Thank you for the meeting notes!)

Andrew would you please message me off list with additional information relating to your trampolining business :)

Thanks.
H

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On 20/06/2016, 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
> 
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> 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.
> 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Rudy talked about podcasts, including the Dave Jones EEV blog. He also ran through some of his favourite ‘casts.
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> Synco talked about his thermal imaging camera which attaches to his smart phone. Unit was a ‘SeekThermal IR’ unit.
> 
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> 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.
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> Andrew discussed his experience with remote VR goggles from a model aircraft. Also mentioned his trampolining business in Bromley.
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