[chbot] Robotics Group meeting, Monday 21 Jan 2019, 1830, 5 Idris Road

[william fleete]

more information on my 8 bit machine including PCB gerber files and
schematics can be found on my GitHub here
https://github.com/WRFleete/DiscreteLogicCPU

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On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:06 PM Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> First meeting of 2019. HNY, and all the best.
>
> Enthusiastic turnout with 25 attendees, and lots of huddles-of
> tech-talk. $31 + change (in gold, and flat-money) collected and
> transferred into the robotics loose-change jar (for later banking).
>
> Quick reminder: equipment donations are welcome for the trading table,
> but no CRT based product, printers, toner or items that are likely to be
> a disposal burden. All sales from the trading table should go into the
> brown box on the wall, and are directly for the benefit of our host
> club, NZART Branch 05.
>
> Guests included David Eccles from linux-conf, and Graham Christie who
> professionally fabricated many of the Science Alive exhibits over the
> years.
>
> With thanks on behalf of the group,
>
> Mark Atherton
>
> ============
>
> William displayed the latest build of his home-made 8 bit machine. Now
> built on PCBs, (including a back-plane), and installed in a metal
> enclosure.
>
> David Eccles is attending linux-conf as a speaker. He was kind enough to
> give us a sneak preview of his Thursday morning talk about DIY DMA
> sequencing.
>
> David Burke was recently given an anonymous looking power supply unit.
> Upon closer inspection, it appears to be an upgrade for a Lime Scooter
> allowing independent operation(?).
>
> Darren demonstrated a Tamagotchi (early 2000s virtual pet) life support
> system. Implementation used open-CV image recognition to identify
> required action (clean up mess, feed, pet etc).
>
> Robin Gilks kindly brought a box of LCDs from his employer (Delta
> Strike) with donations going to our host club.
>
> Trevor brought in several of dead uSD cards to test on a local Linux
> machine. He talked a little about his experiences.
>
>
>
>
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