Microcontroller night report (3/27/10)
The 2nd micro-controller night was a success! A long night for some folks, indeed. Activities started off with trying to decode the protocol used by the UFO LED under car "neon" kit with a bus pirate board. Harold's USB oscope shed light on it but we will have to return to this in the future. Travis got an arduino microcontroller driving an Oracle LED sign (made by Sunrise Microsystems.) Very cool! The original control electronics were archaic and control software never worked right. Still some hacking to go before the entire 12' sign is running but much progress was made.
There was also discussion of the hackerspaces in space high altitude balloon project. It's going to be quite a challenge to stay in budget, and track this thing. There are stilll a few solutions to narrow down, but we've got the basic idea in place. Jody has created a new mailing list for this specific project, if you wish to join email him (jfranklin) or me (telmnstr.)
Chad set a new record on Galaga for the lab. Travis helped mount the whiteboard to hold the new record. A few new folks made it to the lab (Chad, Matt.)
Overall, good times!
HRGeeks ][ – March 18th 2010
The 2nd HRGeeks ][ meeting happened on March 18th 2010 and was a success! Adam Crosby gave his iPhone forensics presentation (slides are up on www.HRGeeks.com), and I went through a basic intro on the AMX automation equipment that is in use at the space to manage power, audio and video. Also, mega props to Brian for demoing a SICK laser rangefinder!
Next event will be a microcontroller night/boardgame night, open to all (watch the calendar.) Also, we're going to schedule some meetings regarding the high altitude balloon competition 757 Labs is entered in, "Hackerspaces in Space."
Progress!
It's been a little over two months since we first walked into the space. Since then the walls have changed from yellow to grey and we've managed to fill the space with some of the basic necessities of hacking - tables, chairs, and soda! The Lab looks so much different now than it did two months ago i'm not even sure our landlord recognizes the place. While the space isn't at 100% (and really will a hackerspace ever be at 100% - there's always more to do!) we're getting really close to a grand opening which has the whole team excited.
Look for more from us, including a bigger web presence, in the next few weeks.
Hello World!
757 Labs is a hackerspace opening up in Hampton Roads, Virginia. We're currently finishing up work on the physical space located in Downtown Norfolk. If you're a local hacker/maker check out the mailing list where most of the activity is going on right now.
For more information you can follow us on Twitter and check out our Flickr Pool.
Much more to come in the near future!
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User Groups
- 757 CCC Comic & Cartoon Creators
- 757 Objective C Group Objective C and Cocoa programming group.
- 757 Python Users Group
- 757.rb Ruby Users Group
- HR Geeks Hampton Roads Geek Community