Samsung Syncmaster 203B fix
Another dead LCD graciously donated by Mark G, and fixed!
Symptoms: Powers on for a brief second then goes off again. Will not power on.
Fix: A few 820uf caps are bad (normal bad caps issue) as well as possibly a 330uf. Couldn't find them locally, replaced 820uf caps with 1000uf, and replaced the 330uf with one of similar value. Seems to work fine. YMMV.
This is now the labs nicest LCD monitor!
Shopbot Camp @ Hines Design Labs
Heads up! There is something exciting coming up locally for those interested in CNC routing! Shopbot and Hines Design Labs are throwing an all day event. Presentations, demos, and some food. It will be on September 11th.
For more information check out the facebook event page. Want to see something cool Angus made with his? Puzzle piece parquet floor! Floor info here.
See you all at the event!
“Get Lamp” Screening, C64 and more
If you missed the "Get Lamp" Screening on Friday, you missed a good time.
The labs got in full swing around 9:30 and saw a lot of general conversation and general hacking.
Harold continues to push the 757 Labs in Space project forward, and Friday saw a lot of soldering, testing and the intermittent sounds of the life-support like de-soldering machine.
Vex brought in Commodore 64 with a couple of floppy drives which worked like a champ after he discovered a decidedly non-enduser mod to enabling them. We had a random assortment of software, including one title which you would have had to be a REALLY desperate man to ever play. Are those Mom jeans?
We had a few new people around which is always good to see and remember anyone is welcome to come and hang out.
Of course we screened the documentary Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary which was a pretty interesting look into the early life of INFOCOM and the world of Interactive fiction.
Look for some pictures soon.
757.rb Ruby Group on Wed: Using ActiveMerchant for Fun and Profit
Just a heads up that the 757.rb Ruby group is meeting on Wednesday, Aug 11th at 6PM with a presentation "Using ActiveMerchant for Fun and Profit" presented by Nathaniel Talbott.
To RSVP and for more information, visit the 757.rb meetup group page here:
http://www.meetup.com/ruby-130/calendar/13268733/
Freeplay a success
The Freeplay event this weekend was a success. The arcade games at the lab that made it to the event were played non-stop, and came back mostly the same. The consoles and vintage computers were also a big hit.
A number of new events and good meetups are coming up in August. The hackerspaces in space balloon launch is coming up as well. More details on that once they solidify.
Will post some freeplay photos in Flickr soon.
Poll Results 757 Labs Network Naming Scheme Results
757 Labs Network Naming Scheme Results
The results are in and it looks like "Astronomy" won out with "Hackers and Scientists" coming in close behind.
Here are the results.
Time to start getting the machines organized!
Open hack night, Friday Jul 30th, 8pm till midnight+
Just a heads up, the lab is open for a general open hack night on Friday. Everyone is welcome to visit. We will probably be working on a project or two, and people are welcome to bring their own projects to work on, or ideas to discuss. Software, hardware, whatever. It's been a while since we've held a general hack night, and hopefully we can move back to doing it twice a month or more.
Some new toys at the lab
In-counter barcode scanner has arrived and is setup for testing at the lab. This is for the self-checkout project. Erik has a dollar bill validator for us. Info on the wiki: http://www.757labs.org/wiki/Projects/selfcheckout
Our friend Lyman dropped off some older but fun toys for the lab, including two HID readers and some protocol converters. We've tested it, and we were able to read HID fobs and cards via RS232. This is going to be very useful! It will probably wind up as part of the lab's access control system.
Geoff dropped off a Motorola HC11 development kit. Bart in NYC gave us a Parallax Board of Education kit (Basic Stamp) and some accessories (along with other goodies.) While in NYC several of us bought some low cost arduino microcontroller development kits as well. In addition to the TI MSP430s that should be arriving. The lab is well stocked for microcontroller projects!!
Next HOPE preperation continues…
757 Labs is once again supplying the video distribution network for the HOPE conference in New York City. System consists of machines doing live encoding of video (DVD quality), transporting it across a network from the 18th floor to the 2nd floor, and then showing the video on various projectors and displays. And a management system, text overlay of anonymous comments, and more.
MIDI dabbling
On Friday last week a few lab members got together and toyed with electronic noise creating toys. It may become a regular meeting. Interested? Ping MarkG!
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