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Open Source Junction 4
by Mark Johnson 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Dear OSHUG, Below is the official announcement for Open Source Junction 4, the event which I posted a request for speakers for recently. The event is now open for general registration. OSS Watch is delighted to announce a new event in the Open Source Junction series aimed at facilitating knowledge exchange between industry and academic innovation. Open Source Junction brings together the best business and academic minds to explore how the two sectors can jointly innovate, develop and exploit open source software in conjunction with open source hardware. Open Source Junction 4 is taking place on 14th-15th March at Trinity College, Oxford and focuses on open source hardware. Open Source Hardware (OSH), like Open Source Software (OSS), is an open approach to technology where the information needed to create hardware artefacts – such as schematics, drawings and bill of materials – is distributed, allowing others to produce artefacts, and to modify and improve on the design. Open Source Hardware has a wide range of applications, including medical appliances, lab equipment, surveillance drones, and toys. If you're involved in an Open Source Hardware project, a project that uses Open Source Software in conjunction with hardware, or just enjoy cool hardware hacks, we'd like to see you at Open Source Junction. We're keen to exploit the tangible nature of Open Source Hardware at the event by encouraging attendees who are part of a hardware project, whether Open Source Hardware in the strictest sense or an innovative use of commodity hardware in conjunction with Open Source Software, to give a short presentation or demo. If you're interested in doing this, please give details on the registration form. You can read full details of the event and sign up at EventBrite[1]. Many Thanks Mark Johnson Development Manager, OSS Watch [1] https://osj4.eventbrite.co.uk

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Anyone from Swindon, Wiltshire?
by Plug Gulp 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Hello, Are there any members from Swindon, Wiltshire in this group? Would like to meet for a coffee, networking, sharing knowledge etc. Thanks and regards, ~Plug

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PCBmodE
by Saar Drimer 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Good morning OSHUG friends. Yesterday I released the code for my PCBmodE project under the Apache License: https://bitbucket.org/boldport/pcbmode The overview in the link above pretty much covers the introduction. More info is on the blog: http://boldport.blogspot.co.uk/ I've created PCBmodE to satisfy an itch, so I'm not even sure how useful it would be for others. If you have ideas on how the project can be useful to you or others, or what you'd like to see it do, please let me know. I might do a short demo in the March OSHUG event; I'm expecting the first board I made with PCBmodE to arrive on Friday! cheers, saar.

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Re: [oshug] Open Source Junction 4
by Mark Johnson 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Hi Andrew > Just a point on the text at Eventbrite: Raspberry Pi is not open > source hardware. They've published the schematics as all rights > reserved and without any licence specified, and for the PCB layout > I've not seen anything other than a screen grab of the merged layers. > The EDA CAD "source" files have not been provided either. Thanks for the feedback, we'll re-word the description so it doesn't sound like we're calling the Raspberry Pi Open Source Hardware. Mark

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Paul Tanner 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Thx Al, I may tap you for some links nearer the time. May CU on 21/2 Best/ Paul At 01:04 AM 2/7/2013, you wrote: >Unfortunately this event clashes with another event to which I have >already committed. > >regards >Al > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > > Hi Al, > > > > Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. > > Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd > > like to? Double act? > > > > Best/ Paul > > > > > > At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: > >> > >> Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, > >> although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning > >> some of it up! > >> > >> regards > >> Al > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> > >> wrote: > >> > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and > >> >> can > >> >> plug OSHUG. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks Paul, > >> > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. > >> > > >> > Many Thanks > >> > Mark > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Mark Johnson > >> > Development Manager > >> > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > oshug mailing list > >> > oshug(a)oshug.org > >> > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> oshug mailing list > >> oshug(a)oshug.org > >> http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > > > > Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com > > Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > oshug mailing list > > oshug(a)oshug.org > > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >_______________________________________________ >oshug mailing list >oshug(a)oshug.org >http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Alan Wood 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Unfortunately this event clashes with another event to which I have already committed. regards Al On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > Hi Al, > > Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. > Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd > like to? Double act? > > Best/ Paul > > > At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: >> >> Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, >> although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning >> some of it up! >> >> regards >> Al >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> >> wrote: >> > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: >> >> >> >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and >> >> can >> >> plug OSHUG. >> > >> > >> > Thanks Paul, >> > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. >> > >> > Many Thanks >> > Mark >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mark Johnson >> > Development Manager >> > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > oshug mailing list >> > oshug(a)oshug.org >> > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> oshug mailing list >> oshug(a)oshug.org >> http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com > Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com > > _______________________________________________ > oshug mailing list > oshug(a)oshug.org > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Paul Tanner 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Hi Al, Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd like to? Double act? Best/ Paul At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: >Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, >although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning >some of it up! > >regards >Al > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: > >> > >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and can > >> plug OSHUG. > > > > > > Thanks Paul, > > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. > > > > Many Thanks > > Mark > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Johnson > > Development Manager > > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > oshug mailing list > > oshug(a)oshug.org > > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >_______________________________________________ >oshug mailing list >oshug(a)oshug.org >http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Mark Johnson 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: > Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and can > plug OSHUG. Thanks Paul, I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. Many Thanks Mark -- Mark Johnson Development Manager OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Andrew Back 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

Hi Paul, On 5 February 2013 18:25, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and can > plug OSHUG. Great stuff, thanks! You must have been to the majority of meetings and I'm sure you'll do a great job. > Would you like to feed me stuff about solderpad to plug. > CU soon. I'm afraid it hasn't been updated in over a year and so there isn't anything to say about it that you won't already know. Worth mentioning also that there are other approaches, e.g. browser based EDA such as Upverter. Plus there is the recently launched CircuitHub, "free universal parts library": https://circuithub.com/ Although I haven't had a proper look at this yet, but as we all know the parts library issue is a major one. Hopefully there will be more SolderPad news this year, and in terms of talking about projects it hosts, Al is almost certainly our most prolific user and of course Air Quality Egg is on there. Best, Andrew

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Paul Tanner 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

Hi Andrew, Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and can plug OSHUG. Would you like to feed me stuff about solderpad to plug. CU soon. Best/ Paul At 05:00 PM 2/5/2013, you wrote: >On 4 February 2013 12:36, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I was just about to say nominate Mr Back if he's willing but I'd like to go > > to this event and could present if no one else is keen to do so. Anyone > > want to do a double act on this presentation? > >I'd love to be able to make it along but cannot, sadly. > >Thank you for volunteering to represent OSHUG, Paul :o) > >Best, > >Andrew > >_______________________________________________ >oshug mailing list >oshug(a)oshug.org >http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com

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