oshug March 2014

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Real vs fake FTDI FT232RL chip
by Sevan / Venture37 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/FTDI-FT232RL-real-vs-fake-supereal The rest of the blog is worth a look, lots of die shots e.g. Soviet Z80 http://zeptobars.ru/en/read/t34vm1-z80-angstrem-mme Sevan

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Chip Hack, 24th & 25th May at Makespace, Cambridge.
by Andrew Back 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

Hello, Another Chip Hack, two day introduction to FPGA programming, is being held over the weekend of 24th and 25th May at Makespace in Cambridge. Tickets went on sale yesterday, which includes lunch on both days, and are only £5 thanks to sponsorship from Embecosm. http://chiphackcambridge.eventbrite.co.uk Over half went in the space of a few hours, so if you would like to take part I wouldn't hang about! For more info, workshop materials, and photos and videos from last year's Chip Hack, see: http://chiphack.org/ Cheers, Andrew

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Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester
by Michael Dorrington 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it. * Event: Hardware Freedom Day 2014 in Manchester http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/UK/Manchester * Date: Saturday, 15th March 2014 * Start time: 14:00 * Finish time: 17:00 * Location: Fab Lab Manchester - http://www.fablabmanchester.org/contact-us * Address: Chips, 2 Lampwick Lane, New Islington, Manchester, M4 6BU. - "(for sat nav use M4 6EE)" - http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.48140/-2.22107 Details ------- Hardware Freedom Day (HFD) is an annual world wide celebration of Free Hardware with the aim of promoting Hardware Freedom to everyone. This year the event lands on Saturday, 15th March. You can see the teams around the world that will be participating on the HFD 2014 Events Map <http://www.hfday.org/map/index.php?year=2014>. This includes Manchester, UK! The event will be a chance to discuss, show and see Free Hardware. The following topics are for discussion (but other Hardware Freedom topics are welcome): * The anti-Free Hardware Restricted Boot (aka Secure Boot) <http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot> * Novena <http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page> * Arduino <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino> * Openmoko <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko> * GTA04 by Golden Delicious <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko#Golden_Delicious_GTA04_board> * XiVO <http://blog.xivo.fr/> * Pandora <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_%28console%29> * Ben NanoNote <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_NanoNote> * Crypto Stick <https://www.crypto-stick.com/> * miniCNC <http://www.repairablemachines.com/introduction.html> * OH&A <http://www.ohanda.org/> * OSHUG <http://oshug.org/> If you have a device/design that gives the 4 Freedoms of Free Software as applied to a device/design and would like to tell others about it then please give a talk/demo at this event. If you are going to do a talk/demo then preferably send an email letting us know to: fsuk-manchester-team(a)nongnu.org The event will end with a tour of Fab Lab. Look forward to seeing you there. Location -------- Fab Lab Manchester is a great location for HFD, more information at: http://www.fablabmanchester.org/about-us Parking ------- There is cheap paid parking on site. Public Transport ---------------- The New Islington Metrolink Station <http://www.metrolink.co.uk/stationinfo/Pages/New-Islington.aspx> is nearby. More Information ---------------- More information available at: http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/UK/Manchester Regards, Mike. -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users."

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Qt on Android: Coffee and Code Workshop - London 10/03/2014.
by Andrew Back 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Hello, The BCS OSSG are hosting an event next Monday which may be of interest to some folks: "Learn how to develop and deploy an Android app using Qt or gain insight into why targeting Android makes good business sense! On March 10, hosted by the BCS Open Source Specialist Group, KDAB's BogDan Vatra, the man who ported Qt for use with Android, will be coming to London as part of a 3-City tour. He will conduct a three hour workshop Free to Qt enthusiasts. Not just a simple how-to, this session will include insightful discussions on why things are the way they are, how the internals of Qt on Android work and how Qt itself is deployed on Android devices." http://ossg.bcs.org/2014/01/30/qt-on-android-coffee-and-code-workshop-londo… Cheers, Andrew

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Jacob Mani 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

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