oshug March 2016

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Talk for "chip design" themed meeting, Thurs 19th May.
by Andrew Back 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi All, The theme for the meeting on the evening of Thursday 19th May will be chip/digital design/FPGA. We already have two talks confirmed and are looking for a third. Perhaps someone: * could give a talk on MyHDL or one of the other gentler on-ramps? * has some experiences to share with respect to learning a HDL and/or using a FPGAs in projects? * has designed their own CPU from scratch, implemented in FPGA or discrete logic? * wrote a simulator for a classic CPU architecture? Talk proposals and suggestions for speakers would be most helpful! Cheers, Andrew

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Genuino/Arduino Day at South London Makerspace 2nd April - call for participants
by Dermot Jones 27 Mar '16

27 Mar '16

Hi All, We're opening our doors for World Genuino Day on Saturday, we'll be doing a few 'Arduino for Beginners' workshops, and a range of members projects on display, but are looking to spice it up with more 'show & tell' projects, and potentially a talk or two. https://discourse.southlondonmakerspace.org/t/genuino-day-arduino-day-2nd-a… It's pretty informal: everyone is welcome to just turn up and get stuck in, but if you'd like some table space pre-booked to demo a great project or want to give a talk or present a workshop then get in contact. Best, Dermot

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OSHUG #47 — Open Source Where You Least Expect It, Thursday 21st April.
by Andrew Back 22 Mar '16

22 Mar '16

Hello, Registration is now open for the April meeting, details of which can be found below. Cheers, Andrew // Event #47 — Open Source Where You Least Expect It On the 21 April 2016, 18:00 - 20:00 at BCS London, 1st Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA. Registration: http://oshug.org/event/47 At the forty-seventh meeting we will take a look at the use of open source hardware and software in less obvious places. — Ownership and Gift; Open Source and God; How a Vicar values Open Source Do we really own anything, or is it a gift? When we try to claim ownership how does that affect our attitude and our freedom? Does my choice of software really have a spiritual dimension? How can I give something back? These are all questions which arise for an ex-compiler-writing Vicar who wants software which does the job at hand but also wants to live with integrity and Christian values. In his talk Rev Peter Salisbury explores these questions through examples of the way his church uses Open Source software and hardware. Peter Salisbury was an electronics geek in his teens just as logic chips first hit the Maplin catalogue. From building computers in a cupboard he went to study Computation at UMIST, graduating in 1980. He worked in system tools with Burroughs Machines, then moved to language design and compiler writing for a Project Management company. In 1989 he moved to Salisbury to study theology in preparation for becoming a vicar. He was ordained in 1992 and is currently Vicar of Lymington on the south coast near Southampton. He has never really forgotten he's a geek. — Open hardware for open science Is science open source and should it be? This talk will look at the current state of open software and hardware in scientific practice. Example open hardware projects from the worlds of biology, astronomy and computer science will be presented. Sarah Mount is a Research Associate on the Efficient Editing of Homogeneous Programs (Editors4) project. Previously, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, and before that she held a number of positions at Coventry University. — Hacking the atmosphere The AirPi is an open source board he designed for measuring and recording air pollution and weather information. Despite its innocuous goal, that board has ended up in some fairly weird situations — come along to find out where! Tom Hartley is a student at Imperial College, currently sitting on the fence between software and hardware. Prompted by a mysterious fascination with the Raspberry Pi that lives on to this day, he developed the AirPi 2 years ago as part of a competition and went on to sell over 1,000 kits to people who care about the air they breathe. A devotee of open source, the code he writes and the boards he designs are all available freely online. Note: Please aim to arrive by 18:15 as the event will start at 18:30 prompt. //

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OSHWA certification mark: call for ideas
by Graham Whaley 20 Mar '16

20 Mar '16

I'm guessing many of you on this list have already seen this, but just in case you've not I thought it might be of interest: http://www.oshwa.org/2016/03/17/open-hardware-certification-mark-call-for-i… Graham

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