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Upcoming Meetings in London
by Andy Bennett 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

Hi all, It was great to see so many people at the Christmas drinks. Since then, Omer and I have been chatting about how to get something going in London again. We'd like to solicit some feedback on our proposed format (below) and also to invite you to submit your proposals for talks on this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rBQopohr6UHWNRcq9 Our goals are to do in person meetups in/around Central London because we received a lot of feedback where people said that it was the personal community feel that was most valuable. Online events of talks don't seem to be much better than pre-recorded talks that you can consume in your own time. We'd like to propose a similar but slightly different format to the old one. 2 or 3 slots per session of no more than 30 minutes each, with plenty of time for questions. We'd like to have a larger social aspect to the evening, including time during the event for 5->10 minute lightning talks or show and tell sessions. There are a lot of people doing lots of interesting things but who can't commit to a big talk. This could also be a channel for periodic updates on ongoing projects from people who are working on something and who would like input or who do not feel they are finished enough to present a longer talk. The evening would start with a meet-and-greet at the venue, but perhaps with food or snacks, depending on the host. After the talks we would retire to the pub, but hopefully early enough that people can stay for at least one drink before leaving for trains. For now we'd like to solicit some feedback on this format and also to invite you to submit your proposals for talks on this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rBQopohr6UHWNRcq9 We're aiming to set up a pipeline of events so that when we launch we can be sure to have events regularly. Best wishes, @ndy -- andyjpb(a)ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ 0x7EBA75FF

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OSHCamp 2024 submission deadline, 30/04.
by Andrew Back 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Hi All, Just a reminder that the deadline for submitting a talk and/or workshop proposal for Open Source Hardware Camp 2024 is a little under 4 weeks away, Tuesday 30th April. Submissions can be made via the form at: https://forms.gle/v1mauARqgd9kWYy16 Any questions don't hesitate to get in touch! Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back http://abopen.com

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Open Source Hardware Camp 2024 CFP — Sat 24/08 & Sun 25/08, Hebden Bridge.
by Andrew Back 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

Hello, Please find details below of the call for participation for Open Source Hardware Camp 2024. Tickets are not on sale yet, but these will be £12/day and this includes lunch, plus tea/coffee. Those presenting and running workshops will receive free tickets. Budget accommodation is available at Hebden Bridge Hostel, which adjoins the venue, and there are plenty of B&Bs, plus a number of small hotels in the area. OSHCamp will once again be hosted as part of the Wuthering Bytes technology festival, which this year is celebrating its 11th anniversary, with the launch “Festival Day” on Friday 23rd August. Further details will be made available via the website in due course: https://wutheringbytes.com/ Any questions don't hesitate to get in touch! Cheers, Andrew // -+- Open Source Hardware Camp 2024 -+- This year Open Source Hardware Camp will take place over the weekend of Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th August, at The Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 8DG. Proposals for talks and workshops for OSHCamp 2024 are invited! There is no theme and topics may include, for example: * Open source hardware projects * Open development practices and principles * Novel/interesting/fun projects built using open source hardware * Tools (hardware and software) * Skills and techniques, e.g. PCB fab, DIY SMT assembly * Relevant technologies, e.g. SPI/I2C bus programming * ...something else relevant to the community If you would like to give a talk on the Saturday and/or run a workshop on the Sunday, please submit details via the form at: https://forms.gle/v1mauARqgd9kWYy16 Any questions can either be sent to myself. A social event is planned for Saturday evening. **** Note that the deadline for submitting titles and abstracts is Tuesday 30th April at 17:00. If you would like to discuss ideas etc. please get in touch sooner, rather than later. **** -- Andrew Back http://abopen.com

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littlewire kit from Wuthering Bytes 2013
by Sevan Janiyan 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

Hi folks, Hope you're all doing well. I've been working on building a bunch of tools targetting embedded hardware and as a test that things are working have fished out various bits of hardware that I have lying around. As a test for avrdude I wanted to program the latest version of the littlewire firmware for the board we put together at Wuthering Bytes, erm some 10 years ago :) There was a specific issue with the firmware requiring something or another that I can't recall now. I was wondering if anyone remembers what the issue was on that day in 2013, and what the workaround was. The site moved to github pages at some point http://littlewire.github.io and you can get the latest firmware files from there (old url littlewire dot cc is squatted) Sevan

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More Meetups!
by Andy Bennett 19 Dec '23

19 Dec '23

Hi all, It was great to see so many of you a week or so ago at Wuthering Bytes and OSHCamp in Hebden Bridge. It was a sell-out and there were definitely more chairs in the hall compared to 2019. All the thanks and credit must go to Andrew Back who organised another wonderful weekend with a great lineup of speakers and workshoppes. Several of you approached me over that weekend or have been in touch since to say that you really enjoyed the sense of community and to ask about the old meetups in London. It was clear that many people were out of contact with OSHUG and that communications have been sparse. This is my fault so I apologise. Some of you will know that we used to co-organize meetups once a month in London with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. The turnout was generally good and when lockdown happened in early March 2020 the meetings went online. For the first year things were well attended, seeing audience numbers more than double from the in-person meetups with attendees all over the country and speakers from Europe and occasionally the US or other places in the world. However, very few of these were advertised to the OSHUG membership base because announcements only went out when there was a very strong hardware focus. Moreover, although the attendance was incredibly high, the sense of community, especially the serendipitous interaction and networking, was completely absent. Over the recent weekend, and since, people have spoken and it seems that there might be a renewed opportunity to do something about this. If you were one of those people, or have the same sentiments, I'd like to invite you to reply to this message on the mailing list so that we can get the discussion out into the open. I'm in London so can help organise something here, including finding a venue, perhaps again at the BCS or maybe somewhere else. If anyone anywhere else in the country would like to do something similar then please also speak up. It was great to see so many people in Hebden Bridge and hopefully see a few of you again soon! Please reply to this message with your thoughts about a renewed set of meetups as well as where in the country you'd like to see them. -- andyjpb(a)ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ http://www.gonumber.com/andyjpb 0x7EBA75FF

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Drinks Monday Evening
by Richard Baker 18 Dec '23

18 Dec '23

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Intro and a question
by Andre Maia Chagas 13 Sep '23

13 Sep '23

Hi OSH enthusiasts! My name is Andre and I have stumbled on this list a couple of years ago (I think?), and I am very happy to see more OSH folks out there and more activity in the list too! I work at the University of Sussex (in Brighton) and have been developing open tools and solutions for research as well as teaching others (mostly as a volunteer at TReND in Africa) how to build things with electronics and fast prototyping tools over the past 10 years (initially in Germany, and since 2018 in the UK)... (a lot of the work we do can be seen here https://github.com/sussex-neuroscience) Super cool to see people thinking about meet ups in London! If at some point people would like to come down to the coast, we have space at the University to host it. Now, on to my question/request: In a conversation with people from the UK Reproducibility Network, I thought it would be a good idea to map out Open Source/ Open Science Hardware practitioners based in UK academic institutions. The idea is to know how big is that community in the UK and see how it can work together for awareness, policy, chatting with granting agencies, etc. So if you are a member of this community, or if you know someone who is, send me a message? thanks! Andre Maia Chagas Research Bioengineer Sussex Neuroscience +44 (0)1273 678846

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Keyboard Workshop for OSHCamp 2023 reference repo
by Alan Wood 09 Sep '23

09 Sep '23

I have started to document various useful references/docs and some pics from the OSHCamp 2023 Keyboard workshop <https://github.com/folknology/Keyboard-Workshop> for anyone that may be interested. -- regards Al

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OSHCamp 2023 Badge Details and Soldering Workshop
by Omer Kilic 06 Aug '23

06 Aug '23

Hi folks, With international logistics deities on our side, we will have PCB badges this year at OSHCamp. Details and photos at: https://lab.electrolama.com/hacks/oshcamp23-badge All hardware files, EE and mechanical, and some example code up at: https://github.com/electrolama/oshcamp23-badge Bare boards will be handed out to all attendees, and we will run a solder paste/stencil workshop on Sunday for folks interested in building their own badges. For the impatient amongst us, production files that will allow you to pre-order assembled badges from a well-known PCB manufacturer/assembly service (the blue one) are also included in the repo. I will also discuss some interesting bits about this design during my talk on Saturday morning. We'll figure out and announce the logistics of the workshop closer to the date, but for now, this is both a heads-up for badge-hacking folks and a reminder to book your tickets if you have not done so already :-) I look forward to catching up with OSHUG/OSHCamp regulars and meeting new folks in a few weeks time! Cheers, Omer. PS: Please drop me an email off-list if you are interested in the "build your badge" workshop, so I can get a sense of how many component kits to put together. This is not a commitment or a guarantee that you will get a kit (workshop will be first come first served) but merely an informal head count.

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OSHCamp swap table and Wuthering Bytes tickets.
by Andrew Back 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Hello, Due to popular request there will be swap table at OSHCamp again this year. So feel free to bring along any unused dev kits, components and half-baked projects — within reason! No VDUs, printers or other big items, please... — to swap. One person's rubbish is another's treasure etc. On another note, registration is now open for Wuthering Bytes Festival Day, which this year will feature a keynote from Bill Thompson entitled, "This is not my beautiful web...", along with talks on the architecture of telephone exchange buildings, learn to design your own open source microchips, Daphne Oram and drawn sound on the Acorn Archimedes, the rise and fall of ICL, and more. For details, see: https://wutheringbytes.com/whatson/festival-day/schedule Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Back http://abopen.com

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