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Save the date!
by Andrew Back 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hello, So this year's annual two day event will again take place in Hebden Bridge, and over the weekend of 14th and 15th September. We're aiming to do something bigger this time, that will have hardware and web tracks, and with a theme of "making things". So, stories about making hardware or a web thing, and mostly from an end-to-end perspective. Some talks will be on projects that combine web/online and hardware too. We'll be taking over most of the Town Hall [1] for the entire weekend with, as before talks on the Saturday and workshops on the Sunday. We'll have 2, possibly 3, spaces to use on the Saturday, and 2 on the Sunday. With one of these being the very lovely Waterfront Hall. There will be a social on the Saturday evening, also at the Town Hall, and if the weather is good we might even have a marquee out on the patio that overlooks the river. Cheers, Andrew [1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/aug/13/hebden-bridge-town-…

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OSHUG #26 — Sensor Networks (Contiki, Low Power Wireless, quick2link), Thursday 16th May.
by Andrew Back 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hello, Registration is now open for the May meeting, with details and a link to registration below. Cheers, Andrew // OSHUG #26 — Sensor Networks (Contiki, Low Power Wireless Sensors, quick2link) Thursday 16th May 2013, 18:00 - 20:00 at Centre for Creative Collaboration, 16 Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NG. Sponsored by SK Pang Electronics: http://www.skpang.co.uk Registration: http://oshug.org/event/26 At the twenty-sixth meeting we will have talks on Contiki, the open source operating system for the Internet of Things, low power wireless sensors and quick2link, a protocol for distributed sensor/actuator networks. — An Introduction to the Contiki O/S This talk aims to introduce the Contiki OS and some of the development hardware that is used with it. We will learn about the process of bootstrapping the development environment and there will be a hands-on tutorial. Ilya Dmitrichenko was born in Soviet Latvia in 1985, grew up and attended a secondary school there, and moved to UK as soon as Latvia joined the EU. He attended the biggest university in London and was rather disappointed with the education, but nevertheless carried on and had fun working on a final year engineering project which served as an introduction to the topic of this talk. Ilya is interested in various aspects of hardware and software, spanning from WSN to DSP and several other random fields. * Note that this talk was originally scheduled for OSHUG #15. — Low Power Wireless Sensors around the Home Have you ever wondered how much electricity the kettle used this week, what effect installing that loft insulation had on the temperature of the living room, or how humid the loft is? Small low power wireless nodes make it very easy to deploy a network of sensors to monitor, for example, electrical power, temperature and humidity around the home or office. This talk will give practical examples of connecting low power wireless sensor nodes to the Web using RFM12B/SRF/XRF 433MHz/868MHz wireless modules, Arduino-based hardware and firmware, and a Raspberry Pi base station running the Emoncmsopen-source web-application to log, process and visualise the data. Experience will be drawn from OpenEnergyMonitor, a project to develop open source energy monitoring tools to help us relate to our use of energy, energy systems and the challenge of sustainable energy. Glyn Hudson is a hardware developer for the OpenEnergyMonitor project. Together with Trystan Lea he runs the OpenEnergyMonitor website and online shop. Glyn has a passion for open hardware, sustainable energy and rock climbing… in no particular order! — quick2link quick2link is a very simple, extensible protocol for controlling distributed sensor/actuator networks. Inspired by Ward Cunningham's txtzyme project, it grew out of the needs of C3Pi — an experimental robot. However, it's equally applicable to environmental monitoring applications. The current implementation uses a Raspberry Pi controlling Arduino-based slaves but the architecture and much of the code are hardware-independent. Romilly Cocking spent the ten years before his 'retirement' as an agile software developer, coach and trainer. He spent the first two years of retirement experimenting with robotics. Then Raspberry Pi came along, and now Romilly works full-time running Quick2Wire. Note: Please aim to arrive for 18:00 - 18:20 as the event will start at 18:30 prompt. Registration: http://oshug.org/event/26

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Re: [oshug] oshug Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2
by Mark.itto 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:00 PM, <oshug-request(a)oshug.org> wrote: > Send oshug mailing list submissions to > oshug(a)oshug.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > oshug-request(a)oshug.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > oshug-owner(a)oshug.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of oshug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. ChipHack (Mark.itto) > 2. Re: ChipHack (Andrew Back) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:34:45 +0100 > From: "Mark.itto" <maco1717(a)gmail.com> > To: oshug(a)oshug.org > Subject: [oshug] ChipHack > Message-ID: > <CADB-D=Pc=ejDcqdB=Qo-ze7mvK-ZVRUMO__a5UOoL4cv_gXtfA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, I'm attending this workshop and was wondering if you would > recommendme to bring any particular software already installed besides > the Altera Quartus. > > I'm running Windows 7 64b. > > And have the basic Notepad++, Strawberry, Emacs, Icarus Verilog. > > Dont know if you recommend me anything else to have ready for then or > you just let us know when we get there. > > Really excited about this ChipHack workshop! > > Thanks c'ya soon. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:46:41 +0100 > From: Andrew Back <arback(a)computer.org> > To: Open Source Hardware User Group Discussion List <oshug(a)oshug.org> > Subject: Re: [oshug] ChipHack > Message-ID: > <CADj1OPB4b8PwFwU51=+BDJxMTQKuqBbkt8mr-Avx_ychXA+cJA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Mark, > > On 11 April 2013 12:34, Mark.itto <maco1717(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, I'm attending this workshop and was wondering if you would >> recommendme to bring any particular software already installed besides >> the Altera Quartus. > > It's not technically an OSHUG event, but most if not all of the folks > involved are probably also on this list :o) I actually knew it wasn't an OSHUG thing because it's not on the OSHUG.org web page as an event so i just didnt think when I sent the email trough here to be honest sorry for that. > >> I'm running Windows 7 64b. >> >> And have the basic Notepad++, Strawberry, Emacs, Icarus Verilog. >> >> Dont know if you recommend me anything else to have ready for then or >> you just let us know when we get there. > > It has been suggested that people should also pre-install ModelSim, > along with the latest version of Quartus. We'll send an e-mail out > with further details to everyone who has registered, either tomorrow > or early next week. > I installed Quartus with ModelSim which apparently dont know why i forgot to put in the list of the software I have. >> Really excited about this ChipHack workshop! > > Great, we're all really looking forward to it too! It should hopefully > be a fun and worthwhile weekend. > > Best, > > Andrew > > Thanks four your reply. Regards. Marco P. > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > oshug mailing list > oshug(a)oshug.org > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > End of oshug Digest, Vol 36, Issue 2 > ************************************

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ChipHack
by Mark.itto 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi, I'm attending this workshop and was wondering if you would recommendme to bring any particular software already installed besides the Altera Quartus. I'm running Windows 7 64b. And have the basic Notepad++, Strawberry, Emacs, Icarus Verilog. Dont know if you recommend me anything else to have ready for then or you just let us know when we get there. Really excited about this ChipHack workshop! Thanks c'ya soon.

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Open Hardware Toolchain Survey
by Matt Maier 31 Mar '13

31 Mar '13

Greetings, It seems safe to assume that all of you are already familiar with the need to publicly document a project in order for it to qualify as open. The best method of doing that, however, is open for discussion and/or development. The Open Hardware Toolchain Survey is an attempt to uncover a basic list of user/developer requirements that can be contributed to the documentation discussion and, ultimately, lead to a new generation of collaboration tools. I would like to personally ask you to take 10-15 minutes to add your perspective <http://www.wareium.com/home/survey> and/or pass this request along to anyone you think might be interested. The compiled results of the survey will be made available and will also be used at the OSHWA's DocJam. Thank you for your time and attention, Matthew Maier wareium <http://www.wareium.com/> openalia <http://www.openalia.wordpress.com/> printthat <http://www.printthat.wordpress.com/>

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BarCamp Canterbury
by Martin Ellis 23 Mar '13

23 Mar '13

Hey guys, Thought you might be interested in BarCamp Canterbury[0], it's happening 27th - 28th April this year and best of all it's free! If you haven't been to a BarCamp before it's a great weekend, and there will be great talks and plenty of beer. For up-to-date info follow us on twitter @barcampcant[1] thanks Mex [0] http://barcampcanterbury.com/ [1] https://twitter.com/barcampcant

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Re: [oshug] Help - Newbie
by Plug Gulp 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:34:49 +0000 > From: Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett(a)embecosm.com> > <snip> > > I encourage you to use OpenCores, and particularly the OpenRISC > processor core, which is well supported. I suggest you follow Sven-?ke > Andersson's blog, which is a comprehensive guide to building OpenRISC > for complete newbies from a very experienced engineer. > http://www.rte.se/blog/blogg-modesty-corex/openrisc-1200-soft-processor. > Thank you for the link! > You are pushing your luck on the specs. You'll be hard pressed to get > 800MHz on anything purely in FPGA, particularly low-end FPGA's. I think > you can get around 100MHz with the latest OpenRISC implementations. > Will the platform based on OpenRISC be suitable for a Linux system with DirectFB and a video framework e.g. GStreamer? > As far as I'm aware not all the IPs you want have open source > implementations, but that is a better question to ask on the OpenCores > mailing list. > Thanks for the suggestion. I will ping the community there. > If you want more, you'll need to look at using a proprietary processor > on something like a ZedBoard (Xilinx FGPA alongside a dual-core 660MHz > ARM). But then you are looking at ?300, and much more restricted open > source support on the hardware side. > > The OpenRISC community portal is at > http://opencores.org/or1k/OR1K:Community_portal, and there is an active > IRC group on channel #openrisc at freenode.net. > > It is possible to run OpenRISC on a DE0-nano, which is just under ?60. > However something a little larger will give you more flexibility - there > are boards for around ?150 that are suitable. > > We'll be showing how to bring up an OpenRISC SoC on a DE0-nano at Chip > Hack (www.chiphack.org). That's now full, but it will be videoed, so > you'll be able to see it online (on the Embecosm YouTube channel) in > late April. > I will be eagerly waiting for the videos once the actual event is finished on the 21st of April. Thank you once again for your help. Warm regards, ~Plug > Best wishes, > > > > Jeremy > > -- > Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 > Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 > SkypeId: jeremybennett > Email: jeremy.bennett(a)embecosm.com > Web: www.embecosm.com > Twitter: @embecosm > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > oshug mailing list > oshug(a)oshug.org > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > End of oshug Digest, Vol 35, Issue 8 > ************************************

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Help - Newbie
by Plug Gulp 21 Mar '13

21 Mar '13

Hello All, I am an Software Engineer. I am comfortable with device drivers, low-level embedded software frameworks etc using C/C++. I am trying to learn the lower level stack of system development i.e. SoC development, so please forgive if the questions and the goal sounds silly. How and where do I start to achieve the following? What learning approach do you recommend? My goal is as follows: 1. Use the IPs available on opencores.org. 2. Integrate the IPs to create a simple SoC. 3. Add features (as a learning exercise) to the IPs in the SoC. 4. Create a Linux or OpenBSD BSP for the SoC. 5. Get the OS to boot upto the terminal. 6. Port DirectFB to the platform. In short, I want to develop a platform that will have 32bit or 64bit processor at atleast 800Mz, HDMI, WiFi, Eth, SD card, USB and atleast 256MB RAM support. To achieve the above, what hardware (and software) will I need and where to purchase it? This is my hobby project hence my budget is £50-£60. Is it possible to get all the stuff required to achieve the above in that price range? Thanks and regards, -G

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OSHUG #24 — Lightning Talks.
by Andrew Back 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello, Registration is now open for the March OSHUG meeting, details of which are below. Cheers, Andrew // OSHUG #24 — Lightning Talks Wednesday 20th March 2013, 18:00 - 20:00 at Centre for Creative Collaboration, 16 Acton Street, London, WC1X 9NG. Sponsored by Embecosm: http://www.embecosm.com Registration: http://oshug.org/event/24 For the twenty-fourth OSHUG meeting we've decided to try something new and we will be hosting a series of lightning talks. The first five talks have been confirmed and details of these can be found below. Offers of additional talks of between five and ten minutes are invited and proposals can either be submitted in advance via e-mail or made on the night (please arrive early). Note that this month the meeting takes place on a Wednesday. - FUNcube Satellite FUNcube-1 is a UK amatbur radio educational satellite that is due to be launched later this year, and that uses open source hardware to bring real-time space based experiments to classrooms around the globe. Three members of the on-board computer team will discuss project goals and progress. - 64-core Parallella Prototype Simon Cook will be demonstrating one of only two 64-core Parallella prototypes in the UK. - Interfacing High-performance Low-cost Embedded Systems with FPGAs Mustafa H. Yuce will be talking about an open source project that interfaces embedded systems including BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi with FPGAs, to enable the implementation of high-speed parallel processing applications such as computer vision. - Flux Alan Wood will be talking about the recently developed Flux series of boards that are used for motion control applications. - Open Source Junction 4 Report Paul Tanner will be providing a report from the OSS Watch two day workshop, Open Source Junction 4: Open Source Hardware meets Open Source Software. Note: Please aim to arrive for 18:00 - 18:20 as the event will start at 18:30 prompt. Registration: http://oshug.org/event/24

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London Arduino Meetup and Jam - event #3 - 19th March
by marc barto 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hi all Sorry if I sent this twice (a few mix-up with my gmail), this is a reminder that we're meeting on Tuesday for an evening of presentations and informal discussions around Arduino (and all microcontrollers) at the Hub Westminster. Programme: *> Projects presentations* - Arduino software cloner by Michael Margolis (Arduino Cookbook author) - Infa Red Arduino box by Liam *> Open Hardware News (good links and projects, OSH events and call out to makers, tips) > Arduino Jam (bring your projects, boards, robots...)* Event is of course free, all info here: http://www.meetup.com/LondonArduino/events/106683762/ Hope you can join us Marc -- @marc_in_london <https://twitter.com/marc_in_london> SpringofCode <http://springofcode.org/> visionOntv <http://visionon.tv/> LondonArduino <http://www.meetup.com/LondonArduino/>

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