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VDSL2 / ADSL2+ Annex M modem recommendations
by J. R. Haigh 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Hi, . A lightning strike near my parents' house frazzled their phone and Internet connection, yesterday. It has damaged and disabled their ISP-provided router, as well as disabled the phone service, which indicates that at least one other piece of equipment – possibly the faceplate or equipment at the exchange – has also been damaged by the electromagnetic pulse from the strike. . While that other damage is diagnosed and fixed, I could do with getting a VDSL2 modem that, together with an existing OpenWrt, non-DSL router, will replace the nonlibre, ISP-provided, VDSL2 router. . As always, I'd prefer it to be OSH and run libre firmware. If possible, it would ideally be able to analyse the frequency spectrum of SNR or attenuation on the line, and show something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ADSL_spectrum_Fritz_Box_Fon_WLAN.png That, and any other diagnostics, would be really useful to quickly determine the quality of their long rural line which has several outages and degradations per year. . Seeing as this is the 3rd occasion in about a decade and a half that an EMP has frazzled their modem / modem router, and seeing as I'm planning to get an ADSL2+ Annex M landline myself in my flat, if there's an OSH VDSL2/ADSL2+ modem that can show diagnostics then I'd gladly get 3 of them! . Otherwise, please advise me on recommendations of the freeëst such modem(s) available. Best regards, James R. Haigh. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail.

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OSH SSDs
by J. R. Haigh 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Hi, . Does anyone know whether any OSH solid-state drive project has come to fruition? I'd like to get a 512GiB or 1TiB, 2.5in SSD, but I like to support OSH projects where possible and I don't like that modern drives have processors more powerful than my X60 Tablet, with nonlibre firmware, and perform tasks that should be the responsibility of the filesystem, such as deduplication, compression, encryption, and wear-levelling. . If there isn't, then at least I'm expressing the interest such that someone thinking of making OSH SSDs knows that there's a market for them. I currently have an old SSD of about 117GiB (iirc.), so the minimum capacity that I'd upgrade to is 256GiB, but I'd much prefer 512GiB or more. I'd hope for a price, including shipping within/to Britain and tax, that is not more than 1.5× more than nonOSH of equivalent storage capacity. Best regards, James R. Haigh. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail.

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ESP3212 released
by Graham Whaley 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

As the ESP8266 is so popular with makers, and I didn't hear mention of this at the talks last Saturday, I thought I would post ... that the successor looks like it is now available - the ESP3212: https://www.seeedstudio.com/ESP3212-Wifi-Bluetooth-Combo-Module-p-2706.html Graham

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ORCONF 2016 update
by Julius Baxter 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

Hi all, This is a brief email giving an update on ORCONF 2016. First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has registered to attend ORCONF 2016 so far and particularly to those who have submitted presentation proposals. We've got another great line up of talks and demos this year. See the ORCONF site for all of the abstracts and presenter bios: http://orconf.org/#presentations It's now a little over a month to this year's ORCONF in Italy. We're beginning to finalise arrangements for the weekend and would like to ask that anyone who is intending on coming to please register as soon as possible so we have an accurate indication of numbers: http://goo.gl/forms/u6V54ay8P4i3wtXG2 If you're planning to present and haven't submitted a proposal, we'd ask that you prepare and submit your abstract by the middle of September, so within the next 10 days or so. We will try to accommodate those who submit later than that, but we'd like to finalise the presentation schedule at least a couple of weeks in advance, so talk slot preferences might not be able to be met. The submission form is here: http://goo.gl/forms/Nah5LH7cJWK1uQ6L2 We'd like to thank the generous sponsors who have offered to help cover the costs of this year's event: http://orconf.org/#sponsors As mentioned, we're yet to finalise the schedule but will be doing so over the coming fortnight and we will make another announcement when that is posted. We're also still researching options for the group dinner on Saturday and will be in touch with those have have expressed interest when we have that arranged. Feel free to contact us at orconf(a)fossi-foundation.org if you have any questions or queries about the event or logistics in Bologna. As usual, the conference site will have all of the latest information: http://orconf.org We're looking forward to another great event and a couple of glasses of wine with you all in Bologna very soon! Cheers, The ORCONF team

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Final call for OSHCamp tickets.
by Andrew Back 30 Aug '16

30 Aug '16

Hello, Just to say that if anyone is planning on coming along this weekend, but has not got tickets yet, if you could please arrange these ASAP — order about to go in to the caterers :o) Also, with Wuthering Bytes Festival Day being the day before this year, those not attending FD but getting into town on the Friday evening, may wish to head along to the social at the Town Hall, which should finish up around 10PM. No need for a ticket to just attend this part of the day. The OSHCamp social on the evening of Saturday 3rd will once again be hosted at the White Lion in Heptonstall (not the one in Hebden Bridge!), from 7PM or so and with food available. Finally, not to forget that we're back at the Birchcliffe Centre this year and not the Town Hall. Cheers, Andrew

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Legs
by Andy Bennett 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

Hi! Does anyone have any legs (3D printed or otherwise) that can be borrowed for a demo of some Physiotherapy wearable technology for a day in London on the 6th September? It's quite a strange request but it'll really make a difference if anyone has anything to offer. Thanks so much for any pointers or offers! Regards, @ndy -- andyjpb(a)ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ 0290 DA75 E982 7D99 A51F E46A 387A 7695 7EBA 75FF

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Open Source Hardware Camp sponsorship!
by Andrew Back 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hi All, I'm looking for sponsors for this year's open source hardware camp. In return for their support sponsors get their logo on: * oshug.org * printed materials at OSHCamp itself * post-event HD video which goes up on YouTube Should they wish, they can also have flyers or pens etc. put in the packs that delegates receive upon registration. It's a pretty good deal, if I say so myself, and helps to make the event possible, of course. Any offers or suggestions gratefully received and please drop me a line! Cheers, Andrew

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Making laser light synths talk at OSHCamp.
by Andrew Back 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Hi All, Just occurred to me that I'd failed to forward details of a 12th talk which has been added to the programme for OSHCamp, which will be from Seb Lee-Delisle and on making laser light synths, no less! "Making the Laser Light Synths The Laser Light Synths are LED emblazoned musical instruments that anyone can play. Along with high power lasers, they form part of a large outdoor installation that switch the traditional roles of audience and performer. As an artist, Seb Lee-Delisle likes to make interesting things from code that encourage interaction and playfulness from the public. Notable projects include Lunar Trails, featuring a 3m wide drawing machine, and PixelPyros, the Arts Council funded digital fireworks display that toured nationwide." Looking forward to this one :o) Cheers, Andrew

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Open Source Inverter + Energy Monitor
by Marcin Jakubowski 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Friends, Marcin from Open Source Ecology <http://opensourceecology.org/> here. Just heard about OSHCamp 2016 via OSHWA mailing list - and that led me to Open Inverter and Open Energy Monitor. Does anyone know the status of the open source inverter project? Does it work? Is Trystan Lea on this list, regarding Open Energy Monitor? I am asking with respect a project we launched recently, Open Building Institute <http://openbuildinginstitute.org/>. We will build a 700 square foot Seed Home <http://openbuildinginstitute.org/how-it-works/#utilities> this November (Missouri, USA), filled with ecological features. We would like to add open source energy monitoring and open source inverters to its off-grid systems - so that these open source technologies will be a part of the standard Seed Home features. Thus, we would like to add Ken Boak and Trystan Lea to our team of advisors <http://openbuildinginstitute.org/about-who-we-are/> - to bring a complete and crazy open source home to the world. Are you on this list? Please email me if you can help us on the Seed Home. I would like to make it to OSHCamp, as I'll be in Germany on Sep. 5-6. Thanks, Marcin -- *Full Disclosure Agreement:* OSE works openly. All conversations in this email are intended to be transparent and subject to sharing, with due respect. OSE does not sign NDAs in order to promote collaboration. All of our work is libre or open source. If you are discussing potential development collaboration, your work must also be open source pursuant to the Open Source Hardware Association definition <http://www.oshwa.org/definition/>. See Global Village Construction Set TED Talk <http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski>. Sign up for our Design Sprints <http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSE_Design_Sprint>. Subscribe as a True Fan <http://opensourceecology.org/community/#truefans>. See Tsu <https://www.tsu.co/OpenSourceEcology> or Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceEcology> for updates. Subscribe to monthly update OSEmail <http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSEmail>. Donate to our 501(c)3 <http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Other_donation_options>. Marcin Jakubowski, Ph.D. Executive Director Open Source Ecology http://opensourceecology.org

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Wuthering Bytes, Fri 2nd-Sun 11th September.
by Andrew Back 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hello, Just wanted to share details of this year's Wuthering Bytes technology festival, which will once again be taking place in Hebden Bridge (W. Yorks) and this year runs over the course of 10 days. With proceedings getting off to a start on Friday 2nd September with the “Festival Day”, featuring 10 talks from a fantastic speaker line-up and covering a diverse range of topics: * Hacking Robot Dinosaurs, Dr Lucy Rogers (engineer, author and judge on the new series of Robot Wars) * Project Nimbus: The Projection of Moving Images onto Clouds from an Aircraft, Dave Lynch (artist, director and inventor) * Prototyping for Public Good, Rachel Coldicutt (Director of Products & Service at Doteveryone) * The Magic Lantern at the Turn of the 19th Century, Phillip Roberts (researcher working with the National Media Museum and University of York) * Northern Powerhouse: A Text Adventure Game, Hwa Young Jung (multidisciplinary artist working in the arts, cultural and sciences) * What does mass spectrometry have to do with me? Giles Edwards (analytical chemist, engineer and musician) * Digital futures: art & design in a hyper-connected world, Irini Papadimitriou (Digital Programmes Manager at the V&A) * The secret life of your mobile, Geoff White (Channel 4 News) * Glowsticks, Lasers and Making Art with Code, Seb Lee-Delisle (digital artist and speaker who uses computers to engage with people and inspire them) * Catching up with Domesday, Andy Finney (radio and TV producer who helped to found the BBC Domesday Project) Tickets are priced at £10 and this includes lunch. Festival Day will be followed by Open Source Hardware Camp taking place over the weekend of 3rd & 4th September, featuring 12 talks on the Saturday and 4 workshops on the Sunday. This will then be followed on Monday 5th by the Open for Business Conference, hosted by the BCS Open Source Specialist Group and Open Source Consortium. On Tuesday 6th ODI Leeds will then be taking a look at “open smart cities”, with a full day of exploration, show & tell and collaborative work. Thursday 8th Wuthering Bytes will be playing host to the first ever LLVM Cauldron, a one-day conference with a single talks track and a space for breakout sessions, birds of a feather, and potentially tutorials. The meeting is free to attend and open to anyone whether a hobbyist, from academia, or from industry, and regardless of previous experience with LLVM. The conference keynote will be delivered by Andy Wingo, maintainer of the Guile Scheme implementation and committer to V8 and SpiderMonkey. Finally, we will have the annual GCC, GDB and friends developer conference, GNU Tools Cauldron, joining us from Friday 9th until Sunday 11th September. For further details and to register please visit: http://wutheringbytes.com Cheers, Andrew

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