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Announcing: London's first Maker Faire – Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire
by Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire 14 Mar '13

14 Mar '13

Hello all, Just a little note to announce that the first ever Maker Faire in London is being held in Elephant & Castle on Saturday, 6th July 2013 at the London College of Communication (LCC). The Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire will be open from 10:00–18:00, entry is free and open to all. The Maker Faire is a day of family friendly making, learning, crafting, inventing and tinkering in the heart of London. Be inspired by arts, crafts, engineering, science and technology from the Makers of the capital. Best of all entry is free and there will be many of opportunities to get hands on! Call for Makers We are looking for talented Makers and Crafters to exhibit their projects at the Maker Faire, visit our website to find out what we are looking for and get Making. The deadline is Sunday, 14th April 2013. http://makerfaireelephantandcastle.com/call-for-makers Makers & Designers Meet-up Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire, in collaboration with the Digital Programmes team at the Victoria and Albert Museum, LCC, Central Saint Martins, and University for the Creative Arts will be running talks and workshops at the Maker Faire on Saturday, 6th July 2013 and at the V&A on Sunday, 7th July 2013. This extension to the Maker Faire explores the way Designers and Makers work together and what their shared future might be. Extended Call For the Makers & Designers Meet-up we want to hear from Makers and Designers interested in taking part in panel discussions and workshops or in showing smaller projects around the themes outlined above. For details of this extended call please visit our website, the deadline is Sunday, 14th April 2013. http://makerfaireelephantandcastle.com/meet-up Kind Regards Tom Lynch Organiser – Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is independently organised and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc. Kind Regards Tom Lynch Organiser – Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is independently organised and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.

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ChipHack: Introduction to FPGA Programming, London, 20 & 21 April 2013
by Jeremy Bennett 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

Hi all, Embecosm is pleased to announce Chip Hack (chiphack.org), a two day hands-on workshop on programming FPGAs aimed at complete beginners. Led by a team of experienced FPGA designers, and working with the DE0-nano board, we'll start with simple hardware designs to control LED's counters and push buttons and move on to a UART transmitter and (for the more ambitious) receiver. The event coincides with Hardware Freedom Day (http://www.hfday.org) and we'll be using open source designs throughout the weekend. Our final session will show how to bring up a complete ready-made OpenRISC system-on-chip, and show where you can look under the hood to learn more. No HDL or FPGA programming experience is required, but you will need to have some programming experience and an understanding of basic digital electronics. The workshop is sponsored by Embecosm, and will run at the Centre for Creative Collaboration in Acton Street, London. We are particularly keen to encourage school teachers to get involved, so we giving away a DE0-nano kit to the first 5 who apply. If you are a teacher and want to step up from Raspberry Pi, this is the workshop for you. Numbers are limited, so book early at chiphack.org Look forward to seeing you there, Jeremy -- Tel: +44 (1590) 610184 Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeID: jeremybennett Email: jeremy.bennett(a)embecosm.com Web: www.embecosm.com

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Hardware question: tiny bluetooth/wifi module
by Artjom 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Hi guys, I'm new to the group so it might not be the best place to ask these type of questions. Let me know where I could ask it, or search for more info. I am looking for a bluetooth/wifi module that could fit nicely in a small case the size of lego brick. It should fit there together with a battery and a controller. Is there anything like that on the market that I could look at? I need this to enable wireless connectivity for a small object to be used for installation. The size is critical. For controller I found tinyAVR which looks promising but cant find anything for Bluetooth or Wifi. Thanks! Artjom

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Open Source Junction 4
by Mark Johnson 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Dear OSHUG, Below is the official announcement for Open Source Junction 4, the event which I posted a request for speakers for recently. The event is now open for general registration. OSS Watch is delighted to announce a new event in the Open Source Junction series aimed at facilitating knowledge exchange between industry and academic innovation. Open Source Junction brings together the best business and academic minds to explore how the two sectors can jointly innovate, develop and exploit open source software in conjunction with open source hardware. Open Source Junction 4 is taking place on 14th-15th March at Trinity College, Oxford and focuses on open source hardware. Open Source Hardware (OSH), like Open Source Software (OSS), is an open approach to technology where the information needed to create hardware artefacts – such as schematics, drawings and bill of materials – is distributed, allowing others to produce artefacts, and to modify and improve on the design. Open Source Hardware has a wide range of applications, including medical appliances, lab equipment, surveillance drones, and toys. If you're involved in an Open Source Hardware project, a project that uses Open Source Software in conjunction with hardware, or just enjoy cool hardware hacks, we'd like to see you at Open Source Junction. We're keen to exploit the tangible nature of Open Source Hardware at the event by encouraging attendees who are part of a hardware project, whether Open Source Hardware in the strictest sense or an innovative use of commodity hardware in conjunction with Open Source Software, to give a short presentation or demo. If you're interested in doing this, please give details on the registration form. You can read full details of the event and sign up at EventBrite[1]. Many Thanks Mark Johnson Development Manager, OSS Watch [1] https://osj4.eventbrite.co.uk

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Anyone from Swindon, Wiltshire?
by Plug Gulp 26 Feb '13

26 Feb '13

Hello, Are there any members from Swindon, Wiltshire in this group? Would like to meet for a coffee, networking, sharing knowledge etc. Thanks and regards, ~Plug

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PCBmodE
by Saar Drimer 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Good morning OSHUG friends. Yesterday I released the code for my PCBmodE project under the Apache License: https://bitbucket.org/boldport/pcbmode The overview in the link above pretty much covers the introduction. More info is on the blog: http://boldport.blogspot.co.uk/ I've created PCBmodE to satisfy an itch, so I'm not even sure how useful it would be for others. If you have ideas on how the project can be useful to you or others, or what you'd like to see it do, please let me know. I might do a short demo in the March OSHUG event; I'm expecting the first board I made with PCBmodE to arrive on Friday! cheers, saar.

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Re: [oshug] Open Source Junction 4
by Mark Johnson 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Hi Andrew > Just a point on the text at Eventbrite: Raspberry Pi is not open > source hardware. They've published the schematics as all rights > reserved and without any licence specified, and for the PCB layout > I've not seen anything other than a screen grab of the merged layers. > The EDA CAD "source" files have not been provided either. Thanks for the feedback, we'll re-word the description so it doesn't sound like we're calling the Raspberry Pi Open Source Hardware. Mark

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Paul Tanner 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Thx Al, I may tap you for some links nearer the time. May CU on 21/2 Best/ Paul At 01:04 AM 2/7/2013, you wrote: >Unfortunately this event clashes with another event to which I have >already committed. > >regards >Al > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > > Hi Al, > > > > Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. > > Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd > > like to? Double act? > > > > Best/ Paul > > > > > > At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: > >> > >> Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, > >> although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning > >> some of it up! > >> > >> regards > >> Al > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> > >> wrote: > >> > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and > >> >> can > >> >> plug OSHUG. > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks Paul, > >> > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. > >> > > >> > Many Thanks > >> > Mark > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Mark Johnson > >> > Development Manager > >> > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > oshug mailing list > >> > oshug(a)oshug.org > >> > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> oshug mailing list > >> oshug(a)oshug.org > >> http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > > > > Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com > > Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > oshug mailing list > > oshug(a)oshug.org > > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >_______________________________________________ >oshug mailing list >oshug(a)oshug.org >http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Alan Wood 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Unfortunately this event clashes with another event to which I have already committed. regards Al On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Paul Tanner <paul(a)virtual-techno.com> wrote: > Hi Al, > > Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. > Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd > like to? Double act? > > Best/ Paul > > > At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: >> >> Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, >> although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning >> some of it up! >> >> regards >> Al >> >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> >> wrote: >> > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: >> >> >> >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and >> >> can >> >> plug OSHUG. >> > >> > >> > Thanks Paul, >> > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. >> > >> > Many Thanks >> > Mark >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mark Johnson >> > Development Manager >> > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > oshug mailing list >> > oshug(a)oshug.org >> > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug >> >> _______________________________________________ >> oshug mailing list >> oshug(a)oshug.org >> http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > > > Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com > Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com > > _______________________________________________ > oshug mailing list > oshug(a)oshug.org > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug

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Re: [oshug] Speaker Request
by Paul Tanner 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Hi Al, Thx. This is probably the best way to illustrate what it does. Now that I heard Andrew could not do this I was already wondering if you'd like to? Double act? Best/ Paul At 12:42 PM 2/6/2013, you wrote: >Paul if you need to use any of my stuff on Solderpad please feel free, >although its a little messy right now, I am in the process of cleaning >some of it up! > >regards >Al > >On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Mark Johnson <mark.johnson(a)it.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > On 05/02/13 18:25, Paul Tanner wrote: > >> > >> Seriously I would like to go to this (Oxford nearer than London) and can > >> plug OSHUG. > > > > > > Thanks Paul, > > I'll be in touch off-list to firm up details. > > > > Many Thanks > > Mark > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Johnson > > Development Manager > > OSS Watch http://oss-watch.ac.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > oshug mailing list > > oshug(a)oshug.org > > http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug > >_______________________________________________ >oshug mailing list >oshug(a)oshug.org >http://oshug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oshug Paul Tanner - Virtual Technologies - http://www.virtual-techno.com Tel: +44 1494 581979 Mob: +44 7973 223239 mailto:paul@virtual-techno.com

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