LUG - Electronic Hardware Hacking

The September LUG meeting will be an introduction to electronics hardware hacking.

MEETING LOCATION: Fluid Imaging, 65 Forest Falls Drive, Yarmouth. Plenty of parking. Thanks to the folks at Fluid Imaging for hosting this month's meeting.

Do It Yourself electronics projects are popular with many of the same individuals who are drawn to free operating systems like Linux. We'd like to explore the local level of interest in this topic by hosting a hands-on lab-style meeting with the goal of building a small electronics project before we leave.

In the spirit of Linux, we've chosen the  Arduino, an open-source hardware board, to explore for this meeting. If you would like to fully participate, you'd should obtain an Arduino board of your own, probably an Arduino Duemilanove. They are readily available (Amazon ~$28). You'll also need a laptop for programming (Linux, Windows or Mac) preferably with Perl or Python and the Arduino IDE (v0018) already installed. Bring your laptop with Perl or Python even if you don't have an Arduino as there will be host computer code to write.

Head over to the LUG forum for more info or to post questions.
 

About LUG: The TechMaine Lunix User Group meets monthly, on the first Wednesday of the month. Meetings start at 6:00 p.m. No charge; open to the public.

Door Prize: Each month registered attendees are entered in a door prize drawing, usually a newly released book. FMI: Please Visit the LUG page or contact us.

Please register to attend so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule, and so your name will be in the drawing for the door prize.