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Arduino Night (24 May 7-10PM)
We will be mostly playing with using analog to control digital LEDs. Agenda: Reading analog values from a potentiometer (variable resistor) Fading an LED using a potentiometer Controlling the rate of LED blinking using a potentiometer Using tactile switches to turn an LED on and off Required Items: Laptop Arduino USB cable for your Arduino…
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May 25 (Space Improvement Day + BBQ + LAN Party + Movie Night)
The Unallocated Space welcomes you and your friends to come out and enjoy a BBQ from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. We will also be cleaning and organizing the space. Everyone is welcome to stop by, but your participation is always appreciated. If you can bring something to the BBQ, please add to the spreadsheet.…
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Java Certification Study Group (1 June 7:30-10PM)
Session number 2. We will be covering chapters 1 and 2 out of http://www.amazon.com/SCJP-Certified-Programmer-Java-310-065/dp/0071591060.
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FPGA Night (14 May 7-10PM)
Mostly carrying over from last week. Agenda Install/Run Xilinx ISE (http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html – ISE Design Suite) Compile and upload blinky lights bit file Modify blinky lights code to change rate of blink Use DCM instead of divider to vary blink rate Required Items Xilinx based Spartan 3 or higher FPGA Laptop running Windows or Linux (OSX…
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FPGA Dev Night (7 May 7-10PM)
This will be the first installment of the FPGA classes. The only hardware requirement is that you have a Xilinx based Spartan 3 or greater (Virtex is okay as well). Spartan 2 will not be used because it requires a very old version of the Xilinx ISE. Agenda: Introductions Configure Xilinx ISE web kit software…
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Java Certification Study Group (May 11 7:30-10PM)
We will be meeting to study up for the SCJP exam (Java 6). We are using http://www.amazon.com/SCJP-Certified-Programmer-Java-310-065/dp/0071591060 as our study guide. Feel free to join us!
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May 4th Minicon
Minicon will feature talks from 15 minutes to an hour related to Technology. If your interested in speaking, please email forgotten@unallocatedspace.org Saturday, May 4th starting at 3pm Speakers: Writing Metasploit Modules – Surefire Forensic Packet Analysis – Wonko Minecraft servers (Server setup, host setup, and modding the JAR) – Compmage CJDNS+Project Meshnet – Nimblesec UAS…
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Arduino Night – Starting Over (10 May, 7-10PM)
Arduino night has come a long way over the last few months. Far enough that it’s becoming difficult for new people to join in on the festivities. That means that it’s time to start everything over again 😀 Agenda: Get everyone set up with the Arduino IDE What is an Arduino Upload “Hello World” program…
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SushiCon (Katana Sushi, Elkridge)
SushiCon is back! Join us at Katana Sushi just Northwest of I-95 & MD-100 for some damn good sushi. If you go to Katana Sushi in Clarksville, you’re going to be dining alone. Please RSVP here. Date/Time: May 6th, 2013 starting at 7pm Address: Katana Sushi ELKRIDGE, 6060 Marshalee Drive, Elkridge, MD For the uninitiated,…
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Arduino Night 26 April (7-10PM)
This will be the last Arduino night before the classes start over again. Agenda: Binary serial comms Serial.event() usage Answer random questions Required Items: Laptop Arduino w/ USB cable PySerial installed if you want to use Python to talk to the Arduino If you need any items in the required items section, please E-Mail uas.arduino@gmail.com.…
