I'm in.... Shawn
John E Jardine wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I'm interested - final answer will depend on the date. For your > planning purposes I'll definitely get the kit though. > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 20:22 -0700, Mark Carlson wrote: >> Hello all! >> >> I'm looking for responses to see who is interested in attending a >> workshop focused on microcontrollers. >> >> I didn't think I would be starting on the microcontroller workshop >> until the SBC workshop was done, but it looks like I found a winner >> for the hardware for this one already, so I might as well get things >> started. >> >> Hardware: >> AVR Butterfly - http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=3146 >> More info at http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc4271.pdf >> >> The cost for the hardware so far is $22.50 + shipping + tax (right >> now, anyway) but you will need a serial port (usb->serial is fine) and >> a computer (might need to be either Linux or Windows, not sure yet,) >> (unless we can get booked into a computer lab to do the workshop.) >> >> Minimal programming experience is required. You should know how >> compiling code works, and not balk at a language you haven't seen >> before (might end up doing some ASM, otherwise it will be C.) >> >> Workshop goal: >> Introduction to microcontrollers. Show how the hardware is organized, >> and how to write software to interact with the hardware. >> >> Workshop date and time: >> Not decided yet. Probably on a weekend in January or February. More >> details as the date gets closer. >> >> List of features at: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR_Butterfly >> >> - Show: >> --- how microcontrollers work >> --- what kind of things they can do (DIO/ADC/etc.) >> --- much of the contents of the users guide >> >> - Do: >> --- minimal changes to the existing code >> --- maybe write new code? ideas? >> >> -Mark C. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
