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* ECE Workbench
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** Summary. All the stuff approved for purchase is on the bench except the Seeed Studio stuff that's coming tonight (Dangerous Proto Logic Analyzer and it's probes, and the probes to be wired into adapters for the V4 Bus Pirate). Executive summary: there should be a dedicated Arduino Uno and basic shield on the bench to go along with the MSP430 LaunchPad.
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** Tutorials. The idea floated on the list is that general info can be conveyed in 15 minute tutorials before the general meetings (but somebody else has to cover for the 11th), and there's reason to carve out time before/during/after other meetings such as Software Sunday to go into more detail. But the current plan is to focus on this from 6:40-6:55 before the Tuesday meetings to go over the bench equipment, convey what's known, and determine what needs to be gathered up for the next tutorial. I pinged Chris Covington about doing a Bus Pirate Tutorial, but if he's back at VT then we're out of luck on that (any volunteers?). A tutorial on the Dangerous Prototypes Open Logic Sniffer is what I'm preparing for, except a high school band "thing" is hosing up the agenda for the 11th (so it would be ideal if Chris or somebody else could talk about BP that night). But I can jump start folks tonight and chat and we'll of course change the plan to adapt to the situation. Carving out time during one of the other regular meetings such as the Sunday software meeting, or something like that might make sense.
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** Here and now. My problem today is that I can't get to Splat Space until shortly before 6:40 if I'm lucky, so it's going to be casual tonight. If others want to engage with this that would be a good thing.
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Regards,
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Pete
  
 
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Revision as of 18:01, 4 September 2012

Contents

September 4th, 2012

Agenda

  1. Approve draft minutes of the last meeting
  2. Consent Agenda
  3. Officer Annual Reports
    1. President
    2. Vice-President
    3. Treasurer
    4. Secretary
    5. Public Relations
  4. New Business
  5. Old Business
  6. Member Reports
  7. Adjournment

Minutes

Initialization

Consent Agenda

Officer Reports

President
  • Lightning talks: happening in t-minus 3-ish weeks (date TBD today)
  • Great meeting with Durham Library board w/ Jeff
Vice-President
Treasurer
  • Account balances:
    • Paypal balance as of MM/DD: $X.XX
    • BB&T balance as of MM/DD: $X.XX available
    • WePay balance as of MM/DD: $X.XX
    • Total balance as of MM/DD: $X.XX


  • This month's income:
    • Paypal - $X.XX
    • WePay - $X.XX
    • BB&T Deposits - $X.XX
    • Total: $X.XX


  • This month's expenses:
    • CREH-Snow (rent) - $920.00
    • Prime Rate Premium (insurance) - $X.XX
    • Total: '$X.XX


  • Income - expenses = $X.XX
  • Maintenance fund ($0 + $20) = $X.XX
  • Tool fund ($0 + $X.XX) = $X.XX
Secretary
Public Relations

New Business

Old Business

Member Reports

  • ECE Workbench
    • Summary. All the stuff approved for purchase is on the bench except the Seeed Studio stuff that's coming tonight (Dangerous Proto Logic Analyzer and it's probes, and the probes to be wired into adapters for the V4 Bus Pirate). Executive summary: there should be a dedicated Arduino Uno and basic shield on the bench to go along with the MSP430 LaunchPad.
    • Tutorials. The idea floated on the list is that general info can be conveyed in 15 minute tutorials before the general meetings (but somebody else has to cover for the 11th), and there's reason to carve out time before/during/after other meetings such as Software Sunday to go into more detail. But the current plan is to focus on this from 6:40-6:55 before the Tuesday meetings to go over the bench equipment, convey what's known, and determine what needs to be gathered up for the next tutorial. I pinged Chris Covington about doing a Bus Pirate Tutorial, but if he's back at VT then we're out of luck on that (any volunteers?). A tutorial on the Dangerous Prototypes Open Logic Sniffer is what I'm preparing for, except a high school band "thing" is hosing up the agenda for the 11th (so it would be ideal if Chris or somebody else could talk about BP that night). But I can jump start folks tonight and chat and we'll of course change the plan to adapt to the situation. Carving out time during one of the other regular meetings such as the Sunday software meeting, or something like that might make sense.
    • Here and now. My problem today is that I can't get to Splat Space until shortly before 6:40 if I'm lucky, so it's going to be casual tonight. If others want to engage with this that would be a good thing.

Regards, Pete

Adjournment