[kwlug-disc] (question) What embedded board do you have?

[Bob Jonkman]

Yes please! 

--Bob.

"Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account)" <aklists at mixdown.ca> wrote:
>On Sep 30, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Chris Craig <kwlug.org at ciotog.net> wrote:
>> I've got a couple of Arduinos (one's bricked so I bought another)
>> which mostly my kids sometimes play around with, and a Raspberry Pi
>> that I haven't had any time to do anything with.
>> 
>> Even though I haven't been able to do a small fraction of what I'd
>> like with what I have, I sometimes go here and salivate:
>> http://canada.newark.com/dev-kits?ICID=hp-rr-Devkit
>
>Years ago I was the “featured guest” at the local Perl Mongers and had
>a kind of “intro to hardware” meeting. Simple stuff to start really:
>driving I/O, basics of transistors and mosfets for switching/level
>translation/etc., rules of thumb for things like pull-ups and LEDs…
>that kind of thing. 
>
>Would there be any interest in a revisit of that kind of thing? It can
>be kept fairly generic so that people using their arduini,
>${animal}boards/bones and various dessert boards could benefit from it.
>I can talk about PWM (for servos, or analog outputs), ADC rules of
>thumb, driving large loads without letting the magic smoke out, etc….
>
>I’m getting rusty with my Linux skills but driving electronics doesn’t
>require anyone to know more than the basics anyway.
>
>-A.
>
>
>
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