[Blackpool] Saturday

[Rick Thompson]

I'm hoping to come again this Saturday and would really appreciate an 
Arduino session. I'll try keep up.

Rick



On 15 August 2014 13:00:07 blackpool-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:41:35 +0100
> From: Michael <heed at bigmassiveheed.co.uk>
> Cc: LUG Mailman <blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] meeting Saturday 10-12
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> Morning,
>
> There's no need to compare Arduino and PIC. At the hardware level they are
> one and the same thing, A PIC becomes an Arduino when it has the bootloader
> burn into it.
>
> Where they differ is that its much easier to program for the Arduino due to
> an IDE using a implementation of the Wiring language and taking care of
> downloading the code.
>
> Compared to the bad (good) old days of messing around with op-codes and
> compiling the result for burning it is a much nicer environment in which to
> learn about microcontrollers.
>
> No doubt you will be introduced to the shrimp (
> http://shrimping.it/blog/shrimp/ ) this weekend. This is in essence and
> Ardunino that has the minimal required components to run and can probably
> be built from parts you already have kicking about.
>
>
> On 15 August 2014 11:17, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes please Les.  I'm a Pic guy but it's just the first thing I tried.  I
> > looked at PICAXE and dismissed it as not for me compared to spending a
> > little extra and having the massive choice of the Pic range and tools, but
> > never looked into Arduino.
> >
> > I think my two sons will show to see what its about and if they are there
> > my wife will want to come too (she loved the MOSI Maker Faire), I hope
> > that's OK space wise.
> >
> > I will bring my Pic setup and our useless machine to quickly show - it
> > might be good to compare Arduino vs Pic and discuss the pros and cons.  My
> > 10 year old is pretty good with Scratch and together we are looking at
> > Unity if there is any interest in that.  Both my sons and my wife will be
> > interested in MAME too.
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Arthur
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:36:34 +0100
> > > From: lespounder at gmail.com
> > > To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: Re: [Blackpool] meeting Saturday 10-12
> > >
> > > I'll be there.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if anyone would fancy an Arduino session? Do a bit of
> > > programming and light a few LEDs?
> > >
> > > Kieran, you are the Arduino Master at school, bring your Shrimp kit along
> > > and lets hack!!!
> > >
> > > Les
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:07 PM, MJ Hewitt <admin at pcrecycler.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi folks
> > > >
> > > > I will be open on Saturday 10 -12
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Mike Hewitt
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