[Blackpool] meeting Saturday 10-12

[Les Pounder]

Hi Arthur

Everyone is welcome to come along tomorrow :)

Arduinos come in all shapes and sizes, I'll bring a few of mine along
tomorrow. They can handle a variety of voltages but generally output 5V at
40ma, but this can be reduced using a resistor. I think that pin 13 on any
Arduino uses 3.3v as it has an in-line resistor. But as you said we can
have a chat tomorrow and I'll set up the mame machine for the kids...and
adults.

See you tomorrow

Les


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Well an example of hardware comparison I'd be interested in would be
> voltage, I want to run models powered by a 1s LiPo at 3.3 - 4.2 volts, can
> I do that with an Arduino?  My Pic runs happy at these voltages and many
> peripherals run at 3.3v.  I heard the Arduino is a 5v only across the board
> thing?  So the available peripherals will overlap being mostly ttl but I
> guess the Arduino will have stuff I can't get for my Pics, these 'shield'
> things for example not sure what they actually are.
>
>
> With my development kit I can choose from nearly 800 different Pics 8, 16
> and 32bit,from 6 pins to 144 so I've never thought too much about number of
> any kinds of ports, pwm etc, I know there will be something that suits me.
> I wondered what was on an UNO and what Pic it would be equivalent to.  And
> what is the range of models available, I saw an Arduino that had 'Android'
> splashed across the box, no idea what that's about.
>
>
>
>
> I could just google this stuff, but I'd rather take the opportunity to
> meet you guys!
>
>
> Anyway, I paid the Maplin tax and got an Uno so I'll have a chance to work
> it out for myself.  See you all tomorrow!
>
>
> Rgds
>
>
> Arthur
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> Sent from Windows Mail
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> From: Michael
> Sent: Friday, 15 August 2014 12:41
> Cc: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
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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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