[Blackpool] Saturday

[Les Pounder]

Rick, you're more than welcome to come along. Bring your Arduino and a
laptop :)

Best
Les


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Rick Thompson <
rick at fieldartcollective.org.uk> wrote:

> I'm hoping to come again this Saturday and would really appreciate an
> Arduino session. I'll try keep up.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
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>>    1. Re: meeting Saturday 10-12 (Michael)
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>> Message: 1
>> 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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