[Blackpool] Thanks for a friendly welcome

Mon Aug 18 18:52:00 UTC 2014

Hi Arthur -

Sorry to hear that you can't make it next week, as the 23rd will be the
last meeting at Ripon road until 13th September. I am away for two weeks,
but sometimes an alternative meeting venue is arranged when I am away. Keep
an eye on the mailing list for details.

Best regards,
Mike Hewitt

PC Recycler Ltd.
29-35 Ripon road
Blackpool FY1 4DY
01253 293258
07711 736899
www.pcrecycler.co.uk

On 18 August 2014 18:22, Arthur Garlick <arthur_garlick at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks from the Garlick clan for being so friendly on Saturday.
>
>
> I’ve had a chance to look more closely at Arduino and I think the penny
> has finally dropped - thankyou for helping me get there. I don’t think
> there is as much difference in the hardware as I thought, but once you’ve
> paid out for a programmer and happy with in circuit programming then to go
> to a bootloader system doesn’t make sense for me anyway (which is what Mike
> said).  As a platform for my sons to have a go, I don’t think it could be
> beaten.
>
>
>
> I’m writing an interrupt based servo controller now, I need a test bed for
> the 2.4Ghz communications for my planned model boat, and on reflection a
> robot would be easier and better than a test model boat.
>
>
> So I am building a wooden one of these:
> http://www.instructables.com/id/BoB-the-BiPed/
>
>
> I misunderstood some stuff Les was telling me at the end, he was talking
> about Pimoroni and I was thinking of Pololu…  I’m very much not used to
> talking out loud about the hobby.
>
>
> Anyway my inspiration for the interrupt driven servo controller is this:
>
>
> http://www.pololu.com/blog/21/advanced-hobby-servo-control-using-only-a-timer-and-interrupts
>
> and this:
>
> http://www.pololu.com/blog/22/rc-servo-speed-control
>
>
>
>
> Apart from controlling more servos, controlling the speed of the servos
> and the need to free up the processor to do other things; the most
> interesting thing is the programming required to get this to work.  Take a
> quick look at that first pololu link for an interesting look at what the
> problem is and what their solution is.  I think there is another way with
> the Pic I am using, quite excited to see if I can get it to work.
>
>
>
> We can’t come next Saturday, but if you are meeting we’ll see you the week
> after.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> 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
> > > >
> > > > PC Recycler Ltd.
> > > > 29-35 Ripon road
> > > > Blackpool FY1 4DY
> > > > 01253 293258
> > > > 07711 736899
> > > > www.pcrecycler.co.uk
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