[Liverpool] Howduino - Hardware Hackday at FACT

[Dan Lynch]

Cool, I'll have a read thanks. Perhaps I was confusing it with X10 a bit
because I was thinking of your Mazzini project. X10 is really a protocol and
Arduino is a hardware thing it seems. Big difference. Can't wait to see the
talk! :)


On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Adrian McEwen <adrian at mcqn.net> wrote:

> Arduino [1] isn't really like X10, although I'm using it for something
> bordering on X10 with my Mazzini project [2].  The Arduino is just a
> cool open-source hardware project to let you interface (some reasonably
> limited) computing power with electronics.  The Arduino boards have 16KB
> of flash memory for the code, 1KB of RAM, half-a-dozen analogue inputs
> (to let you measure fuzzy values like light levels or temperature) and a
> dozen digital inputs and outputs (to let you connect buttons and
> switches for input, or to switch things on or off from the code).
>
> There are some examples of what you can build with Arduino in the
> Inspiration section of the Howduino wiki [3]
>
> Adrian.
>
> [1] <http://arduino.cc/>
> [2] <http://www.mcqn.com/weblog/mazzini_monitors_its_first_appliance>
> [3] <http://howduino.pbwiki.com/PossibleProjects>
>
> Dan Lynch wrote:
> > Sounds really interesting, I'll come along. I haven't had much chance
> > to look at Arduino yet and really know nothing about it so a talk at
> > the LUG would be good I think. I've had a look at X10 in the past and
> > I know this isn't quite the same but they are perhaps related in some
> > way. Would I be wrong in saying that?
> >
> > Looking forward to it, cheers
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Adrian McEwen <adrian at mcqn.net
> > <mailto:adrian at mcqn.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Sat May 23rd, FACT at Liverpool
> >     http://www.howduino.com/
> >
> >     Howduino is a free, one day event about connecting the internet to
> the
> >     real world, breathing life into inanimate objects and creating new
> >     ways
> >     to interact with things. It's for artists, programmers, designers,
> >     hobbyists and anyone else interested in robotics, technology,
> >     communication and interaction.
> >
> >     The event was initially inspired by the Arduino
> >     <http://www.arduino.cc/>
> >     platform, a cheap and easy way to introduce intelligence into
> objects.
> >     The focus of the talks and support will be on using Arduino, but
> don't
> >     let this limit your imagination. All platforms and tecnnologies
> >     are welcome.
> >
> >     And on a related note, Andrew, is there any chance I can give my
> >     Getting
> >     Started with Arduino talk at the April or May LivLUG meeting?  I
> >     thought
> >     it would be good for people to find out a bit more (and maybe get
> >     started playing around) before signing up for the full day.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >
> >     Adrian.
> >
> >
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