From mistasteve at gmail.com Mon Nov 5 18:11:28 2012 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (SDC) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:11:28 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Raspberry Pi meeting postponed to next week. Message-ID: <07115BF8-2003-4152-9B5C-93309E79FAB1@gmail.com> All, Due to Election Day tomorrow, the Raspberry Pi meetup is being postponed to next Tuesday. Sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see some of you there, Steve From rdalton1 at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 11:20:45 2012 From: rdalton1 at gmail.com (Russ D) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:20:45 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Help wanted tonight - Making a Dump-Waiter Message-ID: I'd like to make a general call for help tonight if anyone is interested. I'm working on an arduino project. If you have some free time and can help, I'd appreciate it. If you just want to learn more about arduino, here's a chance to practice on a real project. * Project:* Build a dumb-waiter (DW) in a 3 story house. *Functionality Desired:* - Be able to call the DW to current floor - Be able to send the DW to a specific floor - Be able to stop the DW if it gets stuck or someone is screaming in pain *My plan so far:* - There will be 2 buttons per floor. If you push either and the DW is not on your floor, bring the DW to your floor. - If the DW is on your floor then read the button and move the DW to the floor pushed. - If a button is pushed with the DW is in motion, stop the DW - There will be a magnetic sensor on each floor to read the position of the DW and know when it's arrived. - We are using an powered hoist with an up and a down toggle button (rest state is off) and want the arduino to be able to 'push' those buttons. I have a 2 relay kit that I hope will manage this I attached a document of how i have things broken down so far. I also have some code from http://semicrazy.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/arduino-controlled-elevator-simulator-panel/which has code for a fake elevator. * Specific areas of problems:* - How do i write modular code and use the same code with variables? - How do i set up the arduino pins to avoid random noise? (pullup, pulldown, debounce) - how do i use a relay to pass the current that would otherwise be passed by pressing the up and down buttons on the hoist? Thanks for any assistance or recommendations. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20121107/dca21a51/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, unrelated, you can now have NASA email or txt you when the space station is going to fly over your area (it can be seen day and night): http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ Thanks, -Nathan From mistasteve at gmail.com Tue Nov 13 10:51:47 2012 From: mistasteve at gmail.com (S Charlesworth) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:51:47 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Raspberry Pi night tonight Message-ID: Hi all, Friendly reminder that Raspberry Pi night is tonight. Bring your Raspberry Pi or come see what they're about. Get help with a project or help out somebody who can benefit from your Linux and/or Pi skills. Or, just show off something you've done or are working on. Or, do something not on this list that's Raspberry Pi related. Starts at 7, goes until 9 (approximately). Thanks, Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This has been done w/ a couple different approaches, but today I discovered a framework github came up with that uses Node.js (hubot), in case anybody wants to play with that: https://github.com/github/hubot Mostly we use the IRC server for bot things today but no reason we can't open it up to other channels. Have fun, Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20121127/a8be7ef2/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Wed Nov 28 16:06:10 2012 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:06:10 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] Open tonight at 7pm Message-ID: We will be open tonight at 7pm for our public meeting. I've been gone for the last two weeks, so I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. Also, I have lots to talk about with respect to Makevention, our application for becoming a non-profit, and a possible space in downtown Bloomington that has come to our attention. See ya tonight! Jenett -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bloominglabs.org/pipermail/bloominglabs-announce/attachments/20121128/01307fcd/attachment.html From jtillots at cogbots.com Thu Nov 29 14:25:38 2012 From: jtillots at cogbots.com (Jenett Tillotson) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:25:38 -0500 Subject: [Bloominglabs-announce] St. Nick workshop coming up Saturday, December 8th, from 1-4pm Message-ID: Our annual Holiday workshops are lots of fun. This year we're holding it on a Saturday afternoon so more people can bring their kids. Personalize your holiday gifts by making them yourself! The mini-workshops will consist of: soap molding (bring something in and use our vacuum former to make a mold), shopping bag sewing, popup cards, bows, and more. 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