[TriEmbed] meeting tonight @ 7pm

[Pete Soper]

The next Triangle Embedded computing interest group meeting will be 
tonight at 7pm at NCSU Centennial Campus Engineering Building II , room 
1021 at 890 Oval Drive, Raleigh. Map: http://goo.gl/maps/wDiyI. All 
parking is free during the meeting time. There are spaces in front of 
bldg II and a parking deck on Partners Way a bit uphill and north of 
Varsity drive. Best parking will definitely be in front of the building 
for this meeting, as school's out. More and/or late-breaking info will 
be on the web site <http://triembed.org/>.

We'll start with announcements and then "lightning talks." If you have 
something short and sweet to share, please bring a slide or two and/or 
something to stick under the projector (but enthusiastic arm-waving is 
acceptable).

Here are some topics that may be covered:

   * Nvidia Jetson update
   * Trail activity project update
   * understanding the ZigBee protocol for talking between devices
   * A few words about the "Codebender" development tools
   * five minutes with an inexpensive, open source logic analyzer (what 
do I2C and SPI traffic look like, really?)
   * Update about Brian's museum/educational projects:
       - Dual temperature montor using single-wire sensors
       - Railroad hump yard with two turnouts used to simulate a basic 
conveyor system
       - Bi-directional traffic signal with an NOR gate chip to act as 
the left-turn sensor
     * understanding the ZigBee protocol for talking between devices

The remainder of the meeting will be the usual face to face, small group 
discussions, how-tos, problem solving, etc. Help for beginners is 
available at every meeting. Bring your gadgets and gizmos and cool ideas 
to share!

Meeting room reservations for June, July, and August have been made. 
Starting NEXT month there will be a different room. Details coming.

-Pete
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