Member Meeting Minutes for May 21, 2014
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- Attendees:
- Chad
- Scott^2
- Jim(or James)
- Other guy
- Gene
- Geno
- Doug
- Jim
- Eli
- Anthony
- Called to order at:
- 7:32pm
- Chad noted that Anthony noted the start time.
- 7:32pm
New Members
Jim - software engineer, favorite color is red.
Recent Events
- Friday May 9: Analog Game Night
- Thursday May 15: ROS Talk
- Anthony
Upcoming Events
- Thursday May 22: Talk on Window Lights Project
- Postponed
- Thursday May 29: Talk on Power Wheels
- Chad/Eli
- Friday June 13th: Artemis Night
- Friday 20th: Chainmail (Andrew)
- Thursday June 26th: Sketch-Up
Potential Thursday Night talks/events
- (Recurring) game night second Friday every month, switch between digital(video games) and analog(board games)
- No Thursday event preceding day (possibly do Galileo on this Thursday)
- (Recurring) Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly)
- Next scheduled in sometime in May
- (Recurring) Sketchup
- First meeting is occurring tomorrow... be there!
- Finite State Machines
- Contact Anthony/Greg
- Build your own h-bridge
- Object Oriented Software development
- Contact Greg/Joey
- Reverse engineering
- The ATM
- The G35 Light protocol
- OpenCV/Computer Vision
- Contact Anthony
- High security locks
- Anyone?
Unscheduled Classes
- Welding class for members
- We need to talk to Gabe for scheduling.
- Waiting on Gabe. Can handle 7-8 students. A few bucks for class materials and pizza.
- Still pending..............
Learning Tracks
- Arduino Track:
- Learn to Solder (done)
- Intro Programming (done)
- Diode Shield (Done)
- Sensors, sensors, sensors!
- Postponed. TBD.
- Sonar, IR range Accelerometer
- Analog circuits (OpAmps)
- May TBD
- Try to get a date soon.
- Intro to Motor Control
- Advanced Motor Control
- GPS
- Intro to GPS, NMEA, Parsing, Lat/Long, Display in Processing
- Syllabus by next meeting...
Shop Projects
- Window Lights project - lights in the windows!
- Gene is working on syncing the prototyping board with the outside display
- Need to add switch to toggle between board and lights
- The software group is working on this on the first and third Monday nights of every month... Come out
- Now uses a hardware timer
- High altitude balloon
- Will start combined meeting with UAV club
- The second monday of every month is a ballon project!
- We are looking for experiments!! <Send Email to list>
- Power wheels
- 006 ——> Delorian!
- Will meet next on May 28th!!!
- Found a controller for the Jeep (needs diode for controller protection)
- Possibly at the White House
- Talked to PPPRS Jim today, No word Yet.
- Software group will start working on Telemetry data...
- Contact Greg/Gary
- CNC Router
- Eli got a computer (needs tested).
- We need to finish assembling.
- Need to make an enclosure.
- We will take it down during the shop clean!
- Setup e-stop for tools
- Progress
- Gabe started... has some things done. Still have to mount the inclosure and such.
- Gabe will get another reader. Needed to use the one to this for the door.
- Started working on it. Looking for a good enclosure for parts.
- We have the parts!
- Gabe and Chad to work on RFID control for tool area.
- Progress
Shop Updates
- 3D Printer
- Bed has been aligned
- Workstation Added for 3-D Printer
- It's Re-Setup!
- Re-occurring SketchUp/3d printer class.
- TRAINING!!! Talk to Chad or Eli!
- We have Black, Gold and White Filament.
- Pay System
- We will be using a Gram Scale for now. (Honor System)
- Pricing @ 5 cents a gram!.
- Server Rack / Network
- Now running Minecraft server, in test mode for now
- Need to work out how to remote into server for admin
- Mugs - Gabe is the point of contact
- $15 each, $20 for mug personalized with text at bottom
- In stock in the shop! BUY ONE
Shop Project Ideas
- DrawBot
- Window web interface
- Refrigerator to TARDIS.
- Chad to buy paint.
Old Business
- Mini-MakerFaire Planning
- Chad has taken over
- Meetings are getting started
- Laser Cutter (AKA Frickin Lasers!)
- Talking to other People/Hackerspaces to go in on a group buy. Turns out other spaces aren't interested in a group buy.
- Chad expects buy to be ~May
- Good news everyone! I have talked to Weike Get a laser for $5000 plus shipping.
- Chad created opt-in contact list on Google docs
- contact info for members to contact each other
- Contact a board member for access!
- Scott^2 wants to get HackPittsburgh presence in "new economy working group"
- The group posted an initial database of companies/organizations that fall into the new economy. Scott is working to get HackPittsburgh listed.
- Meeting time to 7:30pm
- Jim
- Doug seconds...
- A committee has been formed to review the bylaws
- Changes have been made and will be presented at the next meeting.
- Greg is the point of contact
- Thanks to all members that have been reviewing the constitution and providing input
- Carnegie Library would like to know if we could give a talk about HackPGH and give a demonstration
- We will need projects and people to present
- Decided to request the date of 8/23
- Create a form for people to signup for an email when interested in more information about joining
- Shop Cleanup May 31st
- Need to get ready for Garage Sale
- 12p-6p. Pizza afterwards.
- Garage Sale June 7th!
- Will sell
- Metal punch (Junior)
- DVD duplicator (On Craigslist)
- EVERYTHING WE DON"T NEED!
- 10a-2pm!
- Will sell
- Proposed constitution amendments. This will be sent out in email. This will be voted upon at the next scheduled meeting. Contact Greg if you have any interest.
- Doug asked if there was interesting in developing a ticks clock. He will develop a proposal and send it around.
New Business
- Eli mentioned that 4MOMs wants to do a hardware based hack-a-thon. Not a lot of details at this point. Eli will get more info.
- South Park radio control club will have a fly in event from 3pm Sunday the 25th. http://www.sprcclub.org
- Starting next month, the Tesla club will me 2nd and 4th Wednesday. Starting at 7:30pm!
Move to Adjourn
- Gene motioned to adjourn
- Jim seconded...