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| | We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer]. |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday April 10th ===
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| Dennis DeLorme, on Beaglebone Black.
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th === |
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| Small scale computing is becoming more affordable as technology
| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77258459870?pwd=VolwHIBRS8iAnPBqiwdA85abgT8Ez2.1 here.] |
| advances. For low cost simple 8 (or occasionally 16) bit micocontrollers
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| were the norm. This trend lead to the Arduino microcontroller on a
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| board. The low cost and popular support have made it a very popular system.
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| A few years ago the Raspberry Pi project was started to bring the cost
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| of a full computer on a board into the Arduino price range. This was
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| followed by the Beaglebone Black, a lower cost version of the Beaglebone
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| family. These new systems, which have price points under $50, are
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| significantly different than the Arduino level systems. They have
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| similar I/O capabilities but much more computational power than the
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| Arduino. They are also more complex to use effectively.
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| In this presentation I will briefly compare the differences and than
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| discuss some Beaglebone Black features. Unlike the Arduino, development
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| can be done directly on the Beaglebone as a stand alone system. I will
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| also talk about VNC which allows a PC to remotely control the Beaglebone
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| | === Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest week === |
| | Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk. Date/time TBD. Gather around our organizer Mark. |
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's '''HA109'''.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
| | === Virtual Social: Thursday Jly 9th === |
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| Also a reminder that Tim will be running this meeting, along with all things K-LUG for May-August (thanks Tim!). If you have any agenda items to add, please make sure Tim knows about them in advance.
| | Meeting link here eventually. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday April 17th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| | === Outside Social: July TBD === |
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| === Social: Tuesday April 22nd === | | Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map]. |
| 6th annual participation in CITO/LBB trash clean up. Cascade Lake soccer fields, 6:30 pm.
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| Bring your own gloves and beverage. If possible, also bring waterproof boots or waders, as there’s some shoreline. Trash and recycling bags are provided, along with the disposal. More details at http://coord.info/GC4ZNJ1 .
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: May - FIELD TRIP === | | === Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD === |
| Field trip to Lake City for to see the shop, meet the team, and check out their robot that just completed a season of FIRST robotics league. Tim Massaro and Mo Holahan were involved in coaching this FIRST team.
| | We're planning pickleball once it's cooler again. |
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| Time and location details TBA.
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| | === Old News Items === |
| | See the [[OldNews]] page. |
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday May 15th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: May TBD ===
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| Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim or Tina.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: June ===
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| Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina know if you're willing to volunteer. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday June 19th ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === Planned Social: June TBD ===
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| Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim or Tina.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: March or later, 2013 ===
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| Oculus Rift, "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games"
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| http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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| Peter Shabino
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| === Planned Socials: Fall or winter ===
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| -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
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| -Rock climbing at Prairie Walls
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| -Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.
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| -MAME/foosball/ping pong at Tim Massaro's.
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| === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
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| Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2014. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Tim with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad? Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings
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| === Old News Items ===
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| See the [[OldNews]] page.
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.
LUG News
We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.
Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th
6 pm
Meeting link here.
Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest week
Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk. Date/time TBD. Gather around our organizer Mark.
Virtual Social: Thursday Jly 9th
6 pm
Meeting link here eventually.
Outside Social: July TBD
Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.
Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD
We're planning pickleball once it's cooler again.
Old News Items
See the OldNews page.
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