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Charleston SC Linux Users Group
Where: Saturday, July 18, 2009
When: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Trident Technical College Building 100 Room 164
7000 Rivers Avenue
North Charleston, SC
Here is a Facebook Link
Applications for the 8-bit microcontroller (uC) include use in portable electronics (e.g. cellular phone, iPod, GPS), robotics, home automation, remote sensing, and many others. This introduction aims to provide a starting point for technical minded individuals with no previous experience with microcontrollers.
However, some experience with basic electronics and the C programming language would be useful. The presentation will begin with a discussion of microcontroller hardware, including the power circuit, microcontroller chip, and serial communications.
The discussion will then turn to microcontroller firmware, how it is developed in Linux using free (GNU) tools, and how it is transferred to the hardware.
Finally, a demonstration program will be used to blink an LED in a working prototype (the "Hello World!" of microcontroller programming), and another to collect temperature measurements using a digital temperature sensor.
Presented by Matt Shotwell
Lowcountry Fireworks On The 4th
If you’re in North Charleston, the Waterfront Park where the Old Navy Base was situated is a great place to go.
There’s plenty of room there, with lots of grass to picnic on, and also some great live music too.
The Fireworks are scheduled to start at 9pm, and there’s no charge to get in!
If, on the other hand you’re downtown, there is a firework display from Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant around 10pm. Great viewpoint from Charleston Battery, if you don’t want to drive across the bridge.
21st Century Photography (Digital & Film) May Meetup
North Towne Grill & Seafood
2093 Eagle Landing Blvd
Charleston SC 29406
(843) 863-1001
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:00 PM
Price: $2.00 per person
It’s a friendly group, consisting of photographers with a wide range of abilities and equipment. No matter if you have the latest and greatest DSLR, or a sub $100 point and shoot, you’ll find a welcome in this group.
There’s an optional theme each month, and for May it’s ‘Shadows’
You’re invited to bring along a CD/Flash drive/memory card with 15-20 photos on, that are projected onto the screen, and you can talk about them. It’s a good way to share pictures.
Of course, lots of bloggers, and tweeters want to take photographs these days to enhance their blogging and social media experiences, so this group is idea for the geeks too!
