TLUG: Embedded development with FOSS
This is a bit old news but what the hell…
I gave a talk at my old university’s LUG, TLUG, on Embedded development with FOSS. I was expecting 10 people or so to attend so it was a bit of a surprise when about 60 showed up.
The basic idea was to give software only people a glimpse of the Open Hardware world without getting too technical and focused on implementation details. So my talk covered the basics from “What is an Embedded System” then moved onto “Hardware Design Tools” and “Software Tools”.
I also created a couple simple demo projects. Firstly showing a proximity controlled motor using a AVR with Arduino and a Sharp GP2D12 distance sensor. The Second demo was a simple LED controlled via a web browser, it was implemented using a foxboard(complete overkill, but effective) and klone.
You can download the slides, example code and a audio recording here: Embedded development with FOSS.