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TheRiversideRoboticsSocietyFeb202016MeetingRecap

Board of Directors John McCarthy, President Thomas Messerschmidt, Vice President Greg Allen Secretary Hayden McCarthy, Treasurer Forrest Thompson, Historian Monthly Programs Join our mailing list at: http://www.meetup.com/The-Riverside-Robotics-Society/ Affiliated Chapter RRS is affiliated with the Robotics Society of Southern California. They meet at Cal State Long Beach: http://www.rssc.org/ Thank Your Sponsors! The following companies help support Riverside Robotics Society. California Institute of Robotics https://www.facebook.com/robotcollege Nuts & Volts Magazine http://www.nutsvolts.com/Robotis http://www.robotis.us/ ServoMagazinehttp://www.servomagazine.com/ Other Events http://larobotics.org/http://www.robotevents.com/

DearRRSMembers,

TheFebruary2016wastitledto“LearningArduinofortheBeginner”.OnceagainProfessorVannoydeliveredasuperengaginglecturewalkingusthruthefirsttwochaptersofAlanSmith’sbook“IntroductiontoArduino:APieceofCake”(http://www.introtoarduino.com/).

BeforestartingthefirstchapterProfessorVannoymixedinabitofdigitalelectronicsasaprecursor.YoucandownloadhisbriefoverviewofPull-upandPull-DownResistorsfromthemeetupsite>http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Pull-Up%20and%20Pull-Down%20Resistors.ppt

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Althoughthelecturewasfocusedonthebeginner,interestinglyenoughmostofthequestionscamefromthose–let’ssaymoreexperiencedJ

Infactthefirstquestionaroseontheveryfirstslideregardingthedelaycommand.Itturnsoutthatyoucannotenteracommaifyouwantthedelaytobe3seconds.Itshouldbewrittenasdelay(3000)NOTdelay(3,000).

Duringthefirsthourofthelecturewecoveredallofchapter1wherewelearnedthefollowing:

– Statetheuseofaconstant.– Explainwhysetup()andloop()arerequiredfunctionsinall

Arduinosketches(programs).– ExplaintheuseoftheArduinofunctions/commands:pinMode(),

digitalWrite()anddelay().– Demonstratehowtousethetwotypesofcommentsusedin

Arduinoprogramming.

YoucandownloadthefirstchapterofthecoursematerialpresentedbyProfessorVannoyfromthemeetupsite>

http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Arduino%20For%20Beginners%2C%20Chapter%201.pptx

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JustafterstartingChapter2,wetookalittlebreaktobuygirlscoutcookies.Itturneditwasspecialday.

Ifyouboughtcookiestoday,thisbatchcontainedabsolutelynocalories.Needlesstosayquiteafewboxesweresold.

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Returningtochapter2….Inchapter2,welearnedhowtoprogramtheArduinotomakelightpatternsusingcommandslikeif/elsetoanswertrue/falsequestions.

Welearnedaboutcomparisonoperatorsandmathoperations.

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Itturnsoutthatpercentages(modulointhechart)arenotsosimple.

AlongthewaywealsolearnedabouttheconceptsofAssignmentvsComparison.

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Andmixedinmoredigitalelectronicsasitwasanalogoustothetopic.

Hereisalinktochapter2onthemeetupsite:http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Arduino%20For%20Beginners%2C%20Chapter%202.pptx

Althoughwedidnotcoverchapter3,ProfessorVannoydistributedanelectroniccopyofchapter3.

http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Arduino%20For%20Beginners%2C%20Chapter%203.pptx

Inclosinghislecture,heaskedallthoseinattendancetocompletetheHomeworkthatwasinthelastslideofchapter1&2.AstimepermitshealsosuggestedthatmemberstaketimetoreadthruSmith’sbook.YoucandownloadaPDFcopyhere:http://files.meetup.com/1352731/Introduction%20to%20Arduino_%20A%20Piece%20of%20Cake%21%2C%20Smith%282011%29.pdfWeconcludedthemeetingwithsomeShow&Tell.Thomasshowedoffhis3DprintedInMoovproject(http://inmoov.fr/)

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AlsharedhisStuartminionwork-in-progress.

SteveshowedusnewtechnologyatransistortesterhepurchasedfromChina.

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Youcanwatcha15minvideoreviewonYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRwuYe5qFE

ChipshowedussomecoolshehasbeenworkingonwherethegoalistoremoveburdenfromtheArduinoandtransitionittoanothercomponent.ThisisreferredtoasaMaster/SlaverelationshipthatfreesupmemoryandresourcesonyourArduino.Chipdetailsallthisworkonhissite:http://pc.gameactive.org/whichcontainslinkstohiscodeonGithub

Lastly,TimLewissharedacustomanimatroniccharactercostumeprojectheworkedonforaclient.Sincethisisacommercialproject,wewerenotpermittedtotakepictures,butTimprovidedavideolinktoanearlierversion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItqgcAtki1Q

UpcomingEvents

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March19Meeting

InMarchwewillhavetwopresentations:

1. HansolHong,CEOofRoboLink:http://robolink.com/.2. 3rdlectureonArduinofromProfessorVannoy

NOTE:Intheinterestoftime,wewillNOThaveourRobotoftheMonthandShowandTell.WewillalsoremoveRobotsintheNews,OpenDiscussionofRoboticsandtheBusinessMeeting.

Withtwospeakers,theMarchmeetingwilllikelyrunverylateunlessweremovethesecomponents.Iwantourmemberstoconcentrateonthelecturesinsteadofrushingthruthismaterial.

ForApril,wewillreturntoourstandardmeetingstructure.

April3–RobotDay

TheSanDiegoCentralLibraryiscelebratingRobotWeek,withaRobotDayonApril3–noonto6pm.Hereisalinktowatchavideofromlastyear.http://sdmakerfaire.org/robot-day-at-central-2/Theeventisfree>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robot-day-tickets-21793263237Ifyouwouldliketoshowcasearobotorexhibitattheevent,pleasefillouttheGoogleformbeloworcontactUyenTranatutran@sandiego.govformoreinformation.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o6nhPgqbbe4ur-cr7F9Fxl3qmOHhP5b-uuqjAYLKB9c/viewform

April16Meeting

WewilltakeabreakfromtheeducationallecturesandlearnaboutroboticsfromauthorJohnMullenandhisrobotcalledDickYoung.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbrWK-fn_G4

Wehopethatyouareenjoyingthefreeclassesandlearninglots.Ifyouhaveanysuggestions,commentsorideasformeetingideas,sendmeanemail(HelloJohnMcCarthy@gmail.com)orpickupthephone(909-263-0454)andsayhello.

JohnMcCarthyPresident,TheRiversideRoboticsSociety