PC Build
We are still finishing off a few projects from the STEM group, so yesterday spent some time testing a motherboard and then installing windows 95 on the built system. We don't have a case so had everyhing laid out on the table (which is fine).
To turn the PC on, it is necessary to short the appropriate header pins. This can be a little problematic so I have now built a little module that will help with this.
2 switches, one for ON / Off and the other for reset
2 Leds which is for power and HDD Led.
This should be sufficient for what we will be doing.
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Trojans Training 19/5/024
Torbay Trojans Training
Date : Sunday 19th April 2024
Time : 10am to 13:00
Location; Foxhole Field, Bellfield Road, Paignton
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Air Show 2024
THE 2024 EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 1 AND SUNDAY 2 JUNE.
This year's English Riviera Air show will take place on the 1st and 2nd June 2024. More details can be found on the dedicated website.
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Arduino LCD display for Tinkerers
At the first Tinkerers meeting, I will be demonstrating a simple Arduino UNO connected to a 16x2 LCD and set up to print a message
I have previously made a board with the LCD soldered up with right angle pin headers and also added a Potentiometer, (to control the LCD) this makes it much easier to wire up to an Arduino. As most of the work is done. I made the board using a prototyping board that is in the same layout as a standard size breadboard and soldered the required components on. The advantage with this is that if I wanted to connect to a Raspberry Pi, it should be a case of replacing the M/F Dupont wires with F/F Dupont wires.
So using instructions here which also includes how to connect everything up.
A few photos of the project.
This is my soldered up display board, with potentiometer and pin headers. Makes it easier to wire up.
The LCD showing a message for the Tinkerers group
Finally the Arduino UNO used to run the code to control the LCD.
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SFD 2024
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of Free Software. SFD is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of Free Software and its virtues, and encouraging its use.
I have set up an event for Paignton, details are here and below.
Date : 21st September 2024
Time : 11 am to 13:00
Location : STEAM Café & Discovery Centre
13 Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon
If you would like to get in touch, please send a message via the lug list or drop in to the DCGLUG Matrix channel.
Poster
For more general information on Software freedom day, please see the Digital Freedoms website.
You can also drop me a message on Fediverse / Mastodon
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Libre Planet 2024 – Follow up
I spend time at the weekend moderating as part of the Libre Planet conference organised by the Free software foundation.
Very relaxed, which gave time to chat to attendees, and also caught a few talks. So have some follow-up work to do, as the talk on Software Freedom day and self-hosting were also fascinating.
The latter of the two talks, mentioned above, led to an interesting discussion on how essential internet infrastructure is maintained, so in essence it seems essential components are maintained in some cases by a single person. So a big thank-you goes out now to the small army of people keeping everything going.
The FSF have two blog posts reflecting on the weekend.
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Four Freedoms
To coincide with Libreplanet, I am reposting this, which describes the 4 freedoms associated with Free software
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LibrePlanet 2024 – Schedule
Latest info for Libreplanet 2024
Location : Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA & online
Dates : May 4 & 5, 2024
Website : LibrePlanet 2024
Schedule : Schedule
IRC : webchat
1. Enter a nickname
2. Channel : #libreplanet
3. Press Start
Keynotes
Follow fsf on Mastodon : @fsf@hostux.social
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Poster source
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Trojans Training 28/4/024
Torbay Trojans Training
Anyone over 18 is welcome as we are an Adult team. Let's keep building #AlwaysTrojan
- Date : Sunday 28th April 2024
- Time : 10am to 13:00
- Location; Foxhole Field, Bellfield Road, Paignton
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Minetest
I have now set up a Minetest server on a Raspberry Pi. This works and I am able to ssh in to the Pi and start remotely.
I have also set up a 3.5” Pi screen, set the pi to auto login and display the IP address(s) of the Pi. I followed some of the instructions at [2],[3] to set up the screen but didn't need the sections for setting up the gui.
The next step is to set up a router so try and provide an internal network at the library for playing minetest. I followed so
- Minetest
- 3.5 Inch RPi Display Touch – XPT2046 (480x320) Guide – Raspberry Pi Forums part 1
- pi 3 – What have you done to make generic TFT touchscreen display work? – Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange part 2
Should be able to bring some of this to the STEM Group on Saturday and probably need help setting up the router to provide a simple LAN.
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#Games,#MineTest,#PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup
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