Sure:
It's for a DOE program to encourage middle and high school students to
study math and science. Some 15 years ago DOE realized a lot of their
engineers and scientists were not far from retirement, etc. So, to help
avert the mess we're in now, they started this program.
Since it's a lot like the College Bowl from the 1950's (slightly like
Jeopardy now), it needs clocks and BuzzIn systems. After 12 years in
Arizona, those have been failing, so I and a team are upgrading the
equipment. Please browse to <
http://members.cox.net/geneousproducts/>
for more than you want to know. Some photos are at
<photos.yahoo.com/geneousproducts/> including some taken by Joseph
Sinclair at the Eastside Xmas meting.
The guts are a Microchip PICmicro controller driving a handful of ICs,
LEDs, etc. My plan is to connect it, via USB, to a laptop running my
clock program, but right now we need to get 9 more "stand-alone"
versions built this month.
Thanks,
Gene
PS: The 9 we're now building are fully wired for USB (I cloned
Microchip's USB Demo board), just the firmware only runs the
BuzzIn/LockOut logic. Since the PICmicros can be programmed
"in-circuit" upgrades are not a problem.
Vaughn Treude wrote:
>Gene,
>Great! Sounds like it would be a good fit. Since I missed the Eastside
>meeting (as usual), can you tell me a little more about it?
>Thanks!
>Vaughn
>
>On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 17:22, Gene Holmerud wrote:
>
>
>>I'd like to present my Science Bowl project (used for the Trivia contest
>>at the Eastside meeting last month). Might get some volunteers for
>>construction. It's a nice blend of hard/firm/software.
>>
>>Gene
>>
>>Vaughn Treude wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello everyone:
>>>My IEEE consultant's group, which is meeting next week, has had our
>>>planned speaker cancel at the last minute. I'm trying to round up
>>>somebody to speak on a technology-related topic. I know I've heard some
>>>good PLUG presentations in the past, but I'm not sure who has done
>>>what. In particular something of general interest, such as computer
>>>security or the Myth TV project or web page development, would be good.
>>>The meeting is this coming Thursday, which I think is the same night as
>>>the east-side PLUG meeting. Here are the details:
>>>
>>>Time: 6:30 PM, second Thursday of the month (1/12/06)
>>>Place: The Denny's at Scottsdale and Osborn (they have a nice meeting
>>>room in the back)
>>>We normally chat for a while and order food, and the presentation is
>>>usually done around 8 but we'll make it earlier if the speaker prefers.
>>>We'll pay for the speaker's meal (yeah, we're big spenders. :-) )
>>>It doesn't have to be anything long. I think the presentations are
>>>usually a half-hour to an hour. We try to get out of there by 9 or 9:30
>>>at the latest.
>>>We're all pretty computer-savvy, though mostly Windoze or Mac people. So
>>>you couldn't assume in-depth Linux knowledge, but at least we all know
>>>what it is.
>>>
>>>I know this is late notice so I certainly understand if nobody steps
>>>forward. But I'd greatly appreciate it, and it could certainly be a
>>>recycled PLUG presentation.
>>>
>>>Please contact me ASAP if you might be interested or need more info.
>>>BTW, our meetings are always open to non-members, in case any of you are
>>>interested in the consulting business. If the speaker wants to bring
>>>friends along for moral support, we welcome that, too.
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>Vaughn
>>>
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