MEETING: PLUG Thurs Aug 13th

[PLUG Announcements]

We have two presentations for August: Software Defined Radios; Intro to 
Amazon Web Services.

Topic: Software Defined Radios
Speaker: Schuyler St. Leger

Description: Software Defined Radio (SDR) provides the perfect low-cost 
method to explore the world of RF (Radio Frequency.) SDR is a flexible 
radio system that utilizes software instead of specialized hardware to 
decode radio signals. It can investigate a wide frequency range and 
decode many different RF protocols. This talk will provide a basic 
understanding of SDR. It will then discuss some of the available and 
affordable hardware and software tools for exploring SDR. If time allows 
a live SDR demo will be included.

Bio: Schuyler St. Leger is a young maker. His passion for technology 
started at a very early age. His interests include 3D printing, 
electronics, hardware and software programming, software defined radio 
(SDR), robotics, computers, and tech innovations. Schuyler regularly 
speaks and teaches on these subjects. He dabbles in many software and 
hardware technologies including 3D CAD tools (Autodesk Inventor and 
123D, SketchUp, and SolidWorks), LabVIEW, MATLAB, Python, Processing, 
Scratch, Linux, Arduino, and LEGO Mindstorms. He enjoys designing and 
making things as well as taking apart nearly everything to understand 
the details of how they work. He shows his projects at various maker 
events worldwide. Schuyler is a member a FIRST Robotics Competition 
team, Team Caution Robotics, and also a member of HeatSync Labs, 
Phoenix’s hackerspace.
His motto is “Don’t be afraid to break something!”
Schuyler lives in Phoenix, Arizona and is currently in high school at 
Brightmont Academy.

Topic: Amazon Wed Services (AWS)
Speaker: Tejeev "TJ" Patel

Description: An Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS)

The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation.  People 
start arriving as early as 6pm, so if you would like to chat for a 
while, arrive a little early.

Desert Breeze Substation
251 North Desert Breeze Blvd
Chandler, AZ 85226

The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, 
which is half way between McClintock and Rural.  It is very close
to both the south 202 and 101 freeways.  Public transportation is
available into the late hours.

See http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html for a map 
and other info.

See you there,
Brian Cluff