NERP

Physical NERP

NERP is not exclusively Raspberry Pi, the small computer, embedded control, electronics, special, and general interest group at Pumping Station:One in Chicago. As is customary, NERP attendance is considered "optional" on Federal Holidays. [Today is Labor Day.] Attendance will not be taken and the quiz is postponed untill next meeting. I'll be bringing some project parts to solder.

Covid is still a thing. PS1 has reinstated the mask requirement.

NERP meets alternate Mondays at Pumping Station One. We convene ~7pm and solicit for discussion topics at ~7:20pm. NERP has reason to believe that human-space meetings are preferred pretty much to the exclusion of Zoom (and jitsi) meetings. We'll skip the video part unless someone suggests otherwise.

Covid threat level: Elevated. Masks are required to enter the building. [20210823]

NERP meets alternate Mondays at Pumping Station One. We convene ~7pm and solicit for discussion topics at ~7:20pm. NERP has reason to believe that human-space meetings are preferred pretty much to the exclusion of Zoom (and jitsi) meetings. We'll skip the video part unless someone suggests otherwise.

NERP is discussion driven. There may or may not be a scheduled speaker or meeting topic. Meetings are free and open to the public.

For mutual enlightenment these url's are checked fairly often: meetup dot com slash NERP-Not-Exclusively-Raspberry-Pi and groups dot io slash g slash NERP slash post [You may be asked to make an account, but you don't need to be a member of PS1, etc.]

Overview

NERP is not exclusively Raspberry Pi, the small computer, embedded control, electronics, and general interest group at Pumping Station:One in Chicago.

Meetings

• Bi-weekly, Monday, 7pm-9pm
• Meetup.com group

Past

• Meeting #0: July 30, 2012
• Meeting #1: August 13, 2012
• Meeting #2: August 27, 2012
• Meeting #3: September 10, 2012
• Meeting #4: September 24, 2012
• Meeting #5: October 8, 2012
• Meeting #6: October 22, 2012
• Meeting #7: November 5, 2012
• Meeting #8: November 19, 2012
• Meeting #9: December 3, 2012
• Meeting #10: December 17, 2012
• Meeting #11: January 14, 2013
• Meeting #12: January 29, 2013
• Meeting #13: Feb 11, 2013
• Meeting #14: Feb 25, 2013
• Etc, etc, etc.

Raspberry Pi [This section is mainly of historical interest.]

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi
  • Newark: in stock (2013-Aug-13)
  • MCM Electronics: in stock (2013-Aug-13)
  • Chicago Electronic Distributors: in stock (2013-Aug-13)
• Gertboard: I/O expansion board
• Pi Box by Adafruit: clear acrylic case that Drew has shown at meeting
  • design files are open source and could be made with the PS1 laser cutter.
• Adafruit's full line-up of Raspberry Pi accessories, many are available locally at Chicago Electronic Distributors
• Sanoxy HDMI to VGA converter $27 converter Drew bought on Amazon works well
• 3.5" TFT LCD: $20 composite-input display Drew has
• RCA male-male coupler: very handy for connecting composite LCDs to the Pi
• Atrix Lapdock: Cheapest way to get a portable HDMI display for the Pi
  • Atrix lapdock tricks: documents how Jay has tried a super cap and a USB battery pack to buffer power to the Pi