NERP

Physical NERP &! Virtual NERP

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

NERP will meet Monday 20210809 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 today unless someone suggests otherwise.

Covid is still a thing. PS1 has lifted the covid protocols for occupying the space, so a mask is not required to enter the building. Nevertheless, some people consider it prudent to mask and distance in public venues. NERP respects and supports this position. NERP also assumes people got their shots. The ventilation in Electronics isn't great, but we'll do what we can to improve the fresh air exchange in the room.

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