March 2019 Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others


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SVFIG YouTube Channel

Videos: morning (1:11;56) - afternoon (2:38:11)

08:00

Breakfast
We met up at the Starbucks in the Tresidder Union on campus

10:00

Coffee and a Chat

10:30

ESP32forth on HTTP - CH Ting
"I modified ESP32forth to use a HTTP webpage for input and output, instead of a serial terminal. I am able to open a webpage on my computer and issue Forth commands as HTTP messages. The responses from ESP32 are displayed as text messages on the webpage. The HTTP interface is much easier than the UDP interface I implemented with ESP8266. It is great for robotic control and potentially very useful to attract new users to test-drive Forth on the web. Perhaps we can engineer a webpage on Forth Interest Group Home Page to let people try Forth online."

Slides - 418 Kb pdf file

11:30

Lunch
We enjoyed lunch at The Treehouse.

13:15

Introductions, Rumors, Gossip, and Announcements

13:30

New Things
In the spirit of Dave's occasional presentation offerings, tell a story about some new piece of technology.

SanDisk Connect Wirelesss Stick - 16Gb = $17 - Kevin Appert
Gylph Graphics - Brad Nelson
Robot PC Board - CH Ting

AIR Robot Update - Don Golding (did not present – sick)
Don will talk about his educational / hobby robot project.

14:00

Building the Kestrel-3 CPU - Samuel A. Falvo II
Sam will present his use of the nMigen tool, written in Python, to build the Kestrel-3's new CPU.

14:30

Pi Day Celebration
We'll have a break and some apple pie in honor of Pi Day. There will be a recitation, so memorize a few more digits!

15:05

Some Remarkable Women - Kevin Appert

Video segment

14:55

Random Access
We'll discuss various topics including YouTube and Maker Faire logistics.

16:00

Clean Up and Adjourn


Other items:

Forth
Gforth
MyForth for 8051
Forth for MSP430
Forth Tutorials
Forth CPUs
Forth Articles and Blogs
Forth Programming Books
Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
Other Jobs
Green Arrays
Forth People
Forth FaceBook Group
Products in Forth
Misc Forth Stuff
Computers
Raspberry Pi essentials: Accessories to take your single-board projects to the next level
A New RISC-V-Based AI HAT for the Raspberry Pi from Seeed Studio
The Ultimate RISC
Chips
Components
Software Applications
Space Applications
Programming Languages other than Forth
Operating Systems
Utilities
10 free alternatives to Microsoft Word and Excel (free PDF)
Hardware
I2C CDriver
Intel Compute Stick
Other Books
Manuals & Documentation
Articles
Applications
Stores
Robots
Games
Companies
Lectures
People
The Tube Guys
My Collection of 500+ Pieces of Computer and Gaming Hardware
Surplus Houses
Meetings
Videos
A CPU With Just One Instruction! (video - 14:32)
Courses
Trade Shows
Podcasts
Personal Computer History
Retro Computing
The Forgotten World of S-100 Bus Computers
Tutorials
Education
Contests
Blogs
Other
Maker Nexus
Repair has become a movement
Electric Dollar Store
Xtra-PC


Meeting Announcement

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