June 2015 Meeting Notes

Compiled by Dave Jaffe

Contributions from Kevin Appert and others


SVFIG on Google+ Hangout: long url - tinyurl

Videos: morning (1:30:20) - afternoon (2:42:59)

10:00

Coffee and a Chat

10:15

Haiku Monthly - Brad Nelson
"Join our monthly voyage into the kaleidoscopic world of Forth Haiku. Catch the news, views, and hues of the latest Haiku gems."

In this month’s edition:
  • Spin, TV, and out of this world
  • Waves of Spam - The Eternal Struggle
  • An in-depth special: Trees of Light - Tracing the Origins of Ancient Haiku
"The early history of Forth Haiku, while a time of intense energy and experimentation, was also a period shrouded in mystery. The familial lineage of early Haiku masterworks has been lost to the poor record keeping of simpler days. But now, using modern techniques, we can peel back the shadows and explore the history of these early Haiku! We'll trace the explosion of diversity we now enjoy back to a few seminal works, and see where it all began. Come with us on a fantastic journey through the Haiku family tree."
Slides
Source code for the slides
Frameworks:
reveal.js
impact.js

11:30

Lunch
We ate at the Treehouse.

13:00

Introductions, Rumors, and Gossip

13:15

What's happening in FigTaiwan - Sam Chen
Sam will present on-going projects in FigTaiwan, including Raspberry Pi and 3D printers. He will talk about the annual conference they are planning for January 2016 and extend an invitation to those who are interesting in attending.

14:15

Spectroscopy with a CDROM - CH Ting
“A CDROM is a piece of extraordinary technology that has become ordinary as so many are produced. CDROMs are high quality diffraction gratings, though a bit curved. I built spectroscopes for visual observations and spectrographs to photograph spectra with digital cameras. I hope to build spectrometers that can scan spectra electronically.”

Slides - CD Spectroscopy
Lab 1: CD Spectrometer (video 6:09)

14:45

Break

15:00

Experiences Porting RetroForth to Kestrel-3 - Samuel A. Falvo II
"I will talk about my experiences in porting the Ngaro virtual machine to the bare metal Kestrel-3. The Ngaro VM is what RetroForth runs on top of, so porting Ngaro should be sufficient, right?”

Kestrel's development repository
Poster for RISC-V Workshop

16:00

Clean Up and Adjourn

 

Ad Hoc - Engineering Videos, SVFIG Meeting Reruns

Suggested items included:

Other items:

Forth
pijFORTHos - A bare-metal FORTH operating system for Raspberry Pi
gforth - GNU Forth for Android
EForth in C - Todd Thomas
Forth for MSP430
Forth Tutorials
Forth CPUs
Forth Articles and Blogs
FlashForth in the Laboratory (first page only)
Forth Programming Books
Thinking Forth: A language and philosophy for solving problems
Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
Other Jobs
Green Arrays
Forth People
Misc Forth Stuff
Google Play search for Forth
Gameguino Store
Computers
Lenovo Thinkpad W520 - Kevin's new laptop
ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 pico mini-PC
Chips
ARM Cortex - A processor targets maker industry
OpenTransputer
Components
SparkFun Starter Pack for Intel Edison - $120
MinnowBoard MAX
10 Hot New Boards to Watch
URM37 V4.0 Ultrasonic Sensor - $12.50
WiFi Serial Transceiver Module (ESP8266) - $6.95
Software Applications
WebIOPi - Control, debug, and use your Pi's GPIO, sensors, and converters from a web browser or any app
VNC and the Raspberry Pi
Space Applications
Programming Languages other than Forth
Toolkits for the Mind
Utilities
Hardware
Samsung T1 Portable 500GB USB 3.0 External SSD - $200
Other Books
A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks
Manuals & Documentation
Articles
4 Tips for Firmware Floating Point Computations
Warning: Don’t Download Software From SourceForge If You Can Help It
Comparison of source code hosting facilities
Applications
Stores
Robots
Games
Companies
Lectures
People
Surplus Houses
Meetings
Videos
Courses
Trade Shows
Podcasts
Personal Computer History
Arnold Spielberg & The Birth of Personal Computing
Tutorials
Other
Help [Chris] boot his Cray-1 supercomputer (from 2012)
How Compact Fluorescent Lamps Work and How to Dim Them
How CFL Bulbs Work
The Centennial Bulb, the longest burning light bulb in history - webcam
Leanpub - e-book publishing
Extreme Offroad Tracked Wheelchair, the Original Ripchair 2.0 (video 3:47)
How to Create and Download an Archive of All Your Google Data
Fossil Project Hosting Service


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