August 2014 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
SVFIG on Google+ Hangout-
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Videos - morning (0:58:35) -
afternoon (2:41:29) |
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09:45 |
Coffee and a Chat |
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10:00 |
New 430eForth for the LaunchPad - CH Ting
"The
German Forth folks told me they were communicating with the Texas Instruments'
MSP430 LaunchPad at 9600 baud using the hardware UART on the 430G2553 chip. I
could not reproduce their 9600 baud results and we talked back and forth
several weeks. I discovered that the chip stores calibration data in flash
memory to set the internal clock to run the UART at 1, 8, 12, or 16 MHz
accurately. They surmised that I must have erased the calibration data in my
chips, and sent me seven new 2553 chips. Sure enough, eForth ran happily at
9600 baud on a fresh chip. They also have a nice Forth IDE for LaunchPad."
- 4E4th
on LaunchPad / MSP430 Devices video (52:29) by Sam Falvo
- Forth For Education
(4E4th)
- MSP430
LaunchPad sends Morse code with 4E4th (video 0:51)
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11:30 |
Lunch
We ate at the
Treehouse. |
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13:00 |
What's New?
Every month! Bring some material!! Be on
the lookout!!! |
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13:30 |
GA144 EVB001 Basic Review - Dennis A.
Ruffer
Dennis will cover the basics of the GreenArrays GA144. If you're
interested in getting started with the chip, this is your first step!
- Slides
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14:20 |
Break |
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14:40 |
Pratt Parsers - Samuel A. Falvo II
- Pratt
parser on Wikipedia
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15:00 |
Gforth in Portable Native Client - Brad
Nelson
Portable Native Client uses an LLVM
based tool chain to produce a portable executable which is translated to
machine code by Chrome, then run inside the Native Client sandbox. Brad will
describe his efforts to port Gforth to run in the Chrome web browser using
Portable Native Client. |
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In the Spaces - Ad Hoc, Ad Lib, Non Sequitor
We always
find something to talk about. |
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16:00 |
Clean Up and Adjourn |
Other items:
- Forth
- Forth for MSP430
- Ting's
2012 Talk from 2012 MSP430 Day
- 4E4th
Demo From 2012 MSP430 Day
- Forth Tutorials
- Forth CPUs
- Forth Articles and Blogs
- Forth loop
inversion - James Bowman blog
- Forth Programming Books
- Forth Jobs - submitted by Dennis Ruffer
- Green
Arrays
- Python
toolchain for GA144
- Forth People
- LinkedIn
Forth Enthusiasts
- Misc Forth Stuff
- Real
Time control board using the LPC1114 running FISH Forth
- LinkedIn - Go Further with
Forth
- Computers
- Teardown:
Radio Shack / Tandy TRS-80 Model I
- Teardown:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Computer
- Microsoft's
Shark Cove
- Microsoft
ships Galileo super-mini-Windows PC to Internet of Things developers
- Cybernetic Micro Systems -
ControlChips
- SchmartBoard|ez
QFN 88 Pins, 0.4mm Pitch with a GreenArrays GA144 Chip
- Chips
- TI CC3200
SimpleLink Wi-Fi and Internet-of-Things solution, a Single-Chip Wireless
MCU
- Components
- LightBlue
Bean Bluetooth LE Device - $29.99
- TinyCircuits
- Software Applications
- Programming Languages other than Forth
- Utilities
- Hardware
- USB
Keyboard to ASCII Serial Convertor
- xkcd Universal Converter
Box
- Jackco
Zeta ZT50400 400 Peak Pocket Jump Starter and Power Supply
- PC
Laptop Notebook USB Thermometer Temperature Sensor Data Recorder
- Other Books
- If
I Only Changed the Software, Why is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging
Methods Revealed: Technical Mysteries for Engineers
- Masterminds
of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming
Languages
- Manuals
- Articles
- Applications
- Stores
- Robots
- Games
- Companies
- Lectures
- People
- Surplus Houses
- Meetings
- Videos
- Courses
- Trade Shows
- Podcasts
- Personal Computer History
- A
Fresh Start: Ctrl + Alt + Delete (with video 1:15)
- Tutorials
- Other
- Gus Wilson's Model
Garage
- User Friendly
webcomic reruns
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