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Re: AID: Agenda February 8th 2004

From: Tim Moody   timmoodysympatico.ca
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:44:04 -0800

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The burners I looked at were:

http://www.voti.nl/wisp628/ - has schematic to build it.

http://www.quasarelectronics.com/3150.htm - USB kit or pre-built (PC software)

http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys/proghvp.html - simple if you have a PC and 
parallel port


At 01:23 PM 2/6/2004 -0500, B. Bogart wrote:
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>Agenda:
>AID group meeting, February 8th, 2004 at 1:30pm @ Interaccess, 401 
>Richmond, Suite 444
>In-Meeting Tasks:
>
>  1) Work on USB Integration into mainboard.
>  Participants: Mike, Rob
>  Progress: Rob thinks the USB issues are driver related, will try on a PC 
> machine.
>
>  2) Plan out the "Getting started" guide for AID:
>      - How to get a chip programmer? Links to schematics/manufacturers.
>      - How to build a programmer?
>      - Construction notes (tools, solder tips, external resources)
>      - Part and tool suppliers.
>      - How to build a mainboard?
>      - How to build a test-board?
>      - standalone AID test application
>      - links to worked solution pages (on community site)
>
>  3) Continue the development of the AID community site.
>  Participants: Ian, Tim, Mike, those interested.
>
>  4) Implement bulk write command. (requires 16 arguments)
>  Participants: Stefan.
>  Progress: n/a
>
>  5) Modify the AtoD on AID to full 10bits!
>  Participants: Ben, Stefan
>  Progress: We're now using the 8 most siginificant bits of the reading.
>
>Between-Meeting Tasks:
>
>  1) Complete mainboard PCB Design.
>  Participants: Rob, etc.
>  Progress: n/a
>
>  2) Decide on which schematic program is standard.
>
>  3) Six Worked solutions for the AID launch:
>      - Switch Reader (Ben's Responsibility)
>      - A/D Bend Sensor (unowned)
>      - Polaroid Rangfinder (Rob's responsibility)
>      - Sensbar-120V relay box (Mike's responsibility)
>      - Audio/Video Playback (Ben's responsibility)
>      - Motor Driver (Yeshua's responsibility)
>
>  4) Revise and fix existing boards for AID Demos
>      - sensebar
>      - stelarc switch reader
>      - PD video playback patch
>      - Bend Sensor board
>      - Rangefinder
>
>Deffered Tasks:
>  1) Continue development of map command (change to 16x16 bit array?).
>  Participants: Stefan, Ian, Ben
>  Progress: n/a
>Special Events:
>  * Stefan and Ben did not have time to present their report on the
>  "Embdedded Ethernet in C"  workshop last week. Ben and Stefan will
>   send a written report to the list. In particular how the workshop pertains
>   to Open Source, and the AID project.
>
>What we need help with:
>
>   * We need someone from the AID community to take responsibility for the
>      "bend sensor" AtoD documentation. The circut is simple, we just need
>
>      someone to take the charge on it. The sensors are available @ 
> Interaccess.
>   * Anyone will enthusiasm, administrative and/or technical skills to 
> help us plan
>      the AID launch in a short period of a weeks!
>AID is an open participation collaborative project. Please join us on
>February 8th from 1:30pm to 5:00pm at InterAccess if you are interested in
>helping with:
>* Designing PCBs
>* Adding USB support to AID
>* Developing a dynamic AID comunity site.
>* Development of the AID Dev Kit.
>* Development of the AID command language.
>* Planning the AID launch event!
>Or, if you are just curious, feel welcome to come and visit.
>
>
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