[TriLUG-announce] Oct 10 - Interfacing Bluetooth devices with Linux in Python

[Mauricio Tavares]

Topic: Interfacing Bluetooth devices with Linux in Python
Presenter: Warren J. Jasper PhD, PE
When: Thursday, 10 October 2019 - 6:45pm to 9:00pm
Where: NCSU College of Textiles, 1020 Main Campus Dr., Room 2207
Parking: Underground parking deck immediately adjacent to the building
(https://trilug.org/meetings/)
Map: Google Maps will get you close, but use the NCSU College of
Textiles link for proper directions to building
Video: This Presentation will not be recorded
Speaker notes
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/mnstrqyznbnb/

Summary

I recently wrote a "driver" to interface my Raspberry Pi to a
bluetooth data acquisition board in Python. There are some interesting
subtleties in talking to a device in Python that may be of interest to
the beginner as well as the intermediate Linux user. This talk will
cover some of the basics of how Bluetooth is implemented in Linux with
Python.

Bio

Dr. Jasper has been interested in real-time data acquisition and
control since his undergraduate days when he measured the variation
the earth's gravity due to the tides. Although he has worked in the
aerospace industry designing spacecraft altitude and control systems,
he currently designs data acquisition and control systems for textile
processes. His research interests include measurement and control of
dyeing, plasma textiles for nanoparticle filtration, and writing Linux
device drivers which can be found at
https://github.com/wjasper/Linux_Drivers. In 2014 he was the recipient
of a Fulbright grant in engineering education to promote study abroad
for undergraduate textile engineers.

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