[TriLUG] Meeting: May 10, IoT, Linux and the Raspberry Pi

[Brian Gerard via TriLUG]

Topic:     IoT, Linux and the Raspberry Pi
Presenter: Warren Jasper
When:      Thursday, 10 May 2018 - 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
           (see map).

Please note that since we're back on the NCSU campus, we need to start
the pizza early so we don't have any food or drink in the meeting room.
Munchies start at 6:45!

Links:
    Map:    https://goo.gl/SNVQgZ
    Page:   https://trilug.org/2018/05/03/may-10-iot-linux-and-the-raspberry-pi/
    Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/250440221/

Summary
Getting started with any IoT project can be a little daunting. Whether you are a
beginner or and experienced embedded systems developer, there are always little
parts of any project that could and should go smoother. This talk will focus on
setting up the Raspberry Pi as a headless mobile device, configuring the digital
IO pins on the Pi, taking analog signals, and then transmitting the data through
LoRa, a Longe Range low power wireless protocol to a server on the net or in the
cloud.

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.