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

[Roy Vestal via TriLUG]

I'm assuming there will be a recording? I am not able to get there Thursday.

-Roy


On 5/3/18 11:56 PM, Brian Gerard via TriLUG wrote:
> 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.