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ANN: tv at Main Stage Sat December 3, 10p


tv
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When: 10 AM Saturday December 3, 2016
Where: Main Stage

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Topics
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1. Getting started with MQTT and the ESP8266
Alastair D'Silva

This talk will cover some of the ground concepts you will need to complete the workshop "Intro to IoT using ESP8266, MQTT & NodeRed".

The workshop was developed for IBM's Exite Camp, a program aimed to encourage high school girls to pursue careers in STEM.

The workshop only requires basic computing skills, and takes you from nothing to being able to remote control devices and have them respond to remote sensors.


The workshop instructions are here: https://infernoembedded.com/intro-iot-using-esp8266-mqtt-nodered

There is some setup involved, so if you want to work through the workshop, I strongly recommend you read through the workshop documentation and complete the prerequisites before the conference. You will need to provide your own laptop to complete the workshop.

Workshop hardware kits are available for $40 on the day, and include the ESP8266 module, a breadboard, cables, and a pile of sensor modules. Additional modules are available for $8 if you want multiple modules to play with.
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

2. Something Introductory About Radio
Michael Carden

This talk will provide a basic introduction to some of the fundamental concepts around radio transmission and reception, starting from Ye Olde Analogue radio and working up to the modern intersection of radio and computers via Software Defined Radio. Some of the things I plan to cover are:

* frequency, power and propagation
* modulation methods
* hardware radio vs software radio

This will lead to the opportunity to do some software wrangling with RTL-SDR radio dongles on the Sunday so bring your laptop and bring your SDR dongle if you have one. If you don't, I will have a bunch with me on the day.
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

3. Hacking Minecraft in Python
Richard Jones

What happens when you mix Python and Minecraft? I'll present a couple of examples.

Yes, I'm being deliberately vague :-)
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

4. Random talk about HDMI, Python & FPGAs
Timothy Ansell

TimothyAnsell, Random talk about HDMI, Python & FPGAs
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

5. Something Bonkers with Radio
Michael Carden

This talk will be an introduction to Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) aka "Whisper". WSPR is a fascinating software method of resolving very, very low-powered radio signals. Signals so quiet that they are significantly quieter than the background noise (the hiss you hear between stations on your AM radio) can be resolved by WSPR.

There are automated WSPR stations around the world, sending signal reports to centralised databases on the Internet, providing a visible, online, real-time indication of the signal propagation conditions between locations around the world.
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

6. Design, simulation and construction of an audio amplifier
Greg Jolley

(Needs description.) 
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  

7. Lightning talks
Various

Lightning talks - here are some, there are more.

    TimothyAnsell, (5 minute talk) - Tomu, a microprocessor which fits inside your USB slot
    TimothyAnsell, (5 minute talk) - Cool and awesome projects you should work on!
    MichaelDavies, (5 minute talk) - Frankenbot, Adventures in micropython on a ESP8266
    MichaelStill, whatever time is left -- Was this a dumb idea? Should we do it again sometime?
 recording release: yes license: CC BY-SA  



Location
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Main Stage


About the group
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