Member Meeting Minutes for March 20, 2013
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- Attendees:
- Doug
- Scott'
- Scott^2
- Eli
- Chad
- Sarita
- Forest
- Shane
- Gene
- Anthony
- Gabe
- Called to order at:
- 7:32
New Members
- Chris (tonight)
Recent Events
- Thu Mar 8: Lockpick Club / Steel City Hackers
- Fri Mar 8: Artemis
- Mon Mar 11: UAV Group
- Tue Mar 12: Open Source Fab
- Thu Mar 14: Knot Tying Club -- Retired :(
- Fri Mar 15: Biohacking and Grinder Culture
- Fri Mar 15: 11am - 2pm FIRST Robotics competition info table
- Tue Mar 19: LoopPGH
Upcoming Events
- Fri Mar 22: Finish It Friday
- Sat Mar 23: Intro to Soldering
- Fri Mar 29: Shop Show-and-Tell
- Fri Apr 5: About 3d printers
- Fri Apr 12: Intro to version control
- Fri Apr 19: Rope-craft
- Fri Apr 26: Finish It Friday
- Sat Apr 27: "Physical Pixel"
- Sat May 18: Intro to Processing
- Sun Aug 18: PGH mini maker faire
Electronics workstation
- Potential Friday Night talks/events:
- Hard drive rescue
- Costuming
- Flat panel speakers
- Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly) (mid March)
- Reverse engineering
- Stepper motor hack challenge
Unscheduled Classes
- Public welding class
- Ham radio test (late March/April)
- CNC milling
- Q2 Learn to Solder (June)
- Intro to processing
- Arduino Track:
- Learn to Solder
- Physical Pixel (Need to schedule tonight!)
- Sensors
- Intro to Motor Control
- Advanced Motor Control
Chad wrote this:
WIndows light program.
Types of display
IN or outdoor.
Project/Shop Updates
- Window Lights project - lights in the windows!
- Gene is working on syncing the prototyping board with the outside display
- Electronics Workstation - next steps?
- Need to organize electronics components
- 3D Printer
- IT'S PRINTING!
- Not ready for public use yet, but if you have a shop relevant project, talk to Eli and he may be able to print it for you
- Server Rack / network
- coming along, is powered, will be available for member's use
- Network switch has been moved to an accessible location, general members who want to use hardwired Ethernet should connect to switch, not router
- Security cameras
- DVR, Hard Drive (not working), and Power Supply obtained
- Lock-box will no longer be a means of entry to the shop, RFID will be the only means of access
- New alarms will be installed
- Push notifications for shop updates (open/closed, temperature)
New Business
- Powerwheels build will start soon
Move to Adjourn: Sarita, seconded by Chad