The PIC Club is the current format of the Programming Special Interest Group of the Sydney PC User Group. A PIC is a Programmable Interface Controller, or microprocessor.
We discuss programming, particularly microprocessor programming, and project design. The PIC Club meets at 6pm, on the second Tuesday of each month:
1st Floor, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts,
280 Pitt Street, Sydney.
Come and show your projects, or see some others. We have a computer with a projector, so bring along pictures of your project on floppy, CD, or USB flash drive and we'll project it on a screen. We have a broadband internet connection, so discussion can be wide ranging. Anyone is welcome, and there is no fee for a first time visitor. |
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At the June meeting Martin showed a device he designed using an ATmega8 microprocessor to calculate the baud rate being used on a serial connection and display it on a LED screen. Les showed us the program he wrote in C using ED for Windows, the smart language-sensitive programmer's editor, to control his solar hot water heater. John spoke of his use of the AVR Mega168 microprocessor to study the performance of racing motorbikes. Shane showed pictures of KRE Engineering's remote control tractor camera that inspects the inside of underground pipes and sends images to a screen on the surface. |
The next meeting will be on Tuesday July 14, 2009 at 6pm at the usual location: 1st Floor, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts,
280 Pitt Street, Sydney.
The meeting location is only a five minute walk from the Town Hall train station in George Street. For those braving the traffic, some (metered) street parking can be found in Bathurst or Pitt Streets at 6pm when Loading Zones become available. |
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