Join us on Open Hardware Summit eve!

We’re very excited for the Open Hardware Summit 2016 on Friday, October 7th, here in our hometown of Portland!

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Please join us at our OSH Park headquarters on OHS 2016 eve.  We’d love it if you #BringAHack, but either way, all are welcome for a grand time!

Thursday, October 6th

6pm-12am

OSH Park

311 B Ave, Suite B

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Refreshments will be served

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Map:

Uber:

From Crystal Ballroom (Downtown Portland):

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From Portland International Airport (PDX):

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Public Transit:

From Crystal Ballroom (Downtown Portland):

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From Portland International Airport (PDX):

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Join us on Open Hardware Summit eve!

Hackaday: Infrared Targeting On a Small Scale

Sometimes, a person has a reason to track a target. A popular way to do this these days is with a camera, a computer, and software to analyze the video. But, that lends itself more to automated systems, like sentries. What if you want to be able to target something by “painting” it with a…

via Infrared Targeting On a Small Scale — Hackaday

 

Hackaday: Infrared Targeting On a Small Scale

How to build a Raspberry Pi Robot

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How to build a Raspberry Pi Robot

Last year, I built a robot based on Raspberry Pi and gave a demo on the Pi Day in Computer History Museum. I thought that it might be helpful to someone if I share how I built it.

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Features:

  • L293D motor drives for two 6V DC motors
  • Video streaming to laptop/cell phone from Raspberry Pi over wifi
  • Python script controls the robot through VNC
  • Headers for ultrasonic distance sensors
  • Headers for gyroscope and acceleromenter
  • Headers for 2.4GHz RF module
  • Pin headers for GPS
  • Extension for other I2C sensors
  • Power jack for batteries (5-6V)

funnyvale shared the board on OSH Park:

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Order from OSH Park

How to build a Raspberry Pi Robot

Hackaday Prize Entry: WiFi Swiss Army Knife

WiFi is all around us, but if you want to work with this ubiquitous networking protocol, you’ll need to pull out a laptop or smartphone like a caveman. [Daniel] has a better idea. It’ s a simple, compact tool for cracking WiFi passwords or sending deauth packets to everyone at the local Starbucks. It’s an…

via Hackaday Prize Entry: A WiFi Swiss Army Knife — Hackaday

Hackaday Prize Entry: WiFi Swiss Army Knife