OpenXC Public Kickoff Weekend

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/9/e/0/4/event_226120452.jpegDo you love cars and miss the days when you could easily tinker with them on the weekends? Are you a software or hardware hacker who wants to interface more easily with your vehicle?

If so, read on ...

Ford’s OpenXC platform is the first open source automotive platform that allows drivers to develop apps for their automobiles. More precisely, OpenXC connects to a car through the OBD-II data port, and with a system of open source hardware and software, it draws and descrambles rich sensor data from the car’s digital core. For the very first time, you can pull data out of the awesome array of sensors and computers built into your vehicle!

Think of the huge amount of data ready to be harnessed from your automobile’s sensors: super-precise rate of speed, steering wheel angle, accelerator pedal position, engine torque ...the list goes on. With OpenXC, you can listen to the information coming off the car's main computer and develop hardware modules and software apps to interface with the vehicle. OpenXC is a powerful new way to speak your car’s language.

LIMITED ENROLLMENT. The OpenXC program starts the night of April 26 and runs all day April 27, 2013.

Please find more information and register for this event here:

http://www.techshop.ws/class_signup.html?a=1&i=66064419

APRIL 266:00pm-9:00pm Strolling dinner and keynote address, "OpenXC: An Open Source Platform for Your Vehicle"

APRIL 2710:00am-4:00pmOpenXC developer workshop. Lunch provided.

Registration is open the the general public, 16 years and older. Membership to TechShop is not required to attend this workshop. $35 fee includes workshop, catered lunch and snacks. Bring your own fully charged laptop and charging cord.

For more information about OpenXC platform: http://openxcplatform.com/

To view Android host devices:http://openxcplatform.com/android/index.html

Please note: This workshop utilizes TechShop’s equipment but all shop rules still apply – unless you have already passed the required safety course(s), you will not be operating the machine, your instructor will. This is not a Safety and Basic Use (SBU) class – you may NOT use TechShop's equipment without passing the associated Safety and Basic Use class.