Austin 3D Printing Meetup

FYI - The Austin Robot Group - First Tuesday Meeting - Hybrid

Tue, Oct 6 · 7:30 PM CDT

Diogenes Makerspace, 13800 Dragline Dr, Austin, TX, US

You do NOT need to sign up for this event. It is a placeholder only.

You DO need to visit this site to register -- https://www.meetup.com/robotics-69/events/301714176/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events

The Robot Group has this to say...

We currently meet simultaneously in person and on line.

The in person venue is the Diogenes Makerspace which shares a building with the Collete night club. Our door is at the far left end of the building.

Austin 3D Printing has this to say...

If Collete has an event please park in the street, apologies if the walk is long or the weather is bad.

FYI - Austin FPGA - 2nd Monday Meeting - Hybrid

Mon, Oct 12 · 7:30 PM CDT

Diogenes Makerspace, 1917 Hydro Dr · Austin, TX, Austin, TX, US

Hybrid means that participants are both in person and online.

You do NOT need to sign up for this event. It is a placeholder only.

You DO need to check with these sites regularly for the latest event information and schedule -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-fpga-meetup-group/

Ever wonder how engineers and scientist proto-type new products or build affordable bespoke research equipment? Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) are one of the primary methods used.

Boolean Algebra -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra

Logic Gate -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_gate

Karnaugh Map -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnaugh_map

Quine–McCluskey algorithm -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine%E2%80%93McCluskey_algorithm

Field Programmable Gate Array -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

Hardware Description Language -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_description_language

VHDL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHDL

Austin FPGA has this to say...

Meet other FPGA developers developers in the Austin area. We're happy to discuss any aspect of development but some of us are especially interested in finding better ways of helping beginners get up to speed.

We hold monthly meetings at the Diogenes Makerspace with both physical and virtual participation. Details are in each Event's description. In between meetings we hold conversations on a Discord server.

DIY - Makers - Citizen Science - Nature Nerds - Sci/Tech Geeks - Open Workshop

Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AM CDT

Diogenes Makerspace, 1917 Hydro Dr · Austin, TX, Austin, TX, US

Please post the topics, questions, items of interest that you'd like to discuss or work on, in the comments below.

If one of them is of interest to you please "Like" the topic. If you have questions just use "Reply" to start/continue the thread.

Unconferences: A Better Way to Run Meetups (28/30) -- https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/unconferences-a-better-way-to-run

Unconference -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unconferences

What local meetups are currently involved?

- Nature Nerds Austin -- https://www.meetup.com/nature-nerds-of-austin/
- South Austin Makerspace -- https://www.meetup.com/southaustinmakerspace/?eventOrigin=your_groups
- Central Texas Commodore User Group (CTCUG) -- https://www.meetup.com/central-texas-commodore-users-group/
- Austin 3D Printing -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-3dprinting/?eventOrigin=your_groups
- Austin Physics for Fun -- https://www.meetup.com/physics-1/?eventOrigin=your_groups
- Austin FPGA -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-fpga-meetup-group/
- Austin Astronomy -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-astronomy-meetup/
- Austin Arduino and MicroController Meetup -- https://www.meetup.com/austin-web-mobile-electronic-club-for-beginners-experts/?eventOrigin=your_groups

The purpose of this gathering is to build better communication between related meetups, foster community, brainstorm, and have fun!!!

Our default meetings are the first Thursday from 7p-9p and the third Saturday from 10a-12p. We share space with the private adult club Colette. From Wed. to Sat. in the evening they have exclusive use of the parking lot. Please park along the street (if you need help moving gear, just ask).

Hope to you see you here, and don't be afraid to pass the word along :)

HABEX2 - High Altitude Balloon Flight - Design Update - Hybrid

Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AM CDT

Diogenes Makerspace, 13800 Dragline Dr, Austin, TX, US

This is the monthly design status and update meeting. Participation is both in person and online.

Members of Austin Physics for Fun are now involved in the effort. -- https://www.meetup.com/physics-1/

The meeting will be held at a private makerspace, Diogenes. It is located in the same building as the adult club Colette Austin. The door is at the left end of the building, Suite C. Go to the back of the first floor workspace and head upstairs.

If you have questions please feel free to submit them in the comments below or send them to me directly.

Zoom meeting details will be posted about a half hour before the meeting begins.

HABEX - High Altitude Balloon Experiments

The reference to experiments is two-fold. The first is in regard to the actual balloon construction and flight processes. The second is a reference to the payload and what it does during the flight (e.g. images, environmental measurements, etc.). To be clear, there will be two design processes going on in parallel, the balloon proper and the payload. This initial flight is really focusing on the balloon to get that process pinned down and clearly defined. The initial payload should be simple (e.g. digital camera taking pictures).

One of the primary design considerations will be the use of CanSat techniques in the design and construction process. We may need to build a technology demonstrator for this (i.e. dummy payload) before the actual flight process.

CanSat -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CanSat

Design Process:

Design/Buy > Assemble > Test > Loop (Will it fly?) > Flight Plan

Meeting Sequence:

Pilot - Initial meeting (possibly two) to gauge interest and get first round of participants.

Design - Group responsible for the first four stages of the Design Process. - Multiple meetings.

Pre-Flight - Review process to date and verify readiness - Set the date of launch - Possibly two meetings

Launch - Two teams (Launch and Recovery)

Clean up - Launch team cleans up launch site and transitions to tracking and telemetry

Recovery - Recovery team (possibly several groups) chases the balloon and tries to stay ahead of it.

Post-Flight - Review, analysis, and release of flight report (including experimental results if any).

Flight Plan:

• Pre-Flight
• Schedule
• Assembly
• Launch
• Tracking
• Recovery
• Review/Release Results

Constraints:

• COVID 19
• Budget
• Resources/Tools/Facilities
• Legal (e.g. FAA rules about weight and number of modules)
• People
• Transportation