HDDG 40: Mechanical And Electronic Ephemera

Welcome to the fourtieth Hardware Developers Didactic Galactic!

This meetup, we'll be joined by Embedded Ninja Shaun Meehan. Shaun has previously given talks that answer the question, what happens when the majority of your work blows up on the Antares space accident? You turn around and get some of your second string units on the next SpaceX launch (9 days later)! Shaun will be talking about his two 300kg robotic arms, FRED & LEFTY, and the project of replacing their 1987 era controllers. This talk includes high power electronics, FPGAs, fixed point algorithms, galvanic isolation, transistor matching, splitting transistors in half, strange position sensors, homemade 3-phase 480 in a garage, and freight LTL shipping.

This meetup we'll also enjoy a talk from Summer Hamm. Summer is an incident threat responder on Twitter (twitter.com) who has made a name for herself by leading the team responsible for the Russian interference of the 2016 election. For this meetup, she'll be talking about reverse engineering silicon mask ROMs found in ancient technology from the 80s.

After the talks, there will be demos, community announcements, and socializing. If you'd like to give a 2 minute demo/ community announcement, please see the organizers when you arrive to get set up.

A community announcement includes looking for a project partner, a job, offering a project/ job, the announcement of your startup launch, your Crowdfunding pitch, etc.

We're looking forward to seeing you Thursday, June 20, at 6:30pm!

Streaming Live at 7:30pm! Watch the Live Stream:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQshZe3jEHdF08FBZuZJKCg/live

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