[SGVLUG] Raspberry Pi SIG Kickoff meeting Thu 9/20 @ 7pm

[Shang-Lin Chen]

I'm interested in getting the $50 Pi.

Shang-Lin

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Matthew Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> On the first run I received nearly twice as many requests for Pis as I
> ordered so a second order is going out tomorrow.
>
> If you want a Pi as part of a group purchase (no shipping and no hassle)
> please drop me a line tomorrow afternoon.  I already have 5 requests so
> that qualifies us for free shipping but if we get more there may be a
> further discount (probably another 15%).
>
> Unless you request different hardware the basic 'bundle' I'm ordering is:
> $50 = $35 for Pi B, $15 for power supply, power cable, HDMI->DVI cable and
> tax.  SD card, case, keyboard, mouse and monitor not included (you probably
> already have these and you may only need them while configuring the PI for
> some stand-alone project).  The $35 Pi comes with 512 memory and 2 USB
> ports.  If you want the $25 Pi you get half that.  The computer runs OK on
> the 512, half that would be useful for a small embedded system like a
> security monitor or sprinkler controller but no GUI or high speed file
> sharing.
>
> At the SIG I will go over the GPIO pin breakout and all the fun things you
> can do with it including controlling relays, servos, and motors as well as
> sensing your environment.
>
> Let me know soon if you are interested,
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:34 AM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As promised, I'm posting the Raspberry Pi SIG meeting announcement to the
>> mailing list and the website.
>>
>> If you want to promote it, you can use this permalink:
>> http://www.sgvlug.org/meetings/2012/09/20/raspberry-pi-etc-sig
>>
>> I'll give you fair warning that we'll be meeting in a small classroom, so
>> we probably don't want to promote it too much.  But we want to attract the
>> local enthusiasts who are not only interested in meeting up regularly, but
>> who can help out with the logistics of starting up a SIG.  Right now,
>> finding a regular meeting venue would be really, really helpful.  (Much
>> thanks to Junaid for getting us a room for next week's meeting.)
>>
>> Raspberry Pi SIG
>> Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 7-10 pm
>> Location: Caltech - Downs 119 (around the corner from usual LUG meeting
>> room)
>>
>> Do you like working on hardware projects? Did you just get a Raspberry
>> Pi/Arduino/Kinect with the intentions of doing something cool? Do you wish
>> that there was a local meetup group where you can meet up with like-minded
>> folks and actually make progress with your projects?
>>
>> Come to our kickoff meeting on Thursday to discuss starting up this
>> special interest group. Connect with your fellow hardware geeks and share
>> some of the projects you’ve been working on. And if we can decide on a name
>> for the SIG, we can set up things like a mailing list, website, and wiki.
>>
>> We have been kindly granted access to a room at Caltech for this meeting
>> only. It is a small classroom with about 30 student desks and a teacher
>> desk. We will have access to a projector and power. There is an open
>> wireless network.
>>
>> Lan
>>
>>
>
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