[MakeLV] Fruits of Code Year and Micro-controllers?

Fri Jun 15 21:35:16 CDT 2012

Interesting little honey of a product. This is exactly what I am working
on.... when my internet connection allows for it :-/. Hotels blow for
internet.  http://myspectral.com/index.html#screenshots

-Will C

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:56 PM, <steckelj at jaredsroom.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I happen to be on vacation and have the gift of some free time this week!
>
> I'm not familiar with github, but signed up just now and (I think I) found
> MakeLV.  How do I become a member of the organization there?
>
> I enjoy coding, and have been working on a recent project in my spare time
> that I could upload there for comments or suggestions.  It's a PHP/MySQL
> analytics site for a Magic: The Gathering draft cube using the Facebook API
> for user auth.  It's infantile at best, but getting there.
>
> I found a wonderful human being who had an XML file of all 12,545 unique
> cards.  I wrote a PHP page to parse the file in chunks and load it into a
> tabled MySQL db so I could work with it, then have a page where you can
> just paste in card names and have it create card records associated with a
> cube for your user id.  The site is largely xmlhttp based to eliminate any
> page refreshes and create an app-like user experience.  Future plans
> include a social aspect to provide cross-user analytics, and I want to use
> Ajax long polling for real-time updates as I've never done that before.
>
> Basically this project encompassed a lot of things I wanted to learn how
> to do, and so far has been a great success.
>
> Is this something that other folks might be interested in looking at on
> the github?  Am I completely misunderstanding the concept?  I could use
> pointers in the way of security/sessioning as well as optimization and
> would welcome any collaboration.
>
> Let me know what you all think,
>
> J
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [MakeLV] Fruits of Code Year and Micro-controllers?
> From: Josiah Ritchie <josiah at josiahritchie.com>
> Date: Thu, June 07, 2012 10:43 am
> To: "Build things for fun!" <makelehighvalley at makelehighvalley.com>
>
> Yeah, getting up to speed, especially with github in the mix is pretty
> trivial. The more complicated stuff can take some googling sometimes,
> but tons of people use it so the chances that an answer isn't on
> StackOverflow alone is pretty remote. Also, git is more like mercurial
> (Hg) in that you can do checkins and stuff like that while away from
> an internet connection. I've done both mercurial and SVN, but I
> eventually settled on git because I think it has the biggest community
> and is most likely to endure. Having Linus Torvald as your creator
> tends to be a big plus for adoption. Fortunately, it isn't in his
> hands anymore and the complexity has been brought down a notch so the
> reputation for it being only for genius level people is no longer
> warranted.
>
> JSR/
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Will <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Josiah, I plan on doing some coding this weekend. Github would be
> > perfect, to bad my experience is limited with GIT, however I've used
> > mercurial and SVN so I think I should know the basics.
> >
> > -Will
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Josiah Ritchie <josiah at josiahritchie.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Github might be better for sharing and collaborating on code than Google
> >> Docs.
> >>
> >> I even created us an an organization there:
> >> https://github.com/organizations/MakeLV
> >>
> >> I can answer questions concerning git (open source code versioning
> >> system).
> >>
> >> JSR/
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Will <staticphantom at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Any coding skills are sufficient past extreme basics :). I'll keep you
> >> > posted as I get a little more settled for a bit out here.
> >> >
> >> > -Will
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:35 PM, William Weik <wweik at lutron.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hey Will,
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm interested in helping  you out with the framework.
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't know if my current coding skill will be sufficient or not,
> but
> >> >> I
> >> >> should be able to get up to snuff pretty fast.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want to share share the code with me I'd love to take a look.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -Will W
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> From: makelehighvalley-bounces at makelehighvalley.com
> >> >> [mailto:makelehighvalley-bounces at makelehighvalley.com<makelehighvalley-bounces at makelehighvalley.com>]
> On Behalf Of
> >> >> Will
> >> >> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 2:42 PM
> >> >> To: Build things for fun!
> >> >> Subject: [MakeLV] Fruits of Code Year and Micro-controllers?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello Everyone!
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I have been busy with my preparations to Chicago for the next two
> >> >> months
> >> >> (quite unfortunate really) however I have managed to be productive
> >> >> concerning some projects for the space. One such project is a web
> based
> >> >> tool
> >> >> for graphically displaying data in a web page. I am currently looking
> >> >> up how
> >> >> to use web sockets for interactivity however the generic plotting has
> >> >> come
> >> >> around quite nicely. I have come at a point with the RFID project to
> >> >> where I
> >> >> cannot gain enough visibility into my project given the lack of test
> >> >> tools
> >> >> so... this project I am working on is solve the problem I have
> >> >> concerning
> >> >> the space to some degree which is the lack of test tools.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I do admit, my conversations with Bill and Dave have largely
> influenced
> >> >> my
> >> >> motivation for creating these basic test tools when there was a
> >> >> discussion
> >> >> about school systems spending way too much on what the current market
> >> >> has to
> >> >> offer for simple tools used for science experiments in the classroom.
> >> >> With
> >> >> that, I am currently developing the frame work and library to 1)
> >> >> eventually
> >> >> make a low speed oscilloscope that is based on micro controllers 2)
> >> >> live
> >> >> data plotting of virtually any device streaming to a largely 3)
> >> >> platform
> >> >> independent system.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> The framework I am working on is simple and would be a great time for
> >> >> people to learn how to write code (I will be assisting) as well as
> >> >> joining
> >> >> me on my journey to make some cheap test tools for the lab and our
> home
> >> >> work
> >> >> shops. I am currently using Google Drive to back up and host my
> >> >> project, if
> >> >> anyone is interested please let me know because I am willing to share
> >> >> the
> >> >> project with anyone and help teach for those who are inclined. For
> >> >> those of
> >> >> you that may wish to skip ahead through Code Year and jump right to
> the
> >> >> fun
> >> >> part of all the lessons and start working on an application, now is a
> >> >> great
> >> >> time to jump in and have fun! I am open to using skype and/or google
> >> >> talk
> >> >> for discussion as I work for essentially creating a virtual hacker
> >> >> space
> >> >> during my absence.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Dave, I would like some input into how this framework should work in
> >> >> terms
> >> >> of possibility being used as a platform in the future for creating
> and
> >> >> allowing cheap science tools in the classroom if at all possible.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Tom, what I'm working on will just use a serial interface or USB to
> >> >> a micro controller so given the simplicity and generic state of
> >> >> communication this will work on PIC, Atmel, ARM, etc. Input from your
> >> >> perspective would be nice especially concerning that I'm sure you
> know
> >> >> what
> >> >> it's like looking at a bunch of numbers through a terminal for
> >> >> recovering
> >> >> data.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> What I currently have so far is in my code year folder in another
> >> >> folder
> >> >> title'd "bar graph" which should be viewable here.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> A call for help... does anyone have any input on how to work with
> >> >> websockets? I'm rather confused where to start with them however they
> >> >> are
> >> >> extremely powerful.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -Will Christensen
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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