[SGVLUG] Meetings: Call for presenters AND do you know

Braddock Gaskill braddock at braddock.com
Sun Mar 7 17:35:50 PST 2010


I have been working on an Open Source hardware/software project over the
past year I could present (though not this week).  I presented in
January, but this is entirely unrelated.

It is a device that can store a 5,000 book library or the better part of
Wikipedia and display it on any TV set in a developing-world village
library for under $20.  It is also a fun general purpose 8-bit computing
platform comparable in raw capability to the Apple II and built, in
part, for experimentation and hobbyists.  The entire system will be open
sourced, and uses GNU toolchain cross development under Linux with heavy
OSS throughout.  

I just now have a fully working prototype.  I have worked through
design, schematic, PCB fab, assembly, and software dev and can lead the
audience through each stage, which tools were used, design
considerations, etc, as well as demo the actual prototype.

Let me know if this is of interest to the group.

-braddock



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