<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br><span>I took one of the Arduino class offered by la.thepublicschool.org on electro-mechanism <a target="_blank" href="http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/233">http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/233</a> and it was a good learning experience for me, as someone not too familiar with electronics. I was quite surprised by how easily I was able to get Arduino software running on Debian. Plug it in via the usb and it works like magic.</span><br><br>Anyway for anyone who may be interested there's another class on audio coming up,<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1341">http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/1341</a></span><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>and I think there
will be a few more project based Arduino classes in the future.<br><br>If I want to setup a small electronic workshop does anyone know where I can buy some used basic equipments like oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies?<br><br>Anyway, thanks for the info on micro-controller..<br><br>John<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Charles Wyble <charles@thewybles.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug@sgvlug.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 12, 2009 10:42:55 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [SGVLUG] Any AVR user groups in LA?<br></font><br>
There is machineshop, 23b and thepublicschool.<br><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/23b_Shop">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/23b_Shop</a></span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://machineproject.com/">http://machineproject.com/</a></span><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://la.thepublicschool.org/">http://la.thepublicschool.org/</a></span><br><br><br>John Wang wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> <br>> Thank you guys for arranging the meeting and I really picked up a lot of useful information. Anyway, I am wondering if there are any AVR or microcontroller user groups here in LA/OC or even SD? <br>> Thanks,<br>> <br>> John<br>> <br></div></div></div><br>
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