Re: project idea: accelerometer for coordinating rifle drill.

[Sepideh Miller]

Kris, have you checked in with HacDC?  They are physically closer to you.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Kris Skotheim <ksko...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have something I would like to build, and I want to learn more about working with electronics in general, and it seems the node may be the place to start this epic journey. So I guess I have a few questions: 

1. how active is the baltimore node? how much/what sort of help can I expect if I become a member? I should say I have a technical/mathematical background but have never worked with an arduino board before. 

2. my goal is to hook up an accelerometer to an arduino board and some sort of antena or bluetooth thingie, squeeze it inside/duct tape it to a rifle, and use it to (eventually - I'd be pretty ecstatic if I could put together a jenky prototype) help coordinate rifle drill for the USMC marchers/silent drill platoon in DC, which happens to be my day job. is this feasible? I imagine the data interpretation will probably be the hardest part, but I can figure this out in time. what confounds me is how to get the data to a computer in the first place...

3. what sort of equipment would I need to buy, what does node have available? 

Any help would be awesome. I'd love to just hop a train up to baltimore this weekend, will anyone be around the shop if I drop by saturday or sunday? 

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[Alberto Gaitán]

Kris,

Check out hacdc.org. Join the public mailing list here:
https://groups.google.com/a/hacdc.org/group/Blabber/subscribe

Tomorrow, Saturday (11/3) there will be Lightning Talks at 3pm that,
although not in the HacDC space, takes place downstairs in the
auditorium of St. Stephen's. HacDC is at 16th & Newton Sts, NW. Call
202-556-4225 to see if anyone's home if you arrive without coordinating
with a member. Alternatively, Stop by on a Monday or Thursday evening to
introduce yourself. Folks are usually around after 7:30pm.

(Thanks, Sepideh!)
Alberto

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[Eric Mooney]

Hey Kris,

Yes, this could be done rather easily and we could probably get a rough prototype set up in one night. Our openhack nights are on Wednesdays and your welcome to come in, check the place out and we can cobble something together for you. Ultimately, the goal is for you to learn how to do it, bu we'd be more than happy to help you with it.

Eric

On Nov 2, 2012 7:51 PM, "Kris Skotheim" <ksko...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have something I would like to build, and I want to learn more about working with electronics in general, and it seems the node may be the place to start this epic journey. So I guess I have a few questions: 

1. how active is the baltimore node? how much/what sort of help can I expect if I become a member? I should say I have a technical/mathematical background but have never worked with an arduino board before. 

2. my goal is to hook up an accelerometer to an arduino board and some sort of antena or bluetooth thingie, squeeze it inside/duct tape it to a rifle, and use it to (eventually - I'd be pretty ecstatic if I could put together a jenky prototype) help coordinate rifle drill for the USMC marchers/silent drill platoon in DC, which happens to be my day job. is this feasible? I imagine the data interpretation will probably be the hardest part, but I can figure this out in time. what confounds me is how to get the data to a computer in the first place...

3. what sort of equipment would I need to buy, what does node have available? 

Any help would be awesome. I'd love to just hop a train up to baltimore this weekend, will anyone be around the shop if I drop by saturday or sunday? 

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[Mark Huson]

To be clear Eric is with another Baltimore hackerspace called Harford (Baltimore) Hackerspace. Our (the Node) have openhacks on Thursday but are currently nomadic after the building we had our space is had to close for renovations. We hope to remediate that soon.

There is actually a 4th hackerspace as well called Unallocated Space located down near BWI if that is easier for you as well.

Cheers,

  Mark

[Eric Mooney]

Yeah sorry about that. I thought this came through Harford Hackerspace.