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Did a recap on the Museum event and seeking ideas for what to do with our reward for the effort. Send ideas to Vern. Nothing new on projector purchase. Vern presented a mobile bot platform and pictures from Maker Faire San Mateo. Eric presented the brains for his seekerbot. Gray presented circuit boards made from Eagle cad and Photo-etch products available at Frys, followup on difficulties of using lead free solder (used acetone and toothbrush to remove flux left behind from solder that was conductive) Talked about upcoming Maker and 1St night events.

Micro controller survey

each person place a star by each that apply

As far as programming micros which are you interested in:

basic stamps ****
parallax propellers ****
atmel AVRs ****
PICs ******
ZILOG **
TI *
PICAXE **
Cricket *
Handyboard/SUMO11 *
VEX **
Cygnal/SiLabs/Enhanced 8051 *
Whichever will do the job ****

Others, add to table and star

Where are you having the biggest roadblocks with micros?

Having a project that needs a micro *
Time to devote to a project *****
Programming skillz ***
Circuit building techniques ****
Electronic Knowledge ****
Access to Programmer tools
micros I know arent powerful enough
I need a full blown PC to do this stuff *
Mechanical skills **
spare $$$ to throw into my project *
Hard to find parts/plans
Don’t know what I could do with one *
Research/How do I get started/info
Installing dev tools *

Others, add to table and star

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