[committee] Wire wrap and other prototyping

[Sam Moore]

Hi Harry,

I think this is a great idea. I know that my own prototyping methods are 
fairly primitive (I solder everything... upside down). I've included 
committee in this email. We want to try doing more tech talks / workshops, 
so maybe we could organise some people who are interested to present for 
this.

I can bring my old robots, but I am not really very knowledgable, 
and they are hardly good examples of how things should be done.

Anyway, the first "tech talk" is on this Thursday. Perhaps we could 
schedule this as the second?

Thanks,
Sam




On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Harry McNally wrote:

> Hi Sam
>
> I was speaking to James Bromburger (old guard UCCan if you don't know him) the
> other night about general move towards -using- tech rather than -creating-
> tech with thoughts about UCC activities.
>
> I said hardware construction was pretty limited although recent work on the
> door lock and Coke refurbishment shows people are still doing it.
>
> I wondered if it was worth reviewing work on robots by doing a session on
> prototyping techniques for reliability and so on. If anyone has some built
> gear that they could bring along to discuss advantages and pitfalls of their
> construction and possible alternatives. I've used wire-wrap other prototyping
> boards (and still do for some things I want to adjust and play with) but there
> are other possible construction tricks as well. Let me know if you think a
> show and tell is worthwhile; maybe stand alone or on an afternoon of a
> ProgComp workshop.
>
> Just an idea to consider anyway and something that I think I can contribute to
> UCC.
>
> All the best
> Harry
>