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Group is up and running, let's see what happens with email. -CK

It says I'm in but am I really? We could use a good Raspberry Pi picture on the home page! :) -Rusty- -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that the following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the [email protected] group. /stepperTest2.txt /Access Pi via USB.docx /CatFeeder Electronics Presentation.pptx /gpio slide show_Ernest.odp /HLUL0703-0 Note /HLUL0703-1.zip /HLUL0703-2.zip /HLUL0703-3.zip /Installing_UUCP.odp /LED Brightness.pdf /nfs.txt /Raspberry Asterisk Configuration - Part 1.odt /Raspberry Asterisk Configuration - Part 1.pdf /Raspberry Asterisk Configuration - Part 1 & 2.pdf /Raspberry Asterisk Configuration - Part 3.pdf /Raspberry Asterisk Configuration - Part 4.pdf /RaspberryPi2Layout.pdf /Raspbian Jessie Static IP Address.pdf /rpi datalogger 2016-0917.zip /rpi_chirp.odp /stepperTest2.py Uploaded By: Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> Cheers, The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Team

... we have folks signing up. Cool. Do we want to migrate files from Yahoo to over here? -CK

Heads up, y'all, it's time for DFW-RPI's monthly get-together, this Saturday, 11/2, 10:00CDT at https://thelab.ms/ Who has what to present? Speak up, talk to me. -CK

(I'll copy this over on the Yahoo group list as well) Here's a slick little board I just discovered. One is on its way to me right now. It's in the basic form factor of a micro:bit from the BBC but 10-mm longer. The BPI-bit has a much more powerful processor (ESP-32) with 4MB of flash and 256K of RAM compared to the micro:bit with its paltry Cortex-M0 with 16K of RAM and 256K of flash. Oh yeah, the ESP32 can be clocked up to 240-MHz compared to the micro:bit's 16-MHz. The limitation I'm running into on the micro:bit is RAM and I wish it could be a tad faster so this may be my new goto tinker toy since it runs MicroPython. Instead of the micro:bit's 25 red LEDs there are 25 RGB LEDs using only a single I/O line. :-o It has an accelerometer and magnetometer like the micro:bit but it also has a GYROSCOPE, thermistor, buzzer, full Bluetooth and 2.4-GHz Wifi. This comes from the people that make the Banana Pi and the only place I can find it for sale is AliExpress so getting them will require a trip from mainland China. Price comes in at under US$20 (plus $4 for shipping to US), which is on par with the WiPy but it has more peripherals attached than either it or the micro:bit. Check it out: http://wiki.banana-pi.org/BPI-Bit

Things I displayed or mentioned at yesterday's meeting: 128x64 OLED I?C displays https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076PDVFQD/ Currently 3 for $12.99. Adafruit I?S 3W Stereo Speaker Bonnet https://www.adafruit.com/product/3346 Currently $12.95 I do not recommend the speakers show with this board. I've mentioned the BPI:bit earlier on Facebook. Info: http://wiki.banana-pi.org/BPI:bit_for_MicroPython Purchased here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32861694375.html Currently $19.50 -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

Heads up, y'all, it's time for DFW-RPI's monthly get-together, this Saturday, 01/04, 10:00CST at https://thelab.ms/ Who has what to present? Speak up, talk to me. Happy New Year!! -Cornelius

Heads up, y'all, it's time for DFW-RPI's monthly get-together, this Saturday, 02/01, 10:00CST at https://thelab.ms/ Who has what to present? Speak up, talk to me. Thx! -Cornelius

This came in from the Tanner Electronics Facebook page: Tanner Electronics Inc. 1 hr With heavy hearts we must announce that we will be closing the store permanently effective June 1st?. This was a very hard decision for our family but unfortunately it was our only choice. We have been truly blessed to have been in business for over 33 years in Carrollton and had the opportunity to serve such amazing customers. Stop in and shop we are still ordering and restocking inventory daily and Jim is finding unusual deals in the warehouse that is he selling for low prices. -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

Heads up, y'all, it's time for DFW-RPI's monthly get-together, this Saturday, 03/07/2020, 10:00CST at https://thelab.ms/ One topic is converting a Pi into a wireless access point. Beyond that, who has what to present? Speak up, talk to me. Thx! -Cornelius

JIC you don't read the Raspberry Pi Blog (why aren't you???) y'all should check out this article and the one that follows it. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-imager-imaging-utility/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/sd-card-speed-test/ -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

Heads up: The City of Plano just declared a public emergency, check <https://www.plano.gov/DocumentCenter/View/43138/Emergency-Declaration-March-16-2020-PDF> for details. The lab is not shutting down, but all meetups for the next two weeks have been postponed. Our April meeting is further out than that, so it could well be that it is going to take place as scheduled. Expect updates when available. Sorry about this. This bug needs some serious debugging. -Cornelius

As per @cityofplanotx 's most recent ordinances regarding COVID-19, all Meetups at TheLab.ms have been postponed until April 27. #sadmakers Sorry. :( :( :( -Cornelius

If yer too skeered to use 'dd' to image your SD cards for your Raspberry Pi then check out this article in the RPF's Blog. It's also available for Macs, Windows?, and Ubuntu although the .deb file I got worked find on my Mint x86 system. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-imager-imaging-utility/ Check it out! -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

As per @cityofplanotx 's most recent ordinances regarding COVID-19, all Meetups at TheLab.ms have been postponed until April 27. #sadmakers Sorry. :( :( :( -Cornelius

Tanner Electronics Inc. Our last day to be open to the public is Saturday May 2. We will miss everyone!And another note: Tanner Electronics Inc. yes, 9-6 during the week, also we are in Dallas County so you will need to wear a mask to come in the store. -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!

Heads up, all y'all, Since we have yet to debug and contain COVID-19 properly, May's DFW RPI UG meeting has been cancelled, as we cannot enforce occupancy limits, social distancing recommendations, as well as multiple sanitations/day at the lab. If anybody has an idea about what to present online using which widely available teleconferencing mechanism, please let me know. #sadmakers -Cornelius

Heads up, Springer Link has free textbooks available for download here, no registration/email/login required: https://link.springer.com/search/page/1?facet-discipline=%22Computer+Science%22&package=mat-covid19_textbooks&facet-language=%22En%22&facet-content-type=%22Book%22 Let the wires glow. -Cornelius

Lots of stuff came out today. Raspbian is now called Raspberry Pi OS with a new release! Also, an 8-Gigabyte model of the RPi4B is now out sporting a heft $75 price tag. :-o And, naturally, a new issue of TheMagPi has come out detailing all the new stuff. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/raspberrypi/videos/278113210260397/ Updates to last Raspberry Pi OS release: 2020-05-27: * Added Bookshelf application * Added Raspberry Pi Diagnostics application * Added magnifier plugin to taskbar - needs magnifier application installed from Recommended Software to enable * Added Magnifier application to Recommended Software * Added marketing questionnaire as initial Chromium tab * Version 0.25 of Scratch 2 included - uses external application to access IMU on SenseHAT * Version 1.0.5 of Scratch 3 included - uses external application to access IMU on SenseHAT * Version 32.0.0.371 of Flash player included * Version 1.0.6 of Node-RED included * Version 6.7.1 of VNC Server included * Version 6.20.113 of VNC Client included * Internal audio outputs enabled as separate ALSA devices * MagPi preinstall removed and replaced with Beginner?€?s Guide * MagPi weblink removed from main menu * Chromium made default application for PDF files * Common icon loading code for lxpanel plugins used * Italian translations added * Initial move of mouse pointer to menu button disabled * Padding at left of menu button removed * Focus behaviour changed so that focus moves to desktop if no windows are opened - improves reliability of Orca screen reader * Bug fix - focus bug in volume plugin * Bug fix - keyboard repeat interval bug in Mouse & Keyboard Settings * Bug fix - battery detection bug in battery plugin * Bug fix - spurious active areas on taskbar when plugins are hidden * Bug fix - occasional crash in file manager on file selection * Disk ID is now regenerated on first boot * Updated udev rules - Remove unused argon rule - Add vcsm-cma to video group - Add pwm to gpio group * i2cprobe: More flexible I2C/SPI alias mapping * Raspberry Pi firmware 21e1fe3477ffb708a5736ed61a924fd650031136 * Linux kernel 4.19.118 -- _____ |\/ o \ o Rusty Haddock <=> AE5AE | ( -< O o Settled down in oh-so-fancy Plano. |/\__V__/ Math illiteracy affects 7 out of 5 people!