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Lancelothi everyone21:10
shannonlucasHowdy21:10
Lancelothow's it going?21:16
shannonlucasI'm writing some creative fiction21:17
shannonlucas(translation: project time estimates)21:17
shannonlucasYou?21:18
Lancelotpacking21:21
LancelotI also proposed a talk for linuxfest21:21
shannonlucasThe NW LinuxFest or a different one?21:21
LancelotNW21:21
shannonlucasCool. I'm going to try to make it this year.21:22
shannonlucasWhat's your talk on?21:25
Lancelotembedded hardware development in linux21:25
Lancelotso programming microcontrollers21:25
shannonlucasOoooh21:25
Lancelotall I have right now are microchip brands stuff21:25
LancelotI'm getting some atmel things21:25
Lancelotand if I can parallax as well21:26
shannonlucasBeagleboard?21:26
LancelotI'm hoping for a 2 hour session so I can demo them21:26
LancelotI don't wanna get too fancy21:26
Lancelotthis is supposed to be a basic intro to using simple micros21:26
shannonlucasRaspberryPI then?21:27
Lancelotalso, the beagleboard doesn't really count...21:27
Lancelotit's a computer, not a microcontroller21:27
Lancelotsame thing21:27
Lancelotnot a microcontroller >.>21:28
Lancelotit's a computer21:28
Lancelotthe talk is focusing on microcontrollers21:28
shannonlucasOh, you're doing system on a chip21:28
Lancelotyes21:29
Lancelotlike this stuff: http://www.microchip.com/ParamChartSearch/chart.aspx?branchID=8181&mid=14&lang=en&pageId=7521:29
shannonlucasSo actually running Linux on the SoC, or just using Linux as the dev environment for them?21:31
shannonlucasEither way, that'd be worth the drive.21:31
Lancelotusing linux as a dev envrionment21:32
Lancelotmicrocontrollers don't run operating systems21:32
shannonlucasWhat? You can't shoehorn one in? :p21:33
Lancelotusually21:33
shannonlucas8-bit Linux for the win! :p21:33
LancelotI don't see that ending well...21:33
shannonlucashehehe21:33
Lancelotmicros aren't really meant for that21:33
shannonlucasWhen are they going to announce the session selection?21:34
Lancelotin february I think?21:34
Lancelotthat's when they open up the voting21:34

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