Each week we’ll endeavour to publish some details of the interesting things that members of DoES Liverpool have been up to over the past seven days. You can find out a bit more about them in our introductory post.
And remember, if you’re involved with DoES Liverpool at all, let us know what you get up to so we can include it here!
Things of Note
- Alex Lennon: Very pleased with how the bank holiday project has gone here DoES Liverpool. I’ve been working to get a #kiosk mode #chromium-based #webbrowser dashboard going on balena with #OpenBalena. It’s all working!! We can use for all sorts #weeknotes Andy Stanford-Clarkyoutube.com/watch?v=UWR8mT…
- Alex Lennon: Here’s one of the original Tux Penguins we used to ship with Arcom Embedded Linux Development Kits back in the early 2000’s. He’s in better shape than me! #weeknotes twitter.com/andysc/status/…
- MCQN Ltd: There were lots of exciting toys beyond these doors, but I couldn’t take any photos of them for you. Ace visit and factory tour of Protolabs for Museum in a Box #injectionmoulding #CNC #factorytour #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/4aXIzhdBOa
- Alex Lennon: Hurray! I have the first incarnation of the DoES Liverpool Grafana #dashboard running on balena. Data is being persisted on another Docker Raspberry Pi from #Mosquitto to InfluxData #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/rvTtrgeA4W
- MCQN Ltd: Trip over the border into Wales this evening to M-SParc to hear about their #LoRaWAN year of #IoT #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/j18IPcrQ2p
- Adrian McEwen: Finding the task scheduling bug that turns a 61 minute firmware upgrade into a 6 minute firmware upgrade is a nice way to end the week 🥳#weeknotes
- Alex Lennon: Getting the printer setup here so Jackie Pease can print some flexible TPU filament objects! #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/Bvrm5TzkqU
- Alex Lennon: Had to stop this cylinder calibration print as the head was dragging the cylinder across when it got higher. Will try again using Slic3r instead of Cura tomorrow… #weeknotesyoutu.be/M2O0k-kv_9U
- Electric Flapjack: This week’s #weeknotes: making a guitar body by hand, playing with packaging, and a little workshop maintenance.electricflapjack.com/blog/2019/4/28… pic.twitter.com/5MGkOxJhuo
- Alex Lennon: Hey Caroline Keep Dan Lynch I’ve put together a quick tutorial on how to personalise the rocketship design for the Liverpool MakeFest record breaking #3DPrinting. DoES Liverpool #weeknotesyoutu.be/LIaNa-Bf2m4
- DoES Liverpool: Can’t wait for Fabric District festival on 8th June so we can show this spectacular LED samba costume by Jackie Pease, Zarino Zappia and the team – next they’re going to program the lights to react to people in the room #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/3JX9IqGU8W
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Wednesday 01 May, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Liverpool Linux User Group |
| Thursday 02 May, 6:30pm-9:00pm | Maker Night |
Somebody Should
The DoES Liverpool to-do list is stored in the issues of our Somebody Should repository on github. Head over there if there’s something you’d like to report, or if you want to help out fixing things.
Issue counts: 304 open, 815 closed
6 new issues:
- Reassemble the UoL telepresence robot and get it working
- Felicity not working – ER07 – X or Y switch broken
- Add resources for room bookings
- Do We Need 3D Printer Supplies?
- Living Wage Accreditation
- Consult and optimize the coffee pot power schedule protocol
Featured issues: Update health and safety procedures for the Tapestry. Can we move this on or close it?
Featured issue: Improve health and safety in the space. Can we move this on or close it?
4 issues closed:
- Felicity not working – ER07 – X or Y switch broken
- Do We Need 3D Printer Supplies?
- Filament retraction problem with Ultimaker Prints Adam
- Put the coffee machine on an S20 esp plug
Thanks jackie1050, goatchurchprime!