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!
COVID-19
Click here for details of the of the measures we’re currently taking related to the COVID-19 situation, especially if you’re thinking of coming in to the space. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes – make sure you’re following us via our Google Group, and/or via social media.
Things of Note
- Lennon: Awesome or what??? blues wireless balena #weeknotes twitter.com/B4Biodiversity…
- Adrian McEwen: Pen plotting; LED VU-meters; and shipping out product. This week’s MCQN Ltd #weeknotes: Week 808 – Shipping Product dlvr.it/RwkbRD
- Plastic Tactics: What is your level of trust in recycling?Check out this phenomenal resource tracker from Precious Plastic Lancaster – heading towards a #circulareconomy📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=h736LD…Some of the offcuts from @doesliverpool visor project are in the mix! #weeknotes
- DoES Liverpool: Another post for retro hardware enthusiasts – Mike G has brought in this lovely 1980s HP pen plotter – needs recapping and a new RS232 cable, but should soon be back in action #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/2moGdjQbOn
- Lennon: Loads of Chinesey cameras Cybergibbons #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/wNXrVQKQYi
- Lennon: Looking at fast booting a Pi0 to run bare metal sensor code on batteries for a project. First off how quick can we boot? Thanks to Gareth Long and Russell Davis for the links #weeknotes pic.twitter.com/OXKEiMWpBl
- Lennon: Fast Booting a “Bare Metal” Pi Zero – The Code! #2
#weeknotes
patreon.com/posts/fast-boo… - Lennon: Fast booting a PiZero. Pretty fast huh? I wonder if there’s more to be optimised here… #weeknotesyoutu.be/pbt_JgWjD7Q
- Jackie Pease: Testing conductive thread on the DoES Liverpool embroidery machine – Best results with running stitch, re-stitching the same line twice, longer stitches (and threading the machine correctly)
#weeknotes pic.twitter.com/oJje8d9nEm
Coming Up in the Next Week
| Tuesday 06 April, 6:30pm-9:30pm | Hack the Space Evening |
| Wednesday 07 April, 7:00pm-9:00pm | Liverpool Linux User Group |
| Thursday 08 April, 7:00pm-9:30pm | Maker Night online at https://meet.jit.si/bubblino |
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: 359 open, 1204 closed
No new issues
Featured issue: The laser head appears to be randomly moving to other parts of the bed between cuts. Can we move this on or close it?
1 issue closed:
Thanks magman2112!