Open Source Hardware Camp & Wuthering Bytes 2017.
Andrew Back
andrew at carrierdetect.com
Wed Aug 2 17:42:35 BST 2017
Sorry I missed this and just replied to your other e-mail. In short: I'm
sure we can arrange something.
Andrew
On 03/07/17 07:32, Rob Spencer wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Do you know if there are any stands or stalls available at either the OSHCamp or the Wuthering Bytes festival?
>
> Rob Spencer
>
> 07590 267835
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2017, 21:53, "members on behalf of Andrew Back" <members-bounces at electronclub.org on behalf of andrew at carrierdetect.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The programme has been announced for Open Source Hardware Camp 2017,
> with 10 talks and 6 workshops confirmed and a few more TBC. As ever,
> some really great topics being covered, including RISC-V, AI & machine
> learning, Robot Operating System, open source digital cinema and
> micro:bit design insights.
>
> As in previous years, there will be a social event on the Saturday
> evening and OSHCamp is once again being hosted to coincide with the
> Wuthering Bytes technology festival. You're encouraged to check the
> website for details of other participating events, as some are likely to
> be of interest.
>
> http://wutheringbytes.com/
>
> We have some fantastic talks lined up for Festival Day, including a
> keynote from Dr David Hartley FBCS on the early history of computing in
> Britain, and one on particle accelerators (with live demo!), amongst
> many other great talks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
> //
>
> Open Source Hardware Camp 2017
>
> On the 2nd September 2017, 09:00 Saturday morning - 16:00 on the Sunday
> afternoon at The Birchcliffe Centre, Birchcliffe Road, Hebden Bridge,
> West Yorkshire, HX7 8DG, UK.
>
> Registration: http://oshug.org/event/oshcamp2017
>
> Open Source Hardware Camp 2017 will take place place in the Pennine town
> of Hebden Bridge. For the fifth year running it is being hosted as part
> of the Wuthering Bytes technology festival.
>
> Hebden Bridge is approximately 1 hour by rail from Leeds and Manchester.
> Budget accommodation is available at the Hebden Bridge Hostel which
> adjoins the venue, with private rooms available and discounts for group
> bookings. Details of other local accommodation can be found at
> www.hebdenbridge.co.uk.
>
> There will be a social event on the Saturday evening from 8PM.
>
> *** Saturday :: Talks ***
>
> — An introduction to RISC-V, a Free and Open RISC Instruction Set
> Architecture
>
> An Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) defines the interface between a
> computer's hardware and software, the valid instructions that the
> machine may execute. Unlike other ISAs (such as those from ARM, MIPS,
> Intel, etc.), the RISC-V ISA is provided under an open-source licence,
> giving anyone the freedom to create a RISC-V implementation.
>
> This freedom has enabled a proliferation of RISC-V implementations for a
> wide range of applications, from small 32-bit embedded cores up to
> complex 64-bit multicore superscalar designs. As RISC-V is a relatively
> new ISA, there are many parts of the ecosystem such as compilers,
> assemblers, simulators, debugging tools, and other supporting
> infrastructure in rapid concurrent development.
>
> This talk gives an overview of the RISC-V ISA, and takes a look at some
> of the more interesting RISC-V cores. We will take a short look at the
> present state of the RISC-V software ecosystem, and try to predict where
> we will see RISC-V implementations used in the future.
>
> * Dr Graham Markall has a background in languages and compilers for
> scientific computing, and is well known for his work on the Numba
> project. He is part of Embecosm’s GNU tool chain team, where his current
> projects include the implementation of security enhancements to the GCC
> and LLVM compilers for RISC-V and ARM, and the development a GCC-based
> toolchain for a customised RISC-V processor.
>
> — Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning for embedded systems
>
> Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) allow technology
> to automate what was previously considered unique to human intelligence,
> we already see this in big data with image classification, speech
> recognition and sentiment analysis to name just a few applications. How
> will this effect embedded systems and hardware, what part can open
> source play in this emerging area by embedding intelligence or intuition
> into future products.
>
> Alan will provide an overview the current state of machine learning and
> inference techniques used within embedded applications, he will show how
> open source software and hardware can be used to apply these ML
> techniques into embedded and robotics and projects.
>
> Areas covered will include Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Recurrent
> Neural Networks (RNN), Reinforcement Learning (RL) along with
> differences between training and inference deployments. Alan will also
> discuss some emergent AI hardware areas such as energy efficient
> neuromorphic computation and processing which can perhaps commodify AI
> over the coming decades.
>
> With both open source software and hardware we are poised to rapidly
> advance both education, experimentation and development of machine
> learning into working embedded automation, there could not be a better
> time to get into this emerging area of technology.
>
> * Alan Wood has been working with parallel distributed programming for
> several decades. His recent work includes smart grids, 3D printers,
> robotics, automation and biotec diagnostics. His current research is
> focused on machine learning for embedded automation using FPGA, CSP and
> Neural Turing Machines. He is a long term advocate of open source
> communities, a moderator (aka Folknology) for xCORE, the co-founder of
> myStorm open hardware FPGA community, as well as a co-founder of Surrey
> and Hampshire Makerspace.
>
> — So you decided to run a workshop
>
> Over the past year many fixes/improvements/bug reports have been made
> for the NetBSD workshop to run smoothly. This talk covers the changes
> which go in to a project to insure a workshop goes smoothly on the day,
> how a workshop evolved, and what was done to prevent the same issues
> reoccurring.
>
> * Sevan Janiyan is founder of Venture 37, which provides system
> administration & consultancy services. As a fan of operating systems and
> computers with different CPU architectures, in his spare time he
> maintains builds of open source software on a variety of systems
> featuring PowerPC, SPARC and armv7l CPUs. He hopes to own a NeXTcube &
> OMRON LUNA-88K2 one day.
>
> — An Introduction to Open Source for Film production : From Sensor to Post
>
> This discussion will be based on the future of Open Source and its
> relationship wth Film & TV Production. New colour developments through
> ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) and new approaches by vendors such
> as Blackmagic and, of course, Blender, we are seeing a wider adoption of
> Open Source.
>
> We will discuss ACES and Apertusº Axiom OS camera and see where the
> future may lie regarding OS and Film Production.
>
> * Daniel Mulligan started in cameras (assisting and focus pulling),
> before then graduating up the ranks to Camera Operating for F1, BBC
> Dramas then 2nd Unit Cinematography for Feature Theatrical Productions.
>
> Daniel also started and privately ran a rental house supplying digital
> cameras, plus an onset/location company providing location post and
> digital camera workflows. This culminated just recently with a 2-3 year
> stint at Technicolor as their locations digital dailies supervisor,
> looking after projects such as Jupiter Ascending, Mortdecai and The Man
> from UNCLE.
>
> Now running new Companies for Open Source Cinema and an imaging research
> Company called Cine Imaging Lab, Daniel is also writing new Courses for
> the University of Portsmouth for both Undergraduate and Masters Degree
> in Imaging Science and consulting for image workflows for Post
> Production and VFX Houses.
>
> During this time Daniel has seen a few changes and re-iterations of the
> current digital workflows and it has struck him over time how much we do
> rely on proprietary systems for most delivery. And perhaps quite rightly
> so, as the delivery requirements for VFX to DI, to onset LUTs and more
> need that service.
>
> — Some micro:bit stories
>
> Lawrence recently helped the BBC and a consortium of partner companies
> produce the micro:bit. He thinks there are some stories worth telling
> about the instigation and development of the product.
>
> - BBC micro:bit grew from the passion of real people, not publicity
> departments
> - Asking for a few million pounds is quite fun
> - Shenzhen may be fast, but ShenFen is pretty good too
> - Engineers like the probably-impossible
> - Some cost and design decisions
> - Your support would be much appreciated
>
> * Lawrence Archard grew up among heterodyne whistles of an amateur radio
> rig hand-built by his grandad, who started him off building a
> two-transistor musical oscillator. That led to him studying Music
> Technology at Keele University, then Electronics primarily as an excuse
> to stay there. After a spell designing synthesizers, he had to get a
> 'proper job' with a consultancy developing high-volume, cost-sensitive
> products across a range of industries - music, toys, construction,
> medical, office and kitchen appliances. He became an early proponent of
> IoT (but not for the fridge ordering milk) and left to work with an
> informal group of associates in 2000. As DevelAngel, Lawrence acts as
> interim CTO or project manager for angel and VC-funded startups. For
> mainstream R&D-for-hire, there is sister entity uPBeat Product Development.
>
> — Robot Operating System
>
> Robot Operating System is 8 years old, and despite the fact that it
> isn't actually an operating system has become the default platform for
> robotic research in Universities around the world.
>
> I will talk about the recent version of their turtlebot platform that
> has made the hardware side much more open, and may attempt a live demo.
> It might even work this time. In addition I will also talk about ROS2,
> the next version that is currently in development.
>
> * Nick Weldin initiated the first public Arduino course in the UK in
> 2005, because he didn't want to program PIC chips on the accounts
> computer at work after everyone else had gone home any more, and he
> couldn't get his boss to send him to the Arduino course that was running
> in Spain. When Tinker London started up he joined them and ran courses
> teaching Arduino wherever anyone was interested. He is co-author of the
> Arduino Cookbook and now works for Middlesex University.
>
> — BuggyAir for mobile personal pollution exposure monitoring
>
> Last year we did a trial of a consortium project called BuggyAir for
> mobile personal pollution exposure monitoring. This was based on GSM
> comms using a smartphone for that and GPS. This year we have made a
> second version with LoRaWAN comms and tested this in London. We have
> also demonstrated an initial version with a choice of the two comms
> approaches. We are about to do another trial in Cambridge and our
> partners are also working on another version of the hardware to make it
> smaller and lighter without compromising the sensor precision.
>
> * Paul Tanner is a consultant, developer and maker in wood, metal,
> plastic, electronics and software. His day job has evolved from IT-based
> business improvement for SMEs to a specialisation in Internet of Things
> system development. By night he turns energy nut, creating tools to
> optimise energy use and for "assistive" applications. Paul graduated in
> electronics and was responsible for hardware and software product
> development and customer services in several product and service
> start-ups, forming his consulting firm Virtual Technologies in 2000.
>
> — Computer Science from the Ground Up
>
> As computers become increasingly sophisticated, it is difficult for
> students of computing science and electronic engineering to gain a broad
> enough understanding of the technology to fully grasp the underlying
> principles of some modern devices. In his presentation, Ken takes you
> back to when computers were much simpler, and proposes that with the
> help of practical learning by doing, and a bottom up approach, there is
> a better way of teaching the next generation of engineers.
>
> * Ken Boak built his first computer from a kit, aged 17 when he should
> have been revising for A Levels. Despite mediocre A level grades, Ken
> got a 1st class degree in electronic engineering in 1986 and went on to
> work on early experimental HDTV systems at BBC Research Department. In
> the last 30 years, and 10 subsequent jobs, Ken has encountered much of
> the fabric of the Digital Revolution - but chosen to ignore 95% of it -
> and now spends quality time on a narrow boat in Hebden Bridge.
>
> — From project to kit
>
> A talk outlining the process of turning a personal electronic project
> into a successful kit business.
>
> We've all wondered whether we could sell our own electronic designs, but
> have been scared away by the complexity of turning them into products,
> finding customers, and shipping them out. This talk will look at the
> process based on personal experience of building a small electronic kit
> business, from initial idea through prototyping, kit assembly, selling,
> and after-sales.
> * Jenny List is an electronic engineer and technical writer who spent a
> long career in electronic publishing from CD-ROMs to dictionaries before
> breaking out and forming her own hardware business, and writing about
> hardware as a contributing editor for Hackaday.com.
>
> — Open Source Instrumentation with the Digilent OpenScope MZ
>
> Instrumentation has traditionally been expensive, bulky and difficult to
> use for most electronics hobbyists. Digilent has spent the past ten
> years trying to change the landscape. Meet the latest addition to the
> Digilent instrumentation portfolio, the OpenScope MZ. Join us in
> answering these questions: How is Digilent making affordable
> instrumentation a reality for everyone? Why the Open Source movement is
> needed to make affordable instrumentation a reality?
>
> * Ioan Catuna is an experienced engineer at Digilent and previously
> worked for the parent Company, National Instruments. He has a master
> degree in Integrated Circuit and Systems and passionate about doing
> embedded development and instrumentation design.
>
>
> *** Sunday :: Workshops ***
>
> — Debug Electronics with Instrumentation- Digilent OpenScope MZ and
> Waveforms Live
>
> Hands on, Instrumentation workshop featuring the latest all-in-one
> portable tool solution from Digilent: OpenScope MZ and Waveforms Live.
> Participants will learn about when and how to use an Oscilloscope,
> Waveform Generator, Network Analyzer, Power Supply, Logic Analyzer and
> Data Logger. Lab experiments will range from analog electronics to
> debugging an embedded project.
>
> Run by: Ioan Catuna
>
> — An introductory workshop to NetBSD on embedded platforms
>
> An introductory workshop to NetBSD in the context of developing embedded
> platforms. NetBSD is a fully featured operating system with great
> agility that has been around for many many years. This workshop is
> intended to introduce some of the features which are available in the
> operating system as standard. We'll explore how to go from obtaining the
> source code to building the operating system, cover features which
> simplify working with the system, how accessible it is without resorting
> to installing third party software or writing any C.
>
> In this workshop participants will learn how to use the LoRaWAN
> development shield based on the Microchip RN2483 LoRaWAN module. This
> comes with a number of basic sensors, while the shield also includes
> additional Arduino headers so you can add your own sensor shields and
> devices.
>
> Topics we will cover:
>
> 1. Cross compilation support with build.sh
> 2. File tamper detection / execution prevention with Veriexec
> 3. High-level access to subsystems e.g exploring GPIO via Lua
> 4. Rapid development with Rumpkernel
>
> Participants should bring:
>
> * A laptop (Macos, Linux or Windows (windows 10 specifically))
> * ARM board (Pi or BeagleBoneBlack and such)
> * USB->TTL for serial access
>
> Run by: Sevan Janiyan
>
> — Robot Operating System - a practical intro
>
> This will be a practical hands on session getting started with using ROS
> to get robots to do things. You will learn about what a ROS system is
> how to ineract with it, and write basic code to work within a ROS
> system. We will look mostly at mobile robots, and will spend time
> looking at mapping and autonomous navigation.
>
> We will have a few robots and sensors on hand to get practical
> experience with. You will also learn about using robot simulators with
> ROS, so that you can carry on experimenting after the workshop even if
> you don't have access to a robot.
>
> You will need to bring a computer to work with. ROS currently runs
> primarily on Ubuntu. We will have virtual machine images with ROS
> installed that you can use.
>
> No knowledge of ROS is assumed, but some experience using the command
> line and python would be useful.
>
> Run by: Nick Weldin
>
> — Open Source Applications for Feature Film Workflows: Demonstrating an
> entire 4K/HD workflow from the sensor to dailies and Post Production
>
> We will firstly be demonstrating the Axiom 4K Open Source camera from
> Apertusº. The camera has a 4K CMV12000 sensor that is entirely Open
> which allows us the opportunity to create a camera unencumbered by
> proprietary restrictions.
>
> Recording live 1080p30 video and capturing 4K images as RAW snap12 files
> we can demonstrate how the RAW imaging can be processed and turned into
> usable 4K images with correct colour applied for Post. We can process
> then to Log-C encoded imaging for full information for the Grading
> processes.
>
> Next will be a look at the imaging as it is processed digitally. By
> using a digital Lab system we can then playback the captured images and
> produce our final desired deliverable.
>
> Run by: Daniel Mulligan
>
> — Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
>
> This workshop will take participants through an ML/AI based embedded
> application, you will need a Raspberry Pi and something to communicate
> with it (Laptop etc..).This will provide a lightning hands on intro to
> using embedded AI.
>
> Run by: Alan Wood
>
> — Assembling the OSHCamp kit
>
> Get help with soldering this year's kit.
>
> * Chelsea Back is a trainee engineer and is working towards a degree in
> Electronic Engineering. She enjoys building microcontroller projects and
> teaching people how to solder, is a student member of the IET and a STEM
> Ambassador.
>
> NOTE:
>
> * There are separate tickets for Saturday and Sunday.
> * A light lunch and refreshments will be provided each day.
> * Please aim to arrive between 09:00 and 09:15 on the Saturday as the
> event will start at 09:20 prompt.
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