Some of our members recently purchased a solar powered, Arduino programmable, weather station kit from Karl, W4KRL at the Winterfest in Annandale, VA. Due to popularity of this kit, I invited Karl to come to our next club meeting to give a presentation all about it’s development, how the station works, etc. Karl has graciously accepted the invitation.
You may be surprised to learn that this is a new venture for Karl. For most of his career, as an electrical engineer, he designed large power electronics converters for rapid transit car propulsion systems. The Arduino project is the crossover between these two ventures. Planned areas of discussion include a presentation that focuses on the origin of the development of the kit, the challenge of designing a circuit board, and some of the unique technical issues involved with the design of this project.
Because of the content of this meeting, this should be of interest to not just the members of the HacDC Amateur Radio Club, but also to the general “Hackerspace”, “builder” and “maker” communities as well. All are invited and encouraged to attend.
As is the case with all of our events, there is no cost to attend. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.
