[NBLUG/Announce] General Meeting TONIGHT: Pi to Game Console Tool-Assisted Speedruns

[Allan Cecil]

The general meeting is tonight at 7:30.  As an update to what I'll be talking about, I'll be demonstrating a fairly wide range of Linux development tools, including Eagle (CAD software), MPLABX (PIC Microcontroller IDE), pic32prog (Microcontroller programmer), emulators (FCEUX and lsnes), and serial interface scripting in Python on a Raspberry Pi.  I'll also be taking complete control of a Super Nintendo console using the game Super Mario World through only the controller ports.

It should be a fun meeting and I look forward to seeing you there!

A.C.
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- President, North Bay Linux User's Group


On 11/25/2013 12:52 PM, Allan Cecil wrote:
> Start: 2013-12-10 7:30 pm
> End: 2013-06-11 ~9:00 pm
> Speaker: Allan Cecil
> Location: O'Reilly Media
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> Description:
> A Raspberry Pi, connected to a custom PCB with a PIC microcontroller, connected to... a game console's controller port?  In this presentation, Allan will talk about the Tool-Assisted Speedrun community from http://tasvideos.org, game console emulators in Linux, Raspberry Pi GPIO serial interface capabilities, PCB design, reverse-engineering, and how a TAS can be an artform.
> There will be plenty of technical details but the presentation should be enjoyable by all, with demonstrations of games being played perfectly using tools to overcome the limitations of human reflexes and a finale of taking complete control of an unmodified Super Nintendo using only the controller input.
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