[NBLUG/talk] January 8, 2013 meeting summary

[Zack Gold]

Here is the January 8th, 2013 meeting summary.

General announcements
 charity game http://marathon.speeddemosarchive.com
 Ubuntu Mobile (announced at CES?)

 Board members present
  jezra
  Frank
  Zack
  Allan
  Bill
  Michael

BeagleBone - jezra
 Tech specs
  TI AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8 processor
  500MHz when USB Powered
  500MHz when DC Powered
  256MB DDR 400 MHz RAM
  10/10 RJ45 Ethernet
  one USB 2.0 host-mode
  one mini-USB type-A OTG/device client-mode
  two 46-pin dual-row expansion connectors
  MicroSD slot and 4GB microSD card with Ångström Linux

 Ported Distributions
  Ångström Linux
  Debian
  Fedora
  Arch
  Gentoo
  Sabayon
  QNX
  Android

 Expansion Connectors
  two 2x23 pin expansion connectors
   SPI
   five UART
   two I2C
   CAN
   65 GPIO
   8 PWM
   8 ADC
   Pins access modes can be changed by multiplexing

 Projects
  OpenROV - Open Source underwater robots
  Ninja Blocks - Devices that can sense their environment by receiving
input from a variety of sensors & can affect their surroundings by
controlling lights, power sockets, and other actuators

NTP - Frank
 http://frankb.us/ntp/


-- 
Zack Gold
NBLUG Scribe
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