August 2016

Priorities

Ranking of priorities:

• Teaching preparation
• Ham radio
• Personal projects

Teaching

July preparation and notes: July 2016/Teaching Preparation

Procedure:

• Course syllabus draft
• Course outline draft
• Brainstorm about how to incorporate concepts into hw/exams/other

August course preparation:

• Programming - August 2016/CSE 142

UGR project:

• July notes: July 2016/UGR Project
• Make concrete project plan and writeup
• Create your story, your objective, your scenario
• Nice link: Raspberry Pi IoT temperature sensor: http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2015/06/basic-temperature-logging-to-the-internet-with-raspberry-pi/

Ham Radio

General Upgrade

Big priority here is passing the general class license exam - see General page for notes

Passed my General 8/5/2016 at Defcon 24

Digital Modes

Main page: Radio/Digital Modes

Working through learning about digital modes. Right now, focusing on how to generate signals - independent of radios. SSTV and PSK.

Yaesu VX 6

Currently have a USB to line in cable, but this is basically useless without the Windows Yaesu software for interfacing with the VX-6. Fldigi and the hamlib library do not seem to have interfaces defined for the Yaesu VX-6.

Instead, I ordered a line in to two (2) audio-out jacks, so that this thing can be hooked up to a TNC modem (like the Raspberry Pi TNC that I have). Then you can have the VX-6 radio hooked up to the Raspberry Pi to transmit digital signals to a base station.

HackRF

Getting the HackRF working with Kali Linux: Kali/HackRF

Okay, so we're able to receive with the HackRF... Now what?

Projects

Electronics/Microcontrollers

Raspberry Pi Camera

Currently working on a weatherproof Raspberry Pi camera case. This would be an expandable platform for adding more sensors, but primarily working out how to mount the Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi camera in a modifiable, drillable plastic case.

Materials required:

• Pi
• Pi camera
• Weatherproof plastic case (on order)
• 4 screws to attach pi camera to plastic case (M2 size, 2mm diameter) plus spacers
• 4 screws to attach pi to plastic case (M2.5 size, 2.5 mm diameter) plus spacers

Supremo optimal:

• Pelican waterproof case with external weatherproofed camera lens attachment (travel)
• Screws to hold camera and board in place
• Attache case or other "platform" (Pelican cases are perfect for this, pre-loaded with foam padding)

Raspberry Pi Wifi/GoCase

Also analyzing wifi.

Tie-ins:

• UGR projects: wifi data, sensor data, interfacing with circuitry
• Get some of this worked out ahead of time: operating system, images, SSH setup, wifi setup, etc.

Programming

Graphene (Nope)

Kicking around the idea of starting back up with Graphene.

Notes on getting Cantera set up: August 2016/Cantera

Once you've got Cantera installed, you need to make sure you can run some simulations for Graphene: August 2016/Cantera Test

More notes/brainstorming on Graphene development: August 2016/Graphene