workshop forthTV

Date: 26th-27th of May, 10.00h - 18.00h.
Place: Steim, Amsterdam
Subject: Forth TV
This workshop will stand in the light of the forth interpreter on the pic chip. Forth enables you to program your pic life and thus edit and see the changes in behavior right away. By learning to control tv tubes with forth this workshop will cover..
1. introduction forth, the forth toolchain. (interactivity, giving commands and updates to a live system, modularity, solve problems in pieces and interactive testing)
2. technical applied (electronic 2 bit DAC with resistors for 4 levels (sync,b/w,grey), logic, PAL sync & stuff, software, interrupts (hsync timer) & multitasking)
3. individual project, build some pic powered visuals with the knowledge gained.
Guest: Tom Schouten
Organized by META (Making Electronic Thingies in Amsterdam)
META was founded in April 2006 to form a free and open platform of knowledge exchange and support to its members. META can be seen as a deregulated and local self study group in electronics. All activities and public appearances are determent by META’s members, who come from a wide field of activities and motivation.
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