Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Hardware Hacking: Atomic Clock Building

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

When: October 20, 2010 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Hardware Hacking: Atomic Clock Building
Moderators: Federico Lucifredi, Product Manager, Novell
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 325

Federico builds an atomic clock out of a pocket-sized Sheevaplug device

The emergence of many low-cost, off-the shelf boards supporting embedded
Linux (or BSD) opens a wealth of possibilities for the hacker willing to
expand her horizons to the possibilities of hardware tinkering.

Using the lowest amount of custom hardware and pouring Perl and Shell
Script over everything as the glue binding it all, we create a
minimalistic device delivering a perfectly tuned network time source:
your very own stratum-1 ntp server, turning a pocket-sized Sheevaplug
device into your personal atomic clock.

The sample designs provide an entertaining introduction to the skills
needed to design basic embedded systems, and their unavoidable BIOS and
operating system underpinnings.

Federico Lucifredi is a Product Manager at Novell, where he works on
SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE, and is the maintainer of 'man'. He
is frequently a speaker at conferences covering Open Source and Free
Software, and tries to stay active within the community despite
currently wearing a business hat. In his free time Federico tinkers
around with old hardware and reads as many books as his budget will
allow him to get his paws on.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewery.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
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