Come on out and enjoy an Unallocated BBQ! Whether your a meat and potatoes kind of person or just enjoy snacking on delicious home made foods, there will be something for everyone.

The Unallocated Space welcomes you and your friends to come out and enjoy a bite to eat between 11:30PM and 2PM. We will also begin cleaning/improving the space from 11:30pm to whenever. Everyone is always welcome to just come and stop by, but your participation is always appreciated.

◦Add what you’re bringing to the spreadsheet (Google Doc)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvqXQ2p0sEvCdGlUdkRSeXNnYVlsRGNmT3BXeDF0d3c&usp=sharing

If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail info@unallocatedspace.org. Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that all donation are greatly appreciated. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this event, is 100% free to all!

Note: This type of event typically gets between 10-30 participants, but many of participants don’t check-in using social media.

Agenda

1. Install/Run Xilinx ISE (http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html – ISE Design Suite)
2. Compile and upload blinky lights bit file
3. Modify blinky lights code to change rate of blink
4. Use DCM instead of divider to vary blink rate

Required Items

1. Xilinx based Spartan 3 or higher FPGA
2. Laptop running Windows or Linux (OSX will not work!)
3. Breadboard and LEDs if your FPGA board does not have LEDs
4. Laptop must have ~ 30GB of free disk space for Xilinx ISE

Because of the cost of FPGA dev boards, we will not have extras. If you have questions about what board to get, please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org.

Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $10. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!

Agenda:

1. Introductions
2. Configure Xilinx ISE web kit software
3. Comparison of FPGA and traditional microcontrollers
4. Explanation of UCF files
5. Uploading a “Hello World” program (code is provided)
6. Explain how the hello world program works
7. Modify the hello world program to blink at a different rate

Required Items:

1. Xilinx based Spartan 3 or higher FPGA (Virtex works as well)
2. Laptop running Windows or Linux (OSX will not work!)
3. Breadboard and LEDs if your FPGA board does not have LEDs
4. Laptop must have ~ 30GB of free disk space for Xilinx ISE

Because of the cost of FPGA dev boards, we will not have extras. If you have questions about what board to get, please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org.

Please download the Xilinx ISE web kit from http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.htm. The section you will want to download from is “Vivado Design Suite – 2013.1 Full Product Installation” We will work out the licensing in class.

Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $10. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!

Saturday, May 4th starting at 3pm

Speakers:

Writing Metasploit Modules – Surefire
Forensic Packet Analysis – Wonko
Minecraft servers (Server setup, host setup, and modding the JAR) – Compmage
CJDNS+Project Meshnet – Nimblesec
UAS Field Day Plans – Charlie Fullerton
Trials and Tribulations of using Amazon EC2 instances – Proto

We hope to see you there!

PS Future Talk ideas and previous talks are posted at http://www.unallocatedspace.org/uas/minicon/

Agenda:

1. Get everyone set up with the Arduino IDE
2. What is an Arduino
3. Upload “Hello World” program (using Serial)
4. Blink an LED
5. Fade an LED

Required Items:

1. Laptop
2. Arduino (Mega, Duemilanove, Due, Boarduino, or UNO)
3. USB cable for your Arduino
4. Breadboard (small or large)
5. Jumper wires

If you need any items in the required items section, please E-Mail uas.arduino@gmail.com. We have a few of all of the required items, but we need to know how many to prepare.
Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $10. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!

Date/Time:
May 6th, 2013 starting at 7pm

Address:
Katana Sushi ELKRIDGE, 6060 Marshalee Drive, Elkridge, MD

For the uninitiated, here the Yelp page:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/katana-sushi-elkridge

We hope to see you there!

Afterwards, we’ll be hosting the monthly LAN party. CompMage will be hosting a low-key evening of gaming and fragging. Wonko will have some movies going on as well, so even if you’re not up for an entire evening of games, make sure to stop in and say hello. We’ll be at it from at least 7:00 PM through 2:00 AM.

If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail info@unallocatedspace.org. Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that all donation are greatly appreciated. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this event, is 100% free to all!

Note: This type of event typically gets between 10-30 participants, but many of participants don’t check-in using social media.

Agenda:

1. Binary serial comms
2. Serial.event() usage
3. Answer random questions

Required Items:

1. Laptop
2. Arduino w/ USB cable
3. PySerial installed if you want to use Python to talk to the Arduino

If you need any items in the required items section, please E-Mail uas.arduino@gmail.com. We have a few of all of the required items, but we need to know how many to prepare.
Since the space runs off of donations, we would like to mention that the recommended donation for this class is $5. It is by no means a requirement! Attendance to the space, and this class, is 100% free to all!