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From: Jonathan Kirwan on 6 Apr 2006 12:09 On 6 Apr 2006 05:02:49 -0700, "larwe" <zwsdotcom(a)gmail.com> wrote: >SMS wrote: >> >> Systems Conference in San Jose. You can buy the development tool (USB >> stick) for 1/2 price ($10), with the coupon code MS681LXD. > >Hey, now THAT is a useful posting! :) I just ordered three, and >forwarded the information around at work. Would be nice to set up a >lunch-and-learn seminar and hand out these sticks. I also ordered a handful. I'll be using them with local high school children to encourage any interests they may have. If only one child gets more serious, the modest expense will have been worthwhile. Jon
From: SMS on 6 Apr 2006 15:09 Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > On 6 Apr 2006 05:02:49 -0700, "larwe" <zwsdotcom(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> SMS wrote: >>> Systems Conference in San Jose. You can buy the development tool (USB >>> stick) for 1/2 price ($10), with the coupon code MS681LXD. >> Hey, now THAT is a useful posting! :) I just ordered three, and >> forwarded the information around at work. Would be nice to set up a >> lunch-and-learn seminar and hand out these sticks. > > I also ordered a handful. I'll be using them with local high school > children to encourage any interests they may have. If only one child > gets more serious, the modest expense will have been worthwhile. Yeah, someone recruited me last night to do a presentation on "enrichment day" at my son's school. I'm thinking to do something on embedded computers with the TI MSP430 if they come in time. The kids love anything with electronics and technology. I need to think of an interesting application to do with these. TI is pretty smart to make the development kit available at such a low price, and to package it the way they did.
From: Jonathan Kirwan on 6 Apr 2006 15:30 On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:09:30 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Jonathan Kirwan wrote: >> On 6 Apr 2006 05:02:49 -0700, "larwe" <zwsdotcom(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> SMS wrote: >>>> Systems Conference in San Jose. You can buy the development tool (USB >>>> stick) for 1/2 price ($10), with the coupon code MS681LXD. >>> Hey, now THAT is a useful posting! :) I just ordered three, and >>> forwarded the information around at work. Would be nice to set up a >>> lunch-and-learn seminar and hand out these sticks. >> >> I also ordered a handful. I'll be using them with local high school >> children to encourage any interests they may have. If only one child >> gets more serious, the modest expense will have been worthwhile. > >Yeah, someone recruited me last night to do a presentation on >"enrichment day" at my son's school. I'm thinking to do something on >embedded computers with the TI MSP430 if they come in time. The kids >love anything with electronics and technology. Yes, but lots of extra sparks and fire does help. ;) >I need to think of an interesting application to do with these. If you come up with something nifty, let us know. Right now, what I see is a unit that is relatively difficult to open without breaking the little pins (something I'll need to have them practice on, if they are going to consider doing more than blinking an led.) Also, everything is very tiny and appears "too sophisticated and daunting" to a child of that age. So I'd like to come up with something to help make this go beyond just being a canned toy that is treated as something that cannot be touched inside and therefore an experience that never gets expanded upon. Of course, I also noted that you earlier wrote: > I can think of a lot of applications for a chip like this. So I'm depending on you!! hehe. :) >TI is pretty smart to make the development kit available at such a low >price, and to package it the way they did. US$9.99 each for a USB thingy like this is darned decent! Plus shipping, of course. Jon
From: SMS on 6 Apr 2006 16:11 Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > If you come up with something nifty, let us know. Right now, what I > see is a unit that is relatively difficult to open without breaking > the little pins (something I'll need to have them practice on, if they > are going to consider doing more than blinking an led.) Also, > everything is very tiny and appears "too sophisticated and daunting" > to a child of that age. So I'd like to come up with something to help > make this go beyond just being a canned toy that is treated as > something that cannot be touched inside and therefore an experience > that never gets expanded upon. I would break-out the pins to a breadboard or screw-terminals, or even those little spring connectors that come on the 150 in one electronic kits, and not let them connect directly to the little pins. I need something involving some buttons and switches of course. Something involving sparks and sounds would definitely be good.
From: SMS on 6 Apr 2006 16:13
Jonathan Kirwan wrote: > Put yourself on the wait list. They will probably open up a new > session if enough do that (and they probably will -- it happened here > that way here in Portland, Oregon.) They just opened up a second session in San Jose for May 25th. |