If you are on the list of participants please bring:

  1. 1 x laptop (if you can)
  2. 1 x usb printer cable
  3. 1 x breadboard
  4. 1 x multimeter (optional but comes in handy)
  5. what ever basic equipment you have

Install emacs + mzscheme on your laptop. Make sure its installed proper and works as we dont want to waste time on installing software!

workshop #6

Date: 26th-27th of May
Time: 10.00h - 18.00h.
Place: Steim

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.
    1. interactivity, giving commands and updates to a live system
    2. modularity, solve problems in pieces and interactive testing
  2. technical applied,
    1. electronic 2 bit DAC with resistors for 4 levels (sync,b/w,grey)
    2. logic, PAL sync & stuff
    3. software, interrupts (hsync timer) & multitasking
  3. individual project, build some pic powered visuals with the knowledge gained.

wikipedia over forth.

Note: this workshop is based on the usbPicStamp used by two other meta workshops (picture below). Actually any board using the same pic chip will do, but we suggest this one. If you dont have one but would like to have one, please send an email to niels/at/swummoq.net and we will order one for you. The current price of this board is EUR 15,--.

Fee & Sign-in: EUR 50,-.
SIGN-IN IS CLOSED BECAUSE THIS WORKSHOP HAS REACHED ITS MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS!! PLEASE DO ONLY TRANSFER MONEY IF YOU WANT TO BE SET IN QUEUE, IN CASE OF DROP OFFS!
To sign into this workshop please transfer EUR 50,- to our account providing your name, telephone number and the name of the workshop ("forthTV") as transfer message. The number will be used to inform you about changes.
Example: Paul Horowitz, (617) 496-1041, forthTV

National transfer:
GIRO 4397791 t.n.v. Niels Wolf, Amsterdam

International transfer:
Owner: Niels Wolf
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Bank: Postbank
Iban: NL66PST0004397791?
Swift/Bic: PSTBNL21?

Please keep in mind to email us (niels/at/swummoq.net), if you dont have the needed usbPicStamp or any other board with the same picchip! We will order one for you for the costs of 15,-- if you decide to keep or break it.

Note: If your money arrives after the maximum amount of participants has been accomplished, we will call you to offer you two scenarios:

  1. We keep the money till the workshop and you will put in queue in case anybody dropes out. If we cant offer you any seat in the workshop after all, we will transfer the money back to you.
  2. We simply transfer you the money back.


Little letters:
Please note, that we are unfunded and non-profit!
We cant cover anything. This means that every money we collect for the workshops will be used on the workshops! Including shopping for basic hardware, food&drinks and cover the costs the teacher is making to come.
This also means that we have no dont-like-it?-money-back policy! In case of transferring money back, you have to cover the costs of the transfer. Of course we are open for suggestions to organize better workshops and apologize for any unconvinience!

Teacher: Tom Schouten
Tom Schouten is an independent software developer and artist based in Leuven, Belgium. His main interests are in generative systems, more specificly programs and devices that produce artistic works. His current efforts are concentrated on creating a series of special purpose programming languages. One of them is based on FORTH and runs on a pic microcontroller.
Tom at goto10

Organized by: niels wolf

Schedule: unknown

Participants: Minimum 8, maximum 15 participants. THIS WORKSHOP HAS REACHED ITS MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS!

  1. Niels Wolf
  2. Heerko van der Kooij
  3. Marc Boon
  4. Joost Broersen
  5. Sylvain Vriens
  6. Rick Companje
  7. Kwon Byung Jun
  8. Dirk van Oosterbosch
  9. Jan-Kees van Kampen
  10. Aymeric Mansoux
  11. Pieter Heremans
  12. Roger Muskee
  13. Sander Trispel
  14. Marloes de Valk
  15. Bart Gloudemans (brings own USBPICStamp)


usbPicStamp:

Unofficial flyer: