DIY Meetup Report March 4

Once again, the community of makers gathered in our Moscow office at the Do It Yourself Meetup March 4th. We talked about aviation, taught the cat to use a sensor controller, learned what a sequencer was, rode an electric bike and did a lot more. Under the cat you will find all the materials from the last mitap, and you can watch a video from the previous one on the youtube channel .

- “Your fr24.com on the balcony”
Kirill Snezhko

Generally about aviation. The main source of information is ADS-B and an additional source is ACARS. The optimal choice of the antenna. RTL-SDR, RPi, dump1090, vrs.
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- “EspSky - Online IDE for NodeMCU”
Alexander Selishchev

Firmware esp8266 way NodeMCU. Connecting the module to EspSky and downloading Hello World sample via the Internet. Update and autorun code when the module is turned on. Further development of the project and the call of like-minded people.




- “Toy Story: Turning a“ Stupid ”Toy Car into an AI Agent”
Kirill Atroshkin

What modern toys teach and what children do not teach. How to give a simple toy functionality "smart". Do I need to be a programmer to write a simple application for a smartphone. And most importantly, why and who needs all this?




- "Automatic drinking bowl for a cat"
Gleb Kanin

As a non-specialist, I had to dive into electrical engineering. About the controller capacitive sensor from Atmel. Overcoming difficulties with nutrition, from 5V did not work. Making a touch mat. Schooling a cat.




- “Manipulator controlled by muscles”
Konstantin Sokolovsky

How to assemble the manipulator and what problems can you encounter? The author told the specifics of the assembly of the manipulator, controlled with the help of muscles.



- "DIY Sequencer"
Alexander Sokolov

What is a sequencer (device for reading DNA) and sequencing? Stages through which I had to go to create this device. Plans for the future.




- “Electric Bike. Motor controller do it yourself "
Oleg Makarenko

Three-phase motor controller. H-Bridges from MOSFET. Control powerful engine with Arduino.




- “How to make a case for a DIY device”
Artem Korotkov

How to choose the material, model the case, prepare the patterns, cut and assemble the case for the device - using the example of the homemade NIXIE watch.




- “How and why to assemble a copter”
Boris Rebrov

On the basis of personal experience, I will try to answer the questions faced by everyone who stands on the curve of the copter:

• Why do we need copters?
• Why do you need it?
• How do they fly?
• Where to begin?
• How to choose and buy components?

- “Development of an unmanned vehicle from scratch for dummies”
Kirill Smirnov

Racing past -> unmanned future. A little story about how my professional background influenced the topic of my dissertation. Why are they all so slow? Review of existing restrictions affecting the maximum speed of movement of unmanned vehicles. Acquaintance with TORCS. Identify the features of an open source simulator and showcase your own project. ROS! Easier than it seems! Robotic Operation System and its features. Perspectives and goals. Conclusion, where I will tell you what will happen next and what the real car will look like on which I'm going to test my algorithms.