[plug] What's on in October: Wednesday, Sunday meetings

[Nick Bannon]

Hi, all! As Harry mentioned below, PLUG is having our main October meeting
tomorrow - Wednesday 6pm. It's in collaboration with the University
Computer Club of UWA.

We've got a regular hack afternoon this coming Sunday, as always:
- you can bring your own project
- Also, we have some well prepared PLUG clouds server upgrades underway.
  If you can drive SSH, Git or run some test scripts you can help us
  get through our upgrades and get better value out of PLUG's cloud costs
- Also, plans for configuring a server to improve on our next
  Installfest get-together, help welcome

John has just posted regarding "Workshop Proposal: Hack on my collection
of Rpi Zero W (e.g. micro backup server)" - let's get some conversation
happening and we can pick some times and places to get that going in
the coming weeks. PLUG members will have free hardware provided, to keep!

October 2025:

TITLE: Statecharts State Machines and QP/C by Harry McNally
DATE: Wednesday 2025-10-08
TIME: 18:00--20:00
VENUE: Learning Studio 110, Floor 01
	EZONE North, Building 222 near Fairway Entrance #2
	The University of WA, CRAWLEY  6009
COST: Free
DESCRIPTION:
- Harry McNally will tell us about State Charts, State Machines and QP/C
  in embedded systems.
- In embedded programming, between big loop and RealRTOS, is a lightweight
  framework called QP/C which implements asynchronous, event-driven
  Hierarchical State Machines described as Active Objects.
- The frameworks are dual-licensed so they are available for download
  and use in open-source projects.
- The developer, Miro Samek, has over several decades prepared video
  coursework that describe all approaches to embedded programming including
  Quantum Programming; the QP/C, QP/C++, and support tools.
- For anyone interested in embedded programming, the talk will discuss how
  HSM statecharts can be used to define and then implement embedded systems.
- Many of the coursework examples on real low-cost evaluation boards
  offer advantages in embedded development comparable to open source
  software projects that "An example is a thousand instruction manuals".
- The talk is for anyone interested in embedded programming and working
  close to the silicon.

TITLE: PLUG+POSH Hack afternoon
DATE: Second Sunday 2025-10-12
TIME: 12:00--16:00
VENUE: The Perth Artifactory, 8/16 Guthrie St, Osborne Park WA 6017
COST: There is a $5 fee for Artifactory non-members.
  Check their website for how to pay, or you can just give it to the
  organiser on the day.
DESCRIPTION: The monthly PLUG + POSH Hack Afternoon is a language/platform
  agnostic hack session. Bring your favourite or interesting project and a
  love of code, or any other tech project that you're interested in.
THEME: This month: PLUG cloud server, PLUG installfest server

TITLE: Raspberry Pi microbackup workshops
DATE: Coming soon

Nick.

On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 05:49:12PM +0800, Harry McNally via ucc wrote:
> Hello
> 
> This is a reminder that our October meeting is at UWA and has broken from
> our usual second Tuesday time; largely due to a change in venue scheduling.
> 
> You can see details on the PLUG calendar and our Meetup page.
> 
> https://www.plug.org.au/
> 
> https://www.meetup.com/Perth-Linux-Users-Group-PLUG/events/
> 
> http://events.raspberrypi.com/community/70e6ccb7-e653-41d5-9ad9-f9ce585a39b7
> 
> While not Linux, the tools are something I have used on and off since their
> early releases in the norties. I thought anyone looking for alternative ways
> to define and implement embedded projects may find it an interesting talk.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing you there
> Harry

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