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

[Steve Boak]

Hi All

I've signed up to Meetup in the hope that it's a streaming service that 
I can use to join the talk, but it's not very clear on the Meetup 
website if this is the case. Lots of marketing pap about 'social media 
platform dedicated to fostering human connections' and 'engage with your 
local community in a way that leads to meaningful, real-life connections'.

But what does it do?

Can someone enlighten me please?

Thanks

Steve


On 7/10/2025 11:39 pm, Nick Bannon wrote:
> 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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Steve Boak, VK6HSB
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