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

[John McCabe-Dansted]

I thought meet up was just a way of advertising events.

On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 09:33, Steve Boak <steve at boak.au> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> --
> Steve Boak, VK6HSB
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>
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John C. McCabe-Dansted