Re: [Omaha.pm] Tri-copter

[Jay Hannah <jay@jays.net>]

On Aug 30, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Sam Flint <harmonicnm7h@gmail.com> wrote:
> no, the copter would use arduino, the controls would be in perl, with
> tk.  And i'm a member of the perl mongers list

Freaking awesome! Would you present your stuff at an Omaha Perl Mongers meeting?

Also you might find this helpful:

   Hardware Perl Mongers:
   http://hardware.pm.org/

They're a bunch of Perl/Hardware/Arduino guys. We dorked around with a bunch of Arduino stuff all week at YAPC::NA 2012.  :)

Sam++  :) 

j





On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Travis Smith <travis42@gmail.com> wrote:
> You're probably going to be extending your new hobby into the far flung
> future taking such a route, Sam.
> 
> Even the head tinkers around here have skipped the step of programming their
> own tricopter...let alone using a non standard language for the task. A lot
> of boards are based on the arduino language, for instance.
> 
> -Travis
> 
> On Aug 30, 2012, at 0:21, Kevin Fusselman <kevin@fusselman.org> wrote:
> 
> It's "use Copter::Pilot qw{OhGodDontCrash}", right? :)
> 
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Jay Hannah <jay@jays.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On Aug 29, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Sam Flint <harmonicnm7h@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I need a custom control system, ie one that uses a /dev/USBttyx device
>>> and commands so i can work with it in perl.
>> 
>> 
>> Perl! Woot!! lol
>> 
>> Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org
>> 
>> If you get Perl running any aircraft please let us know!!  :)
>> 
>> j
>>