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Rapid Prototyping with 32-bit Microcontrollers (Portsmouth)
by Daniel Dearing (20 July 2010)
This is the second of a serious of regional workshops aimed at demonstrating how easy it can be for a non-electronics engineer to set up and start prototyping product ideas and concepts using an ARM/NXP mbed board that is based on a sophisticated and powerful 32-bit microcontroller

Event Start: 14/09/2010, 09:30; Event Finish: 14/09/2010, 16:00

Event Description:

Mbed Workshop - Rapid prototyping with 32 bit microcontrollers

Date : September 14th

Venue : University of Portsmouth 
Purpose: To introduce 8/16 bit users (and non-electronics users) to mbed

Time : 10am to 4pm

Cost: £109 +VAT for ETN Members, £159 for non ETN members

 

PLACES ARE LIMITED SO BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!

Introduction

Are you an innovator or an inventor?  Or maybe a designer?  Or a product developer?

Have you ever considered prototyping a new electronic product, but had been put off by the daunting prospect of learning how to use microcontrollers and how to develop the electronics associated with them?

This workshop, brought to you by the ESP Electronics Knowledge Centre in partnership with the University of Portsmouth and ARM/NXP, is aimed at demonstrating how easy it can be to rapidly prototype a new idea for an electronic product using sophisticated and powerful 32-bit microcontrollers with rich functionality, complex I/O capabilities and great performance.

Participants in this workshop will learn about the capabilities of the mbed microcontroller board, and how to quickly set up and start developing functionality using the free, lightweight, online compiler and libraries of code.  The afternoon session will also include a “Freeform Lab”, which will give all delegates a hands-on opportunity to play with the mbed board and a selection of peripheral components including sensors, actuators, displays and interfaces.
 
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the interactive nature of this workshop, all delegates will need to bring their own laptop/mac running windows/MacOS/Linux and have full administration rights. If you do not have a laptop to bring with you, please contact daniel.dearing@espktn.org ASAP.

At the end of the day all participants will get to take home a free* kit of components allowing them to continue experimenting and prototyping and exploring the possibilities of the platform

Click on the "Register" tab at the top of this window to register

* (cost of kit included in registration fee)


Target Audience:

Inventors and innovators Entrepreneurs, Design engineers and mechanical engineers Electronics designers looking to refresh existing products or quickly trial new prototypes

Event Venue:
Venue Name:University of Portsmouth
Address:Anglesea Building
Anglesea Road
Portsmouth
Hants
PO1 3DJ
Venue Telephone:
Venue Email:sandra.johnson@port.ac.uk


Contact Details:

Contact Name:Daniel Dearing
Contact Phone:0208 1440029
Contact Email: daniel.dearing@espktn.org


Register
14 Sep 2010
09:30 - 10:00
Arrival, Registration, Coffee, Social
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction to the ESP KTN Speaker: Daniel Dearing
10:30 - 11:00
Institute of Industrial Research University of Portsmouth Speaker: TBD
11:00 - 11:45
Introduction to mbed Speaker: Chris Styles
11:45 - 13:00
mbed "hello world" Speaker:
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking
14:00 - 14:15
Cool Components Speaker: Mat Fordy
14:15 - 16:00
Freeform Lab
16:00 - 16:15
Wrap up and Close
Daniel DearingElectronics Knowledge Centre, ESP KTN Technology Business Manager As one of two Technology Business Managers in the Electronics KTN, Daniel is responsible for leading several of the key knowledge transfer activities that EKTN undertakes. The main themes that Daniel has responsibility for include; Embedded Systems, Medical and Healthcare and Autonomous Systems and Robotics, however, there are a number of other cross-cutting themes that interplay with these themes such as energy harvesting, safety critical systems, Assisted Living, consumer electronics and software development and design.

Daniel has a strong background in technical development, management and consulting and has contributed to the success of companies large and small, gaining experience of product development and management, business development, marketing and technical consulting in a range of technology development companies.

In addition to building and managing development teams in large corporate environments, he has also gained experience in helping start-up companies overcome the issues that they face. His technical domain expertise extends to many aspects of product and system development, embedded systems, broadband communications networks, ATM, SDH, and IP networks, Fixed Wireless Access and Wireless LAN, Bluetooth and cellular protocols (GSM and UMTS). He has also, over the last 10 years, had considerable exposure to the field of medical and healthcare electronics, medical devices, telecare and assisted living technology.
TBDInstitute of Industrial Research TBD To follow
Chris StylesARM Ltd Senior Applications Engineer After graduating from Imperial College with a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chris started working in the field of computer graphics, initially designing image capturing hardware, and PC graphic subsystems. After a few years Chris became a freelance engineer, and gained experience in a variety of application areas, including GSM/3G, Bluetooth, and Set top box, and high-end CAD modelling.

Chris joined ARM in 2002 as an Applications Engineer, supporting and training ARMs IP customers, and assisting them in brining SoC products to market based on ARMs technology. This role evolved to encompass ARMs 3D Graphics Processors.

While working as an application engineer, Chris started working in spare time, evenings and weekends with a colleague from ARM R&D group, on a project to enable rapid prototyping. Initially inspired by experiences of trying to take ARM technology into schools to help students, the need for rapid prototyping was soon identified as being more widespread and a problem in industry as well as education.

After a long time in R&D, the resulting mbed platform was bought to market in collaboration with NXP. Since the launch in September 2009, the mbed platform has spread rapidly, and as recently won an EDN innovation award.
Mat FordyCool Components Founder and CEO www.coolcomponents.co.uk
Event Location: University of Portsmouth Anglesea Building Anglesea Road Portsmouth Hants
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