Meetings Program and Reports

MEETINGS: Normally 2nd Friday of each month, except Jan (none), Dec and some public holidays.

TIME: 7:00 pm unless advised otherwise.

PLACE: WEA , 223 Angas Street, ADELAIDE unless advised otherwise.

FEES: $5-00 per year due in February.

Future Meetings:

• November 13, 2009 TBA
• December 11, 2009 TBA

Future meeting possibilities:

• Weather Satellites, Malicious Code,WiFi Antennas Embedded Computer Systems - JED (Melbourne) using Internet Video Conferencing MP3's, CD/DVD, PIC, Scitec Voice/IP, Legend SMD/Boards, Cable/ATM/Frame Relay, technical details of CU See Me/IRC, Multimedia developments, Advanced Web authoring/editoring, image compression formats, Games night, New Phillip's PLD's, Speech enabled Word processing, Adelaide Uni Music Centre revisit, Apple machines demo (power MAC etc), Sound Blaster, wearables.unisa.edu.au (David)

Past Meetings (R indicates that there is a report on the meeting)

• 2009
• October 9, 2009 TBA
• September 11, 2009 TBA
• August 14, 2009 TBA
• July 10, 2009 -
• 2008
• June 12, 2008 Ian Fisk will talk on Python
• 2009
• May 8, 2009 David Tilbrooke's talk on Turing Machines
• April 10, 2009 No Meeting (Easter)
• March 13, 2009 Virtualization
• February 13, 2009 AGM +
• January 11, 2009 No Meeting
• 2008
• December 12, 2008 TBA
• November 14, 2008 TBA
• October 10, 2008 TBA
• September 12, 2008 TBA
• August 8, 2008 TBA
• July 11, 2008 TBA
• June 13, 2008 TBA
• May 9, 2008 MAY 9 MEETING - FUEL CELLS
• April 11, 2008 Peter Reed explained the Capacitor Paradox
• March 14, 2008 ELECTRIC CARS - TALK & DEMO.
• February 8, 2008 AGM +
• January 11, 2008 No Meeting
• 2007
• December 7, 2007 Short talks (R)
• November 9, 2007 ADSL at the telphone exchange end (R)
• October 12, 2007 Group project discussion (R)
• September 14, 2007 And now a segue to a Segway (R)
• August 10, 2007 Amazing Recent Linux Developments. (R)
• July 13, 2007 No meeting
• June 8, 2007 Next G^TM network (R)
• May 11, 2007 No meeting
• April 13, 2007 Beyond PICAXE - Programming PICs in C (R)
• March 9, 2007 Developments in detecting and removing malware
• February 9, 2007 AGM + Transit of Venus properly described
• January, 2007 No Meeting
• 2006
• December 1, 2006 BBC Electronic Music
• November 10, 2006 PCB CAD Software
• October 13, 2006 Visit to radio station 5MBS, 99.9.MHz (R)
• September 8, 2006 Ajax (R)
• August 11, 2006 HP iPAQ (R)
• July 14, 2006 MIME (email encoding/decoding) code breaking & other security issues.
• June 9, 2006 Electronic Printing by Research Labs Aust.
• May 12, 2006 Very low light-level remote-controlled security camera demo.
• April 21, 2006 APANA presentation (R)
• March 10, 2006 Maths Tricks
• February 10, 2006 AGM and Voice over IP (VoIP)
• January, 2006 TBA
• 2005
• December 2, 2005 Wireless networking.
• November 11, 2005 Steganography and some other coding such as modifying dates on Windows files.
• October 14, 2005 Spyware and some other coding such as modifying dates on Windows files. (R)
• September 9, 2005 Nanotechnology visit to Flinders University (R)
• August 12, 2005 National Science Week
• July 8, 2005 Scienceweek test run plus other possibly including Voice over IP
• June 10, 2005 GPS: review of lots of good theory and plenty of software on the net
• May 13, 2005 TBA
• April 8, 2005 Broadcasting Techniques, especially Digital TV and Radio Broadcasting
• March 11, 2005 Radio Controlled Electrically Powered Model Aircraft (R)
• February 11, 2005 AGM and Podcasting MP3 players etc (R)
• January, 2005 No Meeting
• 2004
• December 3, 2004 Programming continued - Knoppix 3.6 from a "live CD" and getting a simple test program to work. (R)
• November 12, 2004 Knoppix 3.6 from a "live CD" and getting a simple test program to work. (R)
• October 8, 2004 Introduction to C programming and possibly some Java and PHP.
• September 10, 2004 Programming with VBA etc.
• August 13, 2004 Cliff's trip
• July 9, 2004 Video Editing (Continued)
• June 11, 2004 Video Editing (R)
• May 14, 2004 Australian Microelectronics Network and Spider Silicon Ltd
• April 16, 2004 ETSA's Playford Museum Visit
• March 12, 2004 Tarong Wind Farm Development at Starfish Hill - Jeff Ware (R)
• February 13, 2004 AGM and protecting intellectual property by Kevin Mc Namara (R)
• January, 2004 No Meeting
• 2003
• December 5, 2003 RatBag Games - an update on their computer games (R)
• November 14, 2003 WiFi, Citilan, PICAXE, Linux, robotics, solar cars, electric bikes etc (R)
• October 10, 2003 PicAxe MicroController - Eric Patching (R)
• September 12, 2003 Fighting Spam Email (R)
• August 8, 2003 Wide area wireless networking - Air Stream (R)
• July 11, 2003 Electric Bikes/Cars - PIC Group (R)
• June 13, 2003 Atmel Microcontrollers. (R)
• May 4, 2003 Running the Penalva ISP - Clive Pearson  (R)
• April 11, 2003 Visit to Levels FedSat Satellite Control Centre (R)
• March 14, 2003 Analog TV Revision & Intro to Digital TV, Macrovision - Howard Harvey
• February 14, 2003 AGM and Viruses, Malicious Code, Hacking, & members experiences (R)
• January, 2003 No Meeting
• 2002
• December 6, 2002 Tivo Video Recorder
• November 8, 2002 Computer Games Development - Ratbags (R)
• October 11, 2002 PHP web scripting by Mr Andrew Braund
• September 13, 2002 Remedies for Crisis in Electronics Industry/Education by Mr Ron Grill
• August 9, 2002 Sony's Artificial Intelegence Dog "AIBO" (R)
• July 12, 2002 Halcro $50,000 Audio Amplifiers - Extraordinary Technology (R)
• June 14, 2002 Solar Cars - Peter Pudney (R)
• May 10, 2002 Grid connect solar power systems (R)
• April 12, 2002 Giving Microelectronics Smell & Taste - Prof Malcolm Haskard (R)
• March 8, 2002 MP3 music file control designed for radio station use - Mr Howard Harvey (R)
• February 8, 2002 AGM + Atmel Microprocessor Design - Peter Gheude
• 2001
• December 7, 2001 Intelligent Logic Circuits!! by Mr David Warren Smith (R)
• November 9, 2001 ADSL by Mr. Simon Hackett of Internode (R)
• October 12, 2001 General Discussion
• September 14, 2001 Universal Serial Bus (USB)
• August 10, 2001 Teaching programming to 5 year olds (Uni of SA)
• July 13, 2001 Epixtech iLibrary by Mr Peter Gheude (R)
• June 8, 2001 Telecommunications at the Sydney 2000 Olympics - Rick Matthews
• May 11, 2001 Linux Update by Mike O'Connor
• April 20, 2001 Digital Photography by Ian Fisk
• March 9, 2001 Digital TV by Barry Williams and Rob Harman (R)
• February 9, 2001 AGM plus talk on tricks and traps of DVD by Rick Matthews.
• January 8, 2001 No Meeting.
• 2000
• December 8 No Meeting.
• November 10 Development of special alarms for the aged and physically disabled
• October 13 Programmable Logic Devices
• September 8 No Meeting
• August 11 Modem troubleshooting and MOLDS testing.
• July 14 No Meeting
• June 9 No Meeting
• May 12 Modem troubleshooting and Internet connectivity by Mr Colin Huckel.
• April 14 Sneak Preview - Red Cross Opportunity Shop
• March 10 Introduction to Web servers, HTML and XML.
• February 11 AGM plus discussion of Club projects.
• 1999
• December 10 Zatec - PIC microcontroller family by Jason Moss.
• November 12 Integrated Electronic Systems - IC Wafer fabrication, Short run and prototyping.
• October 8 Web controlled camera mounted at Ngapartji by Dave Sag
• September 10 Member experiences with Linux.
• August 13 C++ Builder and POP and SMTP email protocols by SAMG members.

• July 9 CAE MRAD; PCI bus DSP board and Linux Drivers

• June 11 Electronic labelling system for baggage, equipment, vehicle and people tracking

• May 24 Capri Theatre computer controlled Wurlitzer organ

• April 9 Clipsal C-Bus energy management system by Mr. Barry Walker

• March 12 - The Automation of Wool Sorting and Classing by Mr Mike O'Connor.
• February 12 - AGM plus Satellite Phones by Mr P. Gheude.
• 1998
• December 4 - Webworms - Software for Kids, Pam Fitzgerald
• November 13 - MineLab - Metal Detectors, Mine detection etc
• Oct 9 - Satellite Communications by Prof. Steve Seumahu
• Sep 11 - GNU Linux OS by Mr Geoffery Bennet of LinuxSA
• August 14 - Surface Wave Radar , John Wilson-Smith
• Jul 10 - Programming with Visual Basic , Aust Visual Basic Users Group SA  
• Jun 12 - Ngapartji MSN9 hosting and Microsoft - Mr Brian Jarman.
• May 8 - Mapping Systems, GPS aware - Anthony Stephens and Mike Brinkworth from The Map Shop.
• Apr 3 - Encryption by Rick Matthews and Andrew Braund
• Mar 13 - Life and Communications in the Antarctic - Mark Spooner - Gilles St School
• Feb 20 AGM PLUS Mawson Lakes & Smart Cards : High Tech City - Tony Leverenz 
• 1997

• Dec 5 - Dove ISP - Bob Rooney

• Nov 14 - Telemedicine - Bob Hancock / Kevin Zeitz at the RAH 
• Oct 10 - PIC Micro-Controllers by Eric Patching
• Sep 12 - Magneto Resonant Imaging at RAH
• Aug 8 - Traffic Control System at Department of Transport Control Centre
• Jul 11 - Year 2000 problems by Howard Harvey
• Jun 11 - Motorola DSP chips by J Eccleston, Motorola Scotland
• May 9 - Introduction to Delphi programming by Cliff Hignett
• Apr 11 - Introduction to Java programming by Andrew Braund
• Mar 14 - Networked computing system, Radio LANs and links by ADC.
• Feb 14 - AGM, plus Internet Web authoring by Kirt Hignett
• 1996
• Dec 6 - Motorola Software; Communications and Real Time systems plus hardware software!
• Nov 8 - Rockets by Dwight Van Roy and Colin Biggs at the Box Factory.
• Oct 11 - Video/Audio conferencing over networks by John Ingham at Adelaide TAFE.
• Sep 13 - Programmable Logic Devices by David Warren-Smith at the Box Factory.
• Aug 9 - Electronics in Music by Chris Cumming at Future Music 55 Belair Rd. Kingswood.
• Jul 12 - Packet Radio by Grant Willis
• Jun 14 - Camtech, Internet Service Provider by Mr Neil Collins and Mr Iain Lockyer
• May 10 - The Internet by Beavis Mead
• Apr 12 - Robotics by Rick Matthews