Potluck May 31st

By on April 30, 2014

The party will begin at noon and the grilling will start around 4pm. We will be providing some activities to partake in, to include music, board games, movies, soldering kits to make cell phone charger, and a guessing contest where people can guess how many LED are in a jar. We will have a 1st, […]

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UnalloCTF Coming Soon!

By on April 29, 2014

On Memorial Day 2014, we will be hosting UnalloCTF 2.0! Registration is open at https://unalloctf2014.eventbrite.com

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Super Minicon

By on April 29, 2014

I’m thrilled to announce what will prove to be a prodigious minicon lineup at Unallocated Space in Severn, MD. The minicon is scheduled for May 3rd, starting at 12:00 PM (noon). No RSVP is necessary. Topics scheduled include: Emergency Cloud System by Jesse Alexander PG County ARES/RACES Amateur Radio Computer Compatible Networks by Keith Elkin […]

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FPGA Night (Apr 29, 7-10PM)

By on April 26, 2014

We will be learning about 7 segment displays and VHDL arrays. We will create a new VHDL module for displaying N numbers on a seven segment display using an array and a counter. The goal might be a little ambitious, so we might not get all the way to the end in one class. It […]

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FPGA Night (April 22, 7-10PM)

By on April 20, 2014

We will be modifying our push button demo to use two buttons, and to be synchronized using clock. We will also cover how to slow the synchronized clock down to a manageable rate. This will be combined with the push button demo to see how clock synchronization can affect the sampling of an input. It […]

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US Science and Engineering Festival in DC 4/26-4/27

By on April 13, 2014

USA Science & Engineering Festival – Join Unallocated Space The 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest science festival in the US, features nationwide contests and school programs, including our popular ‘Nifty Fifty’ science speaker program – presented by InfoComm International. The Festival culminates in a Grand Finale Expo on April 26-27, 2014, with […]

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FPGA Night (15 April, 7-10PM)

By on April 11, 2014

We will be creating a push button project from scratch. The idea is that pressing a button connected to the FPGA will turn on a series of LEDs. We will then make the design synchronous by creating a slow clock out of a counter. We will also be creating a test bench file for the […]

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FPGA Night (8 April, 7-10PM)

By on April 4, 2014

This will be the second session of the new class. If you want in, it’s not too late! Please E-Mail fpga@unallocatedspace.org to let the instructor know you want to join. We will be covering: 1. Launching ISE 2. Building example blinky light project 3. Launching Impact, Mojo Loader, and Adept for bit file uploading 4. […]

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What’s going on in April

By on April 1, 2014

We have a awesome amount of events coming up this Month…. Events purely for Fun: Come play with Lego’s at Lego Day on Sunday, April 6th Come play board Games at Analog Gaming Day on Sunday, April 13th Outreach Events: Saturday, April 12th Robotfest @ National Electronics Museum Saturday, April 26th US Science & Engineering […]

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FPGA Class Starting Over – 1 April (7-10PM)

By on March 28, 2014

This will be the first session of the new class! Very Important: Please go to http://www.xilinx.com/support/download/index.html/content/xilinx/en/downloadNav/design-tools.html and download ISE for your operating system!!!! Unallocated Space does not have the Internet bandwidth to support downloading the 6GB install file! The class slides are here. We will be covering: Introductions What are FPGAs How are FPGAs structured […]

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FPGA Night (11 March, 7-10PM)

By on March 10, 2014

If you are interested in joining the class, check out the new class announcement! Due to technical issues, we still need to work on getting push and pop converted over to using the SRAM. After finishing push and pop, the class will be open to questions and discussions. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so […]

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HAM Radio Night 3/7/14

By on March 6, 2014

It’s time to start planning for Field Day in June. Come out for our first planning meeting for Field Day. Some of the other topics/Projects we’ll be discussing will be: Ham Shack Operating Procedures Upcoming Events Trailer Upgrade Project Wireless Mesh Project Field Day: Planning for Classes/Demonstrations, etc This is a perfect way for other […]

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FPGA Night (4 March, 7-10PM)

By on March 2, 2014

We will finish integrating SRAM into our CPU. Please bring a breadboard and jumpers so that you can hook up the external memory chip. If you cannot bring those items, please contact fpga@unallocatedspace.org (or the instructor directly) to ensure enough supplies are brought with the instructor. Required Items: 1. Laptop with Xilinx ISE installed. Please […]

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Minicon March 1st

By on March 1, 2014

Please check out our Minicon page for the most up-to-date information. This months talks: The new UAS Website – R00ster 5:20p-6:25p Andy Kaufman: or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Troll. – Gomi 6:30p-7p How to get started in consulting – Stacey 7:05p-7:30p State of Unallocated Space – Forgotten 7:35p-8:45p Sadly talks […]

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