BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20161106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20161018T002745Z UID:EBAF2033-92FC-11E6-A7C6-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20161029T090000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20161029T150000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Northern Virginia Section Hands-On Technical Workshop Series Presents: Build an Internet of Things Weather Station\n\nBy the end of this course you will:\n\n- Learn what is meant by “The Internet of Things”.\n- Experience breadboard prototyping techniques - no soldering needed.\n- Program the ESP8266 System on Chip (SoC) using Arduino sketch es.\n- Interface environmental sensors using the I2C bus.\n- Create an a ccount on and upload data to a free IoT service.\n- View your data graphs on a standard web browser.\n- Take home your working IoT Weather Station !\n\nYou will also use Google Charts and MATLAB Visualizations if time per mits.\n\nInstructor:Karl Berger is a licensed Professional Engineer with o ver forty years of rail vehicle design experience. He is Chair of the Nort hern VA/Washington joint section Vehicular Technology Society chapter and a radio amateur.\n\nPrerequisites: Bring and know how to use a laptop runn ing a recent version of Windows with Wi-Fi\, an open USB port\, at least 1 GB of available disk space\, a modern web browser\, and charger. You must have sufficient privileges to install drivers and programs and view docum ents. An Android or Apple smartphone with a browser and text messaging cap ability is optional.\n\nCredit: 6 PDH (0.6 CEU)\n\nDate/Time: Saturday\, O ctober 29\, 2016\, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm US Eastern Time\n\nLocation: Montgom ery College\, 20200 Observation Drive\, Room HT-321\, Germantown\, MD 2087 6\n\nCost: $40 for IEEE Student and Graduate Student Members\, $50 for oth er IEEE Members\, $80 for non-members. Lunch and a Wi-Fi development kit i ncluding no-solder breadboard\, sensors\, LCD display\, and power supply a re included.\n\nSpeaker(s): Mr. Karl Berger\, \, \, \n\nAgenda: \nDate/Tim e: Saturday\, October 29\, 2016\, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm US Eastern Time\n\n- Learn what is meant by “The Internet of Things”.\n- Experience bread board prototyping techniques - no soldering needed.\n- Program the ESP826 6 System on Chip (SoC) using Arduino sketches.\n- Interface environmental sensors using the I2C bus.\n- Create an account on and upload data to a free IoT service.\n- View your data graphs on a standard web browser.\n- Take home your working IoT Weather Station!\n\nRoom: Room HT-321\, Montgo mery College\, 20200 Observation Drive\, \, Germantown\, Maryland\, United States\, 20876 LOCATION:Room: Room HT-321\, Montgomery College\, 20200 Observation Drive\, \, Germantown\, Maryland\, United States\, 20876 ORGANIZER:schulman@tuffmail.com SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:Build an Internet of Things Weather Station URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/41696 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>The IEEE Northern Virginia Section <em>Hands-On Technical Workshop Series</em> Presents:&nbsp\;</strong><str ong>Build an Internet of Things Weather Station</strong></p>\n<p>By the en d of this course you will:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Learn what is meant by &ldquo\;The Internet of Things&rd quo\;.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Experie nce breadboard prototyping techniques - no soldering needed.</li>\n<li>&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Program the ESP8266 System on Chip (SoC) using Arduino sketches.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Interface environmental sensors using the I2C bus. </li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Create an acc ount on and upload data to a free IoT service.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; View your data graphs on a standard web b rowser.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <stron g>Take home</strong> your working IoT Weather Station!</li>\n</ul>\n<p>You will also use Google Charts and MATLAB Visualizations if time permits.</p >\n<p><strong>Instructor</strong>:Karl Berger is a licensed Professional E ngineer with over forty years of rail vehicle design experience. He is Cha ir of the Northern VA/Washington joint section Vehicular Technology Societ y chapter and a radio amateur.</p>\n<p><strong>Prerequisites</strong>: Bri ng and know how to use a laptop running a recent version of Windows with W i-Fi\, an open USB port\, at least 1 GB of available disk space\, a modern web browser\, and charger. You must have sufficient privileges to install drivers and programs and view documents. &nbsp\;An Android or Apple smart phone with a browser and text messaging capability is optional.</p>\n<p><s trong>Credit</strong>: &nbsp\;6 PDH (0.6 CEU)</p>\n<p><strong>Date/Time</s trong>: Saturday\, October 29\, 2016\, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm US Eastern Time< /p>\n<p><strong>Location</strong>: &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Montgomery College\, 202 00 Observation Drive\, Room HT-321\, Germantown\, MD 20876</p>\n<p><strong >Cost</strong>: $40 for IEEE Student and Graduate Student Members\, $50 fo r other IEEE Members\, $80 for non-members. &nbsp\;Lunch and a Wi-Fi devel opment kit including no-solder breadboard\, sensors\, LCD display\, and po wer supply are included.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Date/Time: Saturd ay\, October 29\, 2016\, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm US Eastern Time</p>\n<ul>\n<li >&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Learn what is meant by &ldquo\;The Intern et of Things&rdquo\;.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; &nbsp\; Experience breadboard prototyping techniques - no soldering needed .</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Program the ESP8266 System on Chip (SoC) using Arduino sketches.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Interface environmental sensors usi ng the I2C bus.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\ ; Create an account on and upload data to a free IoT service.</li>\n<li>&n bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; View your data graphs on a standard web browser.</li>\n<li>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\ ;&nbsp\; <strong>Take home</strong> your working IoT Weather Station!</li> \n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR