Report with DIY Meetup March 4 / Blog of the company Mail.Ru Group / Geektimes

Once again, the community of makers met in our Moscow office at Do It Yourself Meetup on March 4. We talked about aviation, taught the cat to use the sensor controller, learned what a sequencer was, swept the electric bike and did a lot more. Under the cut, you will find all the materials from the past Mitap, and the video from the previous one can be viewed on youtube channel.

– “Fr24.com on the balcony”
Kirill Snezhko

In general about aviation. The main source of information is ADS-B and an additional source is ACARS. Optimum antenna selection. RTD-SDR, RPi, dump1090, vrs

– “EspSky – Online IDE for NodeMCU »
Alexander Selishchev

Firmware esp8266 image of NodeMCU. Connecting the module to EspSky and downloading the Hello World example via the Internet. Updating and autostarting the code when the module is turned on. Further development of the project and the call of like-minded people.

– “The history of the toy: turning the” stupid ” Toy machine in the agent of AI “
Kirill Atroshkin

What modern toys teach and do not teach children. How to equip a simple toy with the “smart” functionality. Do I need to be a programmer to write a simple application for a smartphone. And most importantly, why and who needs all this?

– “Automatic drinking bowl for the cat “
Gleb Kanin

As a layman had to dive into electrical engineering. About the controller of the capacitive sensor from Atmel. Overcoming difficulties with food, from 5B did not work. Manufacturing of a touch pad. The training of a cat.

– “Manipulator operated with the help of muscles”
Konstantin Sokolovsky

How to assemble a manipulator and what problems can be encountered? The author told the specifics of the assembly of the manipulator, controlled by the muscles.