[sdiy] Difficulty of creating an iPad synth?

[Barry Klein]

Back from it...  Boy, did I feel stupid.  Like I have a learning disorder or 
something.  May be I do
but too late now...
Everyone...Everyone...did way better than I did with the exercises.  They 
all had Atmel experience
and it probably was a good session for them.  But me?  I'm not a firmware 
guy.  So boy did I struggle.
I did learn so it wasn't all bad.  No pressure.  I asked questions and got 
answers.  Do that enough
and you learn.  But it was clear the whole thing was out of my league.  I 
didn't like the way
the exercise documentation was done.  Hard for me to follow.  Was it an 
exercise, a ToDo task, an
assignment,... take the class and see what I mean.  We got the programmer 
and a RZ Raven wireless
kit.  I did learn how the chips save power and that was the main thing I 
wanted to get out of it (and the
reason my employer paid for it).

And I won the Samsung Galaxy Tab.  So I guess worth it eh?
Not sure.  Don't want to sign up for a cellular plan.

Barry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Noah Vawter" <nvawter at media.mit.edu>
To: "Barry Klein" <barryklein at cox.net>
Cc: "synthdiy diy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:57
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Difficulty of creating an iPad synth?


>
> Yeah I'm taking that atmel picopower class in Waltham on Feb 9th.  a  good 
> deal.  $99 and it includes
> a JTAG ICE and a dev kit :)
>
> If anyone else from the list is there, say hi!
>
>
> http://www.atmel.com/microsite/roadshow_americas/more_info.asp?source=redirect
>
>
>
> -Noah
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Barry Klein wrote:
>
>
>> Oh also, did you guys see the NuHorizons Atmel training class
>> for picopower stuff?  $99 and you get a ton of hardware thingies.
>> Off to it today in OC.  Others scheduled in other areas.
>>
>> Barry