Re: [PLUG] Pinewood Derby software

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

Eric Johnson (on the list) can probably do that.  :-)

There's a neat segment in 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/ultimate-cruise-ship.html where a 
foundry uses a large CNC machine to carve a sand/resin block into a 
propeller mold, then cast it in a bronze alloy.


On 02/20/2017 01:00 PM, Chad Waters wrote:
> Well, I was just inquiring about software for race day operations. Now I
> got this in my head.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Rachel Rawlings <rachelneko@gmail.com
> <mailto:rachelneko@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     At first I thought you were asking for CNC software to carve the
>     cars. I'm sure someone's done that by now.
>
>     On Feb 20, 2017 12:37 PM, "Chad Waters" <chad@chadwaters.com
>     <mailto:chad@chadwaters.com>> wrote:
>
>         I'll have to look at it more tonight.
>
>         I had it on a debian install and was just playing with the
>         webgui. It had dependencies for nginx (web server), sqlite (race
>         DB), and php, so the server part is arch independent. The
>         component that interacts with the track hardware might not be.
>         The track and timer would be this if you are curious:
>         http://www.derbymagic.com/
>
>         I have a year to experiment. Its fresh in my mind right now
>         though. If I did this, I would need to implement something I
>         could comfortably pass this on to someone else in a few years.
>         Requiring them to compile new updates might hinder that.
>
>
>
>         On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Will <staticphantom@gmail.com
>         <mailto:staticphantom@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             On a pi you will need to build from source, just an FYI.
>             Unless you can find arm .Deb packages.
>
>             -Will C
>
>
>
>             On Feb 20, 2017 12:08, "Chad Waters" <chad@chadwaters.com
>             <mailto:chad@chadwaters.com>> wrote:
>
>                 It looks like MIT license.
>
>                 Source and debs are here:
>
>                 http://www.piazzafamily.org/derbynet/builds/
>                 <http://www.piazzafamily.org/derbynet/builds/>
>
>
>
>                 On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Will
>                 <staticphantom@gmail.com
>                 <mailto:staticphantom@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                     How is this software distributed?
>
>                     -Will C
>
>                     On Feb 20, 2017 10:57, "Chad Waters"
>                     <chad@chadwaters.com <mailto:chad@chadwaters.com>>
>                     wrote:
>
>                         Hello everyone. I've been absent from PLUG
>                         recently mostly because I've been putting my
>                         free time into volunteering for Cub Scouts.
>
>                         We just had our Pinewood Derby and now I'm
>                         researching ideas for next year.
>
>                         Does anyone have any experience with DerbyNet
>                         (http://jeffpiazza.github.io/derbynet/
>                         <http://jeffpiazza.github.io/derbynet/>)? I'm
>                         trying to get an idea of how to set this up with
>                         a couple raspberry Pis.
>
>                         I am thinking:
>                         1x wireless AP
>                         1x Pi as the server and kiosking to a overhead
>                         as the main display
>                         1x Pi as a kiosk for checkin /  something else
>                         during the race
>                         1x tablet/ipad/laptop for checkin / main race
>                         control
>
>                         Thanks
>                         Chad

Later,
JP
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