Tedd OKANO wrote:

This was second mbed user meeting held in Japan after the initial mbed fest in October 2010.

There were 21 attendees and 5 presenters and it was very nice user meeting and exciting experience for all. We also arranged a live stream the event, allowing others to remotely enjoy the meeting as well.

The user meeting began with a video message from the mbed team in the UK. It was great to find out what is going on with mbed.org, and we expect a lot in future!

There were six presentations

• NXP : “What is mbed?”
• eichi kowata : “Geiger Counter Kit and its prototype board”
• Shinji Tadenuma : “BlackOne” an all-in-one mbed/LPCXpresso baseboard
• A. Saito : Cortex-M0, iOS – example of an Arduino-API implemented on an M0 board working with a smart-phone
• Dairyo Gokan : “NANDethno Pocket mbed” a base board for mbed
• Junichi Katsu (who hosted this event) : “mbed and I”

Additionally, three people presented their projects in lightning-talk sessions

• Yuji Notsu : Geiger Counter project and measurement results
• Kenta Saito : mbed Sound Synthesizer
• Junichi Nagayama : Timeline printer using mbed (automatic printing of tweets with specified hash tag)

A beginners hands-on session was also done. Five people experienced how easy it is to start development and make a prototype quickly.

At the end of the user meeting – we held a lottery. Many prizes were given out including, 5 blue mbeds, 5 yellow mbeds, base boards, custom made M0 boards with LPCXpresso, RJ45 connectors with cables and a book of mbed primers. All prizes we’re kindly are provided from mbed team, NXP, and presenters.

After the meeting, we had a gathering (beer) party. Time flies so quickly.

I hope to have next meeting soon.