{"id":1610,"date":"2009-03-25T08:10:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:08","slug":"esc-silicon-valley-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/esc-silicon-valley-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"ESC Silicon Valley 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com\/sites\/all\/files\/esc\/esc_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com\/\">ESC<\/a> blasts off next week at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>This year, ESC features the <a href=\"http:\/\/esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com\/byoes\">Build your own Embedded System<\/a> course, where a $595 <a href=\"http:\/\/esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com\/packages_pricing\">registration<\/a> gets you a <a href=\"http:\/\/elinux.org\/BeagleBoard#Revision_C2\">Rev C<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/beagleboard.org\/\">Beagle Board<\/a> (with working USB host mode!) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmpevents.com\/ESCw09\/a.asp?option=C&amp;V=1&amp;SB=3\">two days of classes<\/a> about developing applications with the board.\u00a0 I have heard a lot of buzz about this (even on local radio here in SF!) so I expect the classes with be jam packed.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t heard of it before, the <a href=\"http:\/\/beagleboard.org\/\">Beagle Board<\/a> is a 3&#8243; square 600Mhz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arm.com\/products\/CPUs\/ARM_Cortex-A8.html\">ARM Cortex A8<\/a>-based computer with a lot of fancy features such as DVI-D output.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online registration closes today<\/strong>, so hurry up and register if you plan on attending!<\/p>\n<p>You can keep up to date with the conference by following <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/esc_events\">@esc_events<\/a> on twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screamingcircuits.com\/\">Screaming Circuits<\/a> has a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.screamingcircuits.com\/2009\/03\/embedded-systems-conference-details.html\">50% discount code<\/a><\/strong> on their website!\u00a0 Thank you, Screaming Circuits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESC blasts off next week at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. This year, ESC features the Build your own Embedded System course, where a $595 registration gets you a Rev C Beagle Board (with working USB host mode!) and two days of classes about developing applications with the board.\u00a0 I have heard a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/esc-silicon-valley-2009\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESC Silicon Valley 2009<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,105,10],"tags":[172,188,7],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","category-events","category-microcontrollers","tag-conferences","tag-embedded-systems","tag-silicon-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-pY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1639,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/esc-beagle-board-class-wrapup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1610,"position":0},"title":"ESC Beagle Board Class Wrapup","author":"Jeff","date":"April 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I attended the Build Your Own Embedded System (BYOES) classes at ESC 2009. 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