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=== What? Where? === | |||
Come by 83c Wiese St from 6-10PM on Monday November 24 for a cooperative workshop on circuit hacking. | Come by 83c Wiese St from 6-10PM on Monday November 24 for a cooperative workshop on circuit hacking. | ||
Topics | === Topics === | ||
As interest warrants: | |||
* soldering (everything from through-hole to SMD rework) | * soldering (everything from through-hole to SMD rework) | ||
* breadboarding | * breadboarding | ||
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* Designing PCBs using GEDA | * Designing PCBs using GEDA | ||
=== Who? === | |||
Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience level. If you have never made a circuit before and have no idea where to start, bring $20 to cover materials cost for a Brain Machine kit and build it. | Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience level. If you have never made a circuit before and have no idea where to start, bring $20 to cover materials cost for a Brain Machine kit and build it. | ||
=== Why? === | |||
Please come with an idea, or a question, or a circuit you want to hack. Research ideas on the Internet ahead of time and come put them into practice! | Please come with an idea, or a question, or a circuit you want to hack. Research ideas on the Internet ahead of time and come put them into practice! | ||
=== What can I bring to help? === | |||
* multimeters (we have just 2 at 83c) | * multimeters (we have just 2 at 83c) | ||
* Arduino / clones | * Arduino / clones | ||
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* 9V batteries (a bulk donation would be great) | * 9V batteries (a bulk donation would be great) | ||
=== I am a blank slate! What should I do? === | |||
* make an Arduino fade an RGB LED in varying color patterns. | * make an Arduino fade an RGB LED in varying color patterns. | ||
* make an Arduino illuminate a 3x3 LED matrix in varying shapes. | * make an Arduino illuminate a 3x3 LED matrix in varying shapes. | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 23 November 2008
What? Where?
Come by 83c Wiese St from 6-10PM on Monday November 24 for a cooperative workshop on circuit hacking.
Topics
As interest warrants:
- soldering (everything from through-hole to SMD rework)
- breadboarding
- powering your circuit (bench power supplies, ATX hacking, batteries)
- making LEDs blink and fade
- using AVR / Arduino / Boarduino to make circuits easier
- using oscilloscopes / multimeters to debug circuits
- reverse engineering circuits
- Designing PCBs using GEDA
Who?
Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience level. If you have never made a circuit before and have no idea where to start, bring $20 to cover materials cost for a Brain Machine kit and build it.
Why?
Please come with an idea, or a question, or a circuit you want to hack. Research ideas on the Internet ahead of time and come put them into practice!
What can I bring to help?
- multimeters (we have just 2 at 83c)
- Arduino / clones
- USB - serial dongle for your Arduino
- breadboards
- 9V batteries (a bulk donation would be great)
I am a blank slate! What should I do?
- make an Arduino fade an RGB LED in varying color patterns.
- make an Arduino illuminate a 3x3 LED matrix in varying shapes.
- build an IR -> visible LED transducer and reverse-engineer the Microhelicopter remote control
- reverse engineer the LED sign circuitry donated by ACCRC
- build a test circuit for one of our RepRap boards.