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A workshop to get your Arduino talking to your computer.  This is *NOT* a tutorial as such, but a time when a bunch of people who want to get going with Arduinos start doing it.  If there are problems we can all work them out together.
A workshop to get your Arduino talking to your computer.  This is *NOT* a tutorial as such, but a time when a bunch of people who want to get going with Arduinos start doing it.  If there are problems we can all work them out together.


You'll need a laptop, an arduino and a cable to connect it.  There are a couple options but the one I know about is a USB to TTL serial cable.  The docs on the arduino you select should discuss this.  A breadboard will be handy for some arduino types but not for others.
You'll need a laptop, an arduino and a cable to connect it.  There are a couple options, depending on if you have an Arduino or an Arduino clone.  For an Arduino, all you need is a USB cable.  For most Arduino clones (such as the BoArduino, a kit by Ladyada, which are available at Noisebridge for $17) you need a USB to TTL serial cable (which is available at Noisebridge for $19).  A breadboard will be handy for some arduino types (such as BoArduino) but not for others.


== Who ==
== Who ==
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* William/Tim Heath
* William/Tim Heath
* jim
* jim
*[[User:rachel|Rachel]]
* Daniela
* Michael Shiloh
* [[User:Arcanology|Al B]]
* Jeffrey Malone
* Marnia Johnston
* David Yao
* Michael Twardos
* Jesse Welz
* [[User:desmoquattro|Joe M]]
* [[User:Bebez|Bethany]]
* Tim and Robin


== When ==
== When ==
The hard part!  This will not be recurring which makes it a little easier... Need to give people time to order their arduinos if they don't already have one, so how about 2 weeks out at minimum.  Let's try a table.
The hard part!  This will not be recurring which makes it a little easier... Need to give people time to order their arduinos if they don't already have one (but note that BoArduinos and cables are available at Noisebridge), so how about 2 weeks out at minimum.  Let's try a table.
 
There's also a bunch of BoArduino kits available for people to build
>> at Noisebridge.  They're $17 each, and do everything an Arduino
>> does, except you need a USB-TTL cable, which we also have for $19.
>> (The upside of this is that you can dedicate a BoArduino to a
>> project without wasting the USB interface that comes with Arduino.)
>




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| Mon April 13, 8AM (this is a straw man date)
| Mon June 22, 8AM (this is a straw man date, I don't REALLY want to do this at 8 '''AM''')
| 2
| 1
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| Mon April 9, 6PM
| 1 (JWM)
| 0
| 0
| 1
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== Useful Materials & Reading ==
A few things that will help people get started:
[http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage Getting Started - Official Arduino Site]
[http://arduino.cc/hu/Tutorial/HomePage Arduino Tutorials - Official]
[http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Getting+Started+with+Arduino&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3738761270217084244&sa=X&ei=AjVhT7XANMfK2AXJyY2RCA&ved=0CGQQ8wIwAg Getting Started With Arduino (book)]

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A workshop to get your Arduino talking to your computer. This is *NOT* a tutorial as such, but a time when a bunch of people who want to get going with Arduinos start doing it. If there are problems we can all work them out together.

You'll need a laptop, an arduino and a cable to connect it. There are a couple options, depending on if you have an Arduino or an Arduino clone. For an Arduino, all you need is a USB cable. For most Arduino clones (such as the BoArduino, a kit by Ladyada, which are available at Noisebridge for $17) you need a USB to TTL serial cable (which is available at Noisebridge for $19). A breadboard will be handy for some arduino types (such as BoArduino) but not for others.

Who[edit]

  • Rachel
  • William/Tim Heath
  • jim
  • Daniela
  • Michael Shiloh
  • Al B
  • Jeffrey Malone
  • Marnia Johnston
  • David Yao
  • Michael Twardos
  • Jesse Welz
  • Joe M
  • Bethany
  • Tim and Robin

When[edit]

The hard part! This will not be recurring which makes it a little easier... Need to give people time to order their arduinos if they don't already have one (but note that BoArduinos and cables are available at Noisebridge), so how about 2 weeks out at minimum. Let's try a table.


Date & time number of YES's number of NO's
Mon June 22, 8AM (this is a straw man date, I don't REALLY want to do this at 8 AM) 2 1
Mon April 9, 6PM 1 (JWM) 0


Useful Materials & Reading[edit]

A few things that will help people get started:

Getting Started - Official Arduino Site

Arduino Tutorials - Official

Getting Started With Arduino (book)