Do you want to make things blink? Build interactive art? Construct robots to take over the world? The Arduino is for you. It’s intended for  designers and hobbyists. It is an easy to use device made for real people. The Arduino will open the worldof physical computing to you.

This course starts at the beginning but will move at a fast pace and is designed for programmers. We will cover in detail the electronics  required to get started with Arduino and explore how to read the Arduino code base.

This course will cover :

• Basic electronics  (Ohm Law, Breadboarding skills )
• Digital Inputs / Output
• Analog Inputs / Outputs
• Microcontroller Communication

The course will run in our classroom in TOG  from 7.00pm until 9.00pm on the Monday nights starting on the 7th of November with a homework task being set each week.

• 7th of November
• 14th of November
• 21st of November
• 28th of November

Note this class requires an Arduino starter kit. We will be using the oomlout starter kit. If you already have the starter kit then the fee would be that just for the class (€40). If you have another kit please contact me to check you have all the required parts.

Places are limited to 8.

This course is designed for programmers. You should know what loops, functions , If statements etc.

This class is lead by TOG member Jeffrey Roe. Jeffrey has many years experience  with Arduino having completed many projects , giving classes and talks.

If you have any questions or would like to book the course please use the contact form below or come along to Mondays Electronics and Micro Controller night.

Booked out in just a few hours. I have set up a waiting list encase anyone drops out.

This course starts at the beginning. You don’t need to be a programmer and an electronics engineer just have an open mind. During the course we will be using LEDs, buzzers, buttons , temperature measurement , LDRs and much more.

The course will run in our classroom in TOG  from 7.00pm until 9.00pm on the Monday nights starting on the 11th of July.

11th of July
18th of July
25th of July
Tuesday night 2nd of Aug (Due to bank holiday)
8th of Aug

Cost:

Non Members Class €40 + €70 Starter kit

Students Class €35 + €70 Starter kit

Members Class €10 + €70 Starter kit

Note this class requires an Arduino starter kit. We will be using the oomlout starter kit. If you already have the starter kit then the fee would be that just for the class (€40). If you have another kit please contact me to check you have all the required parts.

Places are limited to 8.

This course is designed for non programmers we will be covering loops, functions etc.  Another course will be run in the future at a faster pace for programmers.

This class is lead by TOG member Jeffrey Roe. Jeffrey has many years experience  with Arduino having completed many projects using the Arduino.

If you have any questions or would like to book the course please use the contact form below or come along to Mondays Electronics and Micro Controller night.

Unfortunately all the places are full for the course. I will be giving another one a few weeks after this one due to the high demand.
Thanks

We’re participating in Engineers Week again this year (14th-20th February) with our regular activities and some special events.

Monday, 14th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Electronics and Micro controller Group Night – 555 Timer Intro
Tuesday, 15th of February, 19:30- 21:30 – Arduino 101 – Learn to Blink
Wednesday, 16th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Computing/Networking/Programming Group Night – OS Install Demo
Thursday, 17th of February, 19:00- 22:00 – Geodesic domes and IPv6 – Open Social Night
Saturday, 19th February 2011, 10:30-14:00 – Soldering Workshop Sold Out
Sunday, 20th February 2011, 11:00-17:00 – LED Dot Matrix Display Workshop

The weekend of the 19th and 20th is also a Synchronous Hackathon weekend running each day from 11:00 to late. So we’ll be participating in the Global Hackerspace Challenge which will be announced within a week. Update: The challenge involves submiting an entry to the 555 Contest. We’re hoping for have a small 555 night on the Monday to introduce people to the wonders of 555 timer IC.

All the weekday events and hackathon are free, the workshops have a cost and the challenge might have a small materials cost/donation. All the events are targeted at adults and mature older teens.

Getting ready for pumpkin fun

While looking for something totally unrelated on the Internet a few days ago I came across a Larson Pumpkin. As it was coming up to Halloween I decided to have a go myself and see what I could do using an Arduino.

Here are some pictures of the work in progress:

A work in progress

The design was very simple. An Arduino board with 9 output pins powering 9 LEDs. 8 red ones on the front for the scanning eye and a yellow one inside to replace the candle. The code is also very simple. A rework of code I wrote many years ago to play a pong sort of game with the ball bouncing back and forth. It keeps a counter for where the light is in the row and a counter for what direction it is heading +1 or -1 for forwards or backwards and then just keeps adding until it hits one end.

I’ll upload that and some more photos for a ‘how to’ if anyone else fancies having some pumpkin fun. The pumpkin travels to work with me tomorrow as it is ‘Halloween’ Day. When it comes home tomorrow I am going to add a little speaker and a distance sensor – thank you Rob for the loan and I’ll add some code so it makes noises and they increase in pitch and maybe volume as people get nearer and nearer. Oh the fun you can have with a pumpkin when you add an Arduino.

Time Table of Events in 091labs Galway. Read more

Time Table of Events in TOG

Saturday 14th:

Soldering Workshop 10.00-12.30 & 14.00-16.30 Read more

Sunday 15th:

Harvard Course screening: “Introduction to C” – programming afterwards 14.00 Read more
The Joys of 3D Printing 16.00 Read more

Monday 16th:

E-textiles & Conductive Thread 19.00 Read more
Intro Ardunio 20.30 Read more
Processing 21.00 Read more

Tuesday 17th:

Oh, sweet! The Sugar learning environment 19.30 Read more

Lockpicking: The Myths and Truths  20.30 Read more

Wednesday 18th:

An Evening of Amateur Radio 18.30 Read more
Fun with Pattern Matching – Or how to build a database using flat files 19.30 Read more

Thursday 19th:

Open Social Night with a Film.. 19.00 Read more

Friday 20th:

Synchronous Hacker Quiz 20.00 Read more

Saturday 21st:

10th Global Synchronous Hackathon 13.00 Read more

Sunday 22nd:

10th Global Synchronous Hackathon 13.00 Read more
Standford Course screening:  “Introduction to Machine Learning” –  programming afterwards 14.00 Read more

Soldering Workshop

This hands on workshop will cover various aspects of soldering; from the basic techniques of soldering, to soldering electronic components to make simple circuits,

This hands on workshop will cover various aspects of soldering; from the basic techniques of soldering, to soldering electronic components to make simple circuits.

Cost:

€15 General public

€12 Students/Unwaged.

€10 TOG members

No electronics skills required. Participants must be at least 18 years old. Workshop open to ALL. Limited to 10 participants per Workshop. Prepayment at time of booking is required for this workshop,

Morning 10:30 to 14:00

EDIT Morning Workshop  cancelled.

Afternoon 14:30 to 18:00

Category

General Public €15.00 Student/Unwaged €12.00 TOG Member €10.00

Harvard Course screening: “Introduction to C” – programming afterwards

We’ll be showing the Harvard Course at 2pm, which will take about 1 hour. Afterwards we’ll try to solve the provided programming tasks.

Should be fun .

The course will start from the very beginning, so no programming
skills required.
Needed software and internet connection will be provided.

Overview of topics covered:
*  Source code and object code
*  Compilers
*  Standard input and output
*  Functions
*  Libraries

More info to the original course: http://cs50.tv/2009/fall/
- Presented by Meg

The Joys of 3D Printing

We will be talking about everything 3d printing, 3d scanners molding, design and general things 3d. Will be demoing the makerbot and what we have built with it so far. Showing off designs for some improvements and upcoming projects.
Update The talk will also include a section on CNC Routers/Milling machines.

E-textiles & Conductive Thread

A brief beginners look at conductive thread, conductive fabric, soft switches, and an introduction to sensors and wearable micro controllers for making your soft circuits that bit smarter. We’ll take a look at some existing applications, and then there’s a hands-on session where you’ll make your own soft circuit.
- Presented by Cheryl (http://chebe.dreamwidth.org/)

Arduino

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A short talk on the Arduino platform.Demoing some simple projects.
- Presented by Jeffrey

Processing

Processing is a easy to use programming environment (based on a simplified Java) designed to teach programming to beginners and allow experienced programmers quickly write interactive graphics applications.

I will cover setup, basic concepts and a few sample programs (coded live) to show how easy it is to develop beautiful graphics applications in Processing.

Basic knowledge of programming is useful but not required, artists wishing to expand their technical

programming skills welcome, coders wishing to develop their artistic side welcome, and everyone in between welcome.

Oh, sweet! The Sugar learning environment

Come and learn about Sugar, the learning platform for children. Sugar offers an innovative desktop environment designed to encourage collaboration and critical thinking through Activities. Initially developed as part of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar is now community led and can run on any machine thanks to Sugar on a Stick.
- Presented by Julie

Lockpicking: The Myths and Truths

A talk about lockpicking as a sport and the lock picking community.

The community are enjoying the new challanges that lock companies like to throw at them. Their new “secure” locks. A discussion about a number of everyday locks, that you use on a day to day basis, and how lockpickers can get around them.

An Evening of Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio is a hobby of constructing, experimenting and communicating. A licensed radio experimenter can operate two-way radio equipment from  almost anywhere, and can talk across town or around the world. Ireland is a hive for Amateur Radio enthusiasts , with over 35 clubs around the country. The scope and possibilities are endless with Radio, for example, experiments with home-built equipment or antennas, sending TV pictures, operating through satellites, or just having a quiet chat with friends at home or abroad. This evening is a chance for the public to get an introduction to Amateur Radio and to see how it all works.

Fun with Pattern Matching – Or how to build a database using flat files

Flat-file databases have many uses in applications which use small amounts of data and/or no RDBMS is available. For example, a small program on a system for user logins or access control where less than, say, 100 data entries will be in use over the lifetime of the system. The best known
example is the /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group files on a unix system.

We will also cover the use of pattern matching for converting http://…. queries to useful command line parameters.This presentation will introduce the user to the Black Arts of manipulating formatted text files using unix command-line utilities such as cut, paste, grep, sed and awk. No previous Unix experience is required and any commands used will be explained before use.
- Presented by Justin Kelly

Open Social Night with a Film.

An open night were you don’t have to worry about anything. Just turn up grab some popcorn and watch the film.

Synchronous Hacker Quiz

Its a quiz to test you 1337 hacker skills. Get you friends and make teams of 3 to battle it out. Rounds will include hacker history , know your ports . The quiz will be happening synchronous with our friends in 091labs . Ticket price/ donation to be confirmed.

10th Global Synchronous Hackathon

Warm up your soldering irons, thread your needles and fill the fridge with your beverage of choice. The 10th Synchronous Hackathon takes
place. The hackatohns are a great chance for people to do larger projects. The space is alive with a buzz for the hackathons.

Standford Course screening: “Introduction to Machine Learning” – programming afterwards

*  Motivation & Applications of Machine Learning
*  Definition of Machine Learning
*  Supervised Learning
*  Learning Theory
*  Unsupervised Learning
*  Reinforcement Learning

The duration of the screening is 1 hour, afterwards we will work on
the included tasks.
Needed software and internet connection will be provided.
(http://see.stanford.edu/see/courseinfo.aspx?coll=348ca38a-3a6d-4052-937d-cb017338d7b1)
- Presented by Meg

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