I’ve extended my Lilypad Arduino LED-Matrix top to make use of SparkFun’s ‘wearable’ keypad. Now you can draw on the top in LEDs! More details, especially on construction, on my blog.
Arduino 101: A course for complete beginners
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 artists, designers, and hobbyists not engineers. It is an easy to use device made for real people.
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Engineers Week 2011
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.
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.
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Irish Hackerspaces Week
Irish Hackerspaces Week is a week long series of events showcasing the different Hackerspace across Ireland. The week aims to show what each space brings to their local community.
If you are coming to any of the events please sign up using the contact form at the end of the page.
If you are coming to any of the events please sign up using the contact form at the end of the page.
Time Table of Events in 091labs Galway. Read more
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