We’re really excited to see this feature on the cover of this week’s city paper. Finally, us and the other hackerspaces in the area; Baltimore Node, Unallocated Space (and The Foundery, BUGSS, etc) are getting some recognition for what we all offer the community and the cool stuff that we all having going on.
Hopefully this article will inspire others in the surrounding area to participate in more of these kinds activities. If you’re not in the Baltimore area, well you should read it anyway and hit up your local hackerspace!
We just wanted to mention that the kickstarter for Hex, our member Mark Haygood’s inexpensive humanoid robot platform is live. Show your support! Link is here
We are so proud of his accomplishment. If you haven’t read the article, click here. This is just the beginning of the press he has gotten lately. Way to go Mark! After so many years finally getting the press you deserve!
Thanks everyone who participated in the event. Our booth was a huge success. If you didn’t make it, view the entire article to see a picture flood of what you missed.
To name a few thing’s you missed:
Mark’s biped robot HEX
Eric’s telepresence robot
Jeff’s LaserShark/Laser Pong
The robot head game
The cornstarch monster
Paul’s chiptunes streamer/midi interface
Miles and his cardboard robots
An awesome vacuum tube amplifier
… and the larger part of our redbull creation project!
You must register for this class on Meetup; Limited seating available.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
You will learn:
How to use a breadboard
What capacitors are
How to use capacitors for filtering power
How to use capacitors for basic debounce/timing circuits
Connect a 555 timer circuit for blinking an LED
This will require the purchase of a breadboard and some more expensive parts that last time (I’m thinking it will be about $15 — I may need to adjust this after I buy the parts). I will bulk-order and get everyone more parts that you need.
700pt breadboard (Like this: )
A few voltage regulators (LM317, 7805) in TO-220 packages
A few 555 timers (DIP-8)
A couple potentiometers (5k, 10k, linear taper)
More resistors (assortment)
Some capacitors (.1uF, 1uF, 10uF)
etc.
I’ll update this as I develop the slides.
You will need to bring:
1 power supply – can be a wall transformer that is between 9 and 15 VDC and greater than 200mA output. You should be able to salvage on of these from any number of places.
The parts kit from the last class (need the resistors, LEDs, and multimeter from it) or you can buy a kit for $5 (we may not have more multimeters available if you wait too long)
Either $15 or all of the parts that I listed in the parts section above.
