New Class: Beginners Electronics Part 1

Chris Cockrum will be hosting another class. This time is for beginning electronics.

There is limited seating available so Please register if you wish to attend. Wed, March 20th.

Part 1. Ohm’s law and Watt’s law

This class will teach the basics of voltage, current, and power. A lab will be included that will demonstrate how to calculate the proper value of resistor to connect LEDs to power.

Parts and equipment may be borrowed from the hackerspace or you can purchase a multimeter (http://www.harborfreight.com/7-function-digital-multimeter-92020.html), a few LEDs, a few resistors, clip leads, and a 9V battery for $5. Alternatively, you can bring your own.

Open House Party Success!

I just want to thank everyone who helped make the Open House happen. I want to thank everyone who joined us and hope you come again.

For everyone else, here is a bunch of pictures of what you missed.

We shot lasers, we crashed the go cart, we made beer (not in that order however). I think everyone had a good time!

LaserShark – Open House – This Weekend!

November 17th, 2012 starting at noon MACPOD will be demonstrating his Laser Projector project at the Baltimore Hackerspace Open House. Sign up for the open house on meetup.com – http://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-Hackerspace/events/89508782/

http://macpod.net/electronics/lasershark/lasershark.php

Open House Party

We’re really excited to announce that Baltimore Hackerspace has moved to a new location and we would like you to come help us celebrate. Come socialize, learn and check out the facility. We will have our projects on display and will be doing a couple workshops. There is also a rumor that there may be food!

If you are attending I invite you to RSVP so we can get an idea of how many people are coming.

http://www.meetup.com/Baltimore-Hackerspace/events/89508782/

When: November 17th, 2012
Time: Noon – whenever
Where: 6410 Landay Ave. Baltimore MD 21237 MAP

We built, We raced, We lost

It took a lot of hard work to get the kart ready in time for the PPPRS event at Maker Faire NYC 2012. But we made it!

Needless to say, we learned a lot. Mainly to get started a little earlier — and not wait until 2am the night before to get the kart moving.

Burnt Mosfets, burnt motors and broken wheels later we made it back home to ponder the next one. Here’s a video showing some of the races, we had fun.