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Introduction to Arduino class (Arduino 101) October 2011

Posted 09/12/2011 by achmorrison

Workshop 88 is offering our introduction to the Arduino platform at our new space in Glen Ellyn. Class attendees will learn how to configure their arduino programming environment, how to design simple circuits for interfacing with the arduino and how to write simple programs to control the arduino. What is Arduino, you ask? From their home page:

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

You can order Arduino systems from several places, including Adafruit and Sparkfun. Both companies have lots of tutorials and howtos to get you started with Arduinos. If you choose the tuition + materials option, we will have an arduino and assortment of electronics components for you to take home after the class.

You should bring: a laptop with the Arduino environment installed.

Please contact us (info@workshop88.com) if you have any questions.

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Sick of 9/11 coverage? Call Film Yarn!

Posted 09/08/2011 by achmorrison

Workshop 88 member Fredo, who records his podcasts at Workshop 88 is looking for participation in his upcoming podcast.  Here’s his idea, in his own words:

Hi guys, as some of you know I do a weekly movie podcast called Film Yarn.

I want to try something, it’s short notice but I think it will work. I want you to call the Film Yarn line and tell us what movie you watched during the incessant covering of 9/11 to escape or help you conceptualize the new reality. It could be emotional or funny, I just want to know what you watched while the news were going 24/7 and there was nothing else on TV.

Please introduce yourself and then tell us what you watched and why. (931) 516 9276. The phone is a google voice mailbox.

Responses will be stitched together in an episode by Saturday, and published Sunday. I’ll add a commentary to the beginning of the show and reveal what movie I watched.

Please repost and forward as you see fit. I want as many varied opinions on the matter as possible.

For more on the podcast the URL is http://filmyarn.com/

Fredo.

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Introduction to Arduino class (Arduino 101) September 2011

Posted 09/08/2011 by achmorrison

Workshop 88 is thrilled to be offering an introduction to the Arduino platform at our space in Glen Ellyn. Class attendees will learn how to configure their arduino programming environment, how to design simple circuits for interfacing with the arduino and how to write simple programs to control the arduino. What is Arduino, you ask? From their home page:

Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.

You can order Arduino systems from several places, including Adafruit and Sparkfun. Both companies have lots of tutorials and howtos to get you started with Arduinos. If you choose the tuition + materials option, we will have an arduino and assortment of electronics components for you to take home after the class.

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Using a Palm to display serial data from ATTiny85

Posted 08/30/2011 by achmorrison

Jim Williams, one of our members, has been learning quite a bit about the ATTiny85 and writing it up on his blog.  He recently found that he could use an old Palm device as a serial terminal for debug display from the ATTiny85.  Very cool!

Image credit: Jim Williams

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Meet the maker: one of our own!

Posted 08/24/2011 by achmorrison

Image Credit: makezine.com

Workshop 88′s own Doug Bradbury wrote a great article for Make about his treadmill desk project.  He is profiled on the Make Magazine blog, where he gave a nice shout out to Workshop 88.

Congratulations, Doug!

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Build a blinkie night at Workshop 88

Posted 08/23/2011 by achmorrison

Dale and Dwayne from 2DKits (get it? 2 Ds: Dale and Dwayne…) are bringing their blinkie building kits to Workshop 88 for a night of blinkie building fun!

They have 15 different kits that they will be bringing. Many of the kits have several different options to choose from to customize the kit.

The folks at MuseCon are sponsoring their 6-LED circle kit for attendees for FREE! All other kits will have a materials charge, but the build night event itself is a FREE event, open to the public.

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Learn about EAGLE / Hack the scrolling LED sign

Posted 08/23/2011 by achmorrison

Jim has volunteered to come in and show off what he knows about EAGLE and continue working on the LED scrolling sign this Thursday (8-25) at 6:30 pm at the space. EAGLE is a PCB (printed circuit board) layout design software package. It’s useful for designing your own circuit boards for whatever you want to do with them.

If time (and interest) permits, we’ll continue hacking on our scrolling LED sign that we started working on last month.

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Come and bring your friends.

Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurymccown/1122213940/

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Walkthrough of Workshop 88

Posted 08/15/2011 by achmorrison

Branden posted a walk-through video of himself going through Workshop 88.  He has toured many hackerspaces and has a video of his visit to LVL1.  Check it out!

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Introduction to electronics class (August 2011)

Posted 08/11/2011 by achmorrison

Get started exploring electronics with our Introduction to Electronics class. We’ll cover some of the most basic concepts that you’ll need to understand in order to build, modify and design simple circuits.

This class will have a textbook included in the “supplies”.  The textbook will be used in followup electronics classes at Workshop 88.

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L.E.D. Testers at the space

Posted 08/09/2011 by achmorrison
LED tester

Image credit: Jim Williams

Have you seen these cool little devices at the space recently?  One of our members came up with this simple hack for figuring out if your LED is still working or not. (Also it can tell you which lead is the anode if you’re not sure.)  Check out Jim’s blog where he detailed more about how he put these together.

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