kwartzlab makerspace

Aug
6

Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers at kwartzlab!

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Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers came by kwartzlab tonight on their maker space tour of the mid-west. They brought tons of cool kits to show. We bought ‘em up and got right to the soldering. For the new folks, Mitch gave a great intro to electronics and soldering basics. Great turnout and a fun night. Thanks a lot, guys!

More after the break…

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Cool chain of Trippy RGB Waves Kits

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Jimmie’s LOL Shield for Arudino.

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If you had fun tonight, thank this guy, Ben Brown, for setting up the event! Go Ben!

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LED cube hack of Adafruit’s mini-POV.

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And an unhacked MiniPOV.

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You may know Mitch as the inventor of the TV-B-Gone. Turn TV’s off everywhere with one click!

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Blinkenlights: the new communal campfire. Gather ’round.

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Electronics 101 with Mitch.

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I picked up a Trippy RGB LED kit.

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Nice kit. All through-hole parts. Nice PCB. Good assembly instructions online.

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15 minutes of solder later: ta da! I like how this kit employs an IR emitter and detector so reflections, from say the wave of a hand, can affect the flashing pattern on the RGB LED. Interactive == good.

Happy making,
DW

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