Hacky Halloween
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Thanks to a $1000 grant from the [http://kwawesome.com/ KW Awesome Foundation], we were able to hold a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop at [http://www.themuseum.ca THEMUSEUM]. | Thanks to a $1000 grant from the [http://kwawesome.com/ KW Awesome Foundation], we were able to hold a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop at [http://www.themuseum.ca THEMUSEUM]. | ||
| − | = Date = | + | = Date/Time/Location = |
| − | October 29, 2011 | + | October 29, 2011 at THEMUSEUM, 10am - 5pm |
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| + | * Short blurb: ''Learn how to carve a pumpkin and solder your own flickering LED candle. Pumpkins, electronics and admission are free. 10am - 5pm at THEMUSEUM, 10 King St W Kitchener. Presented by kwartzlab makerspace and sponsored by KW Awesome Foundation.'' | ||
| + | * Write and send it on to CTV, The Record, The Chronicle, and the UW and WLU papers. | ||
| + | * Banner on our front page | ||
| + | * Brief interview on Rogers Talk Local | ||
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| + | = Insurance = | ||
| + | Our insurance covers external events. | ||
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| + | == Budget == | ||
| + | 100 kits & pumpkins | ||
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| + | * Pumpkins: $250 | ||
| + | * Carving Materials (Knives, etc): $? | ||
| + | * Soldering Materials (Parts & PCBs): $650 | ||
= Materials = | = Materials = | ||
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* Power bars/extension cords | * Power bars/extension cords | ||
| − | One-page soldering comic: http://www.tvbgone.com/mfaire/soldercomic/soldercomic.pdf | + | One-page soldering comic: [http://www.tvbgone.com/mfaire/soldercomic/soldercomic.pdf] |
| − | Assembly instructions: | + | Assembly instructions: [[File:Hacky_Halloween_-_Assembly_Instructions.pdf|(PDF)]] |
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= Soldering Kit = | = Soldering Kit = | ||
[[File:HackyHalloween_Kit.jpg|320px]] [[File:HackyHalloween_Assembled.jpg|320px]] | [[File:HackyHalloween_Kit.jpg|320px]] [[File:HackyHalloween_Assembled.jpg|320px]] | ||
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| + | Kit is a barebones version of the [[kwartzlab kick]] | ||
== Hacking == | == Hacking == | ||
Revision as of 00:36, 31 October 2011
Thanks to a $1000 grant from the KW Awesome Foundation, we were able to hold a pumpkin carving and learn-to-solder workshop at THEMUSEUM.
Contents |
Date/Time/Location
October 29, 2011 at THEMUSEUM, 10am - 5pm
Publicity
- Short blurb: Learn how to carve a pumpkin and solder your own flickering LED candle. Pumpkins, electronics and admission are free. 10am - 5pm at THEMUSEUM, 10 King St W Kitchener. Presented by kwartzlab makerspace and sponsored by KW Awesome Foundation.
- Write and send it on to CTV, The Record, The Chronicle, and the UW and WLU papers.
- Banner on our front page
- Brief interview on Rogers Talk Local
Insurance
Our insurance covers external events.
Budget
100 kits & pumpkins
- Pumpkins: $250
- Carving Materials (Knives, etc): $?
- Soldering Materials (Parts & PCBs): $650
Materials
Carve
- pumpkins (Nauman's Farm will give us 100 pumpkins for $250)
- carving saws([1])
- scoops
- Pushpins for pattern transfer
- toothpicks, to repair pumpkin after carving accident
- patterns, printed out from zombiepumpkins.com
- scissors, for cutting excess paper from the patterns
- tape, to hold the pattern on the pumpkin while transferring the pattern
- newspapers, to protect tables from pumpkin guts
- pails, to hold pumpkin guts
- fine point markers, for marking out patterns
- large kitchen knife to slice goop off the lids
Solder
- Soldering stations (8+)
- Sponges
- Solder (63/37 SnPb)
- Diagonal cutters
- Repair/rework tools: solder sucker, desoldering braid, flux, helping hands/vise, pliers, wire strippers, tweezers, scalpel, etc
- Power bars/extension cords
One-page soldering comic: [2] Assembly instructions: File:Hacky Halloween - Assembly Instructions.pdf
Soldering Kit
Kit is a barebones version of the kwartzlab kick
Hacking
Programming
Optiboot bootloader (optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex)
Makefile:
hh: TARGET = atmega328 hh: MCU_TARGET = atmega328p hh: CFLAGS += '-DMAX_TIME_COUNT=F_CPU>>4' '-DNUM_LED_FLASHES=1' -DBAUD_RATE=9600 hh: AVR_FREQ = 1000000L hh: LDSECTION = --section-start=.text=0x7800 hh: $(PROGRAM)_hackyhalloween.hex
To compile bootloader:
make clean make hh
Append to boards.txt and select in the Arduino IDE under Tools->Board
HackyHalloween.name=Hacky Halloween w/ ATmega328P (1MHz IRC) HackyHalloween.upload.protocol=arduino HackyHalloween.upload.maximum_size=30720 HackyHalloween.upload.speed=9600 HackyHalloween.bootloader.low_fuses=0xFF HackyHalloween.bootloader.high_fuses=0xDA HackyHalloween.bootloader.extended_fuses=0xFF HackyHalloween.bootloader.path=atmega HackyHalloween.bootloader.file=optiboot_hackyhalloween.hex HackyHalloween.bootloader.unlock_bits=0x3F HackyHalloween.bootloader.lock_bits=0x0F HackyHalloween.build.mcu=atmega328p HackyHalloween.build.f_cpu=1000000L HackyHalloween.build.core=arduino HackyHalloween.build.variant=standard
Arduino sketch
/*
Hacky Halloween
by
kwartzlab
October 2011
Code by James Bastow <bastow@gmail.com>
This software is in the public domain.
*/
int LED1 = 9; // LED on digital pin 9
int LED2 = 10; // LED on digital pin 10
void setup()
{
randomSeed(analogRead(0));
}
void loop()
{
analogWrite(LED1, random(127,255));
analogWrite(LED2, random(127,255));
delay(random(20,100));
}
