[Swansea Hackspace] Ideas for future tech meetings

[Justin Mitchell]

I had wondered if this might interest a few more people as i believe
that new chap, Dave was it ? (sorry, i am terrible at names), mentioned
he would be interested in an Arduino course.

It had been said by some of the more experienced members that Arduino
made things -too- easy, but then that's the appeal to the beginner, so i
think it is worth exploring.

Does anyone have an opinion on which format Arduino to use ?

I had suggested the nano because clones of it are the cheapest board,
and it fits nicely on a breadboard, but it doesnt take standard
"shields"

And would it be better to get numbers and place a bulk order, or let
people bring their own ?



On Tue, 2014-02-18 at 20:47 +0000, Tim Moore wrote:
> Number 2 is my favourite using atduino nano

> Tim_1
> 
> On Tuesday, 18 February 2014, Justin Mitchell
> <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:
>         I have been racking my brain for ideas for future tech
>         meetings,
>         can people please let me know what they think of the
>         following:
>         
>         1) Another lightning talks session, its been a while since the
>         last of
>         these, although volcano might not be ideal for this so we will
>         have to
>         find another venue for that.
>         
>         2) Re-doing the electronics starter kits but adding an
>         Ardunio, and
>         re-working the previous tutorials for it. Arduino nano boards
>         can be
>         sourced for about £5 each
>         
>         3) Decorative chain mail. people will get to make and keep a
>         small
>         keyring like this: http://i.imgur.com/X1M6TF1.jpg
>         
>         
>         Any other suggestions ?
>         Remember that it has to be something that can be done in just
>         one or two
>         2 hour sessions, be portable, and not require any specialist
>         tools.