[Swansea Hackspace] Ideas for future tech meetings
Davies T.
T.Davies at swansea.ac.uk
Wed Feb 19 21:47:24 GMT 2014
Dear Justin et al,
Regarding the "best" Arduino to use,
I am a great believer in using "standard"
components, so my suggestion is the Uno or one
of its clones. This has a standard pinout which
suits most of the shields out there without any
modifications. The nano, as I recall, is too small
for the direct connection of shields.
regards
Timothy Davies
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From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk on behalf of Justin Mitchell
Sent: Wed 2/19/2014 10:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Ideas for future tech meetings
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.
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