[Swansea Hackspace] Ideas for future tech meetings

[Jon Gittoes]

I'd go along with that.

Start with the Uno as it's easy and accessible, at some point you can then
do a session on taking your Arduino based project and running it on a
barebones AVR chip.

There is nothing to stop anyone using a Nano if they prefer, but for lab
work, the larger Uno with its standard pins is just easier.

Cheers

Jon


On 20 February 2014 05:47, Davies T. <T.Davies at swansea.ac.uk> wrote:

>  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
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk on behalf of Justin
> Mitchell
> Sent: Wed 2/19/2014 10:43 AM
> To: hackspace
> 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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