From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Tue May 3 07:03:22 2016 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 07:03:22 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Mega and Nema 17 motors Message-ID: Hi All, An easy question I'm sure.... :-) I have several Nema motors on my 3D printer that connect to the Arduino Mega with a 4 pin connector. I want to tidy up the cables which are too long. I want to shorten the cables but they have the small black connectors on the end that slot onto the pins on the board. I want to buy new black connectors and a crimping tool so that I can cleanly shorten the cables and re-connect to the Arduino pins. Anyone know what these connectors and the crimper are called so I can go and search on eBay/Amazon please? ? All help gratefully received. Thanks, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screen Shot 2016-05-03 at 07.01.20.png Type: image/png Size: 125149 bytes Desc: not available URL: From justin at discordia.org.uk Tue May 3 09:54:12 2016 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 09:54:12 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Mega and Nema 17 motors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1462265652.14210.7.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 07:03 +0100, Richard Morgan wrote: > I have several Nema motors on my 3D printer that connect to the > Arduino Mega with a 4 pin connector. I want to tidy up the cables > which are too long. To a RAMPs or similar board rather than direct to the arduino i hope :) > Anyone know what these connectors and the crimper are called so I can > go and search on eBay/Amazon please? It's a fairly generic wire-to-board 0.1" (2.54mm) connector, many manufacturers make them. eg. Molex C-Grid III series Multicomp MC34 series Amphenol Mini-PV etc. cpc/farnell etc have them listed as 'PC Connectors' - 'Wire to Board' - then select 2.54mm pitch, 1 row, etc etc dont forget to buy the matching crimp contacts, if your lucky the site selling the shells will link to the crimps, if your unlucky you get to read the datasheet and find the right one, they are not interchangable on the whole so you have to get the right one. the crimp tools are fairly generic and not too expensive, the crimp contacts are usually all the same 'open barrel' type so its easy to find a crimp tool for that. From stefan.sabo at czcampuseros.eu Tue May 3 06:47:17 2016 From: stefan.sabo at czcampuseros.eu (=?iso-8859-2?Q?=A9tefan_Sabo?=) Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 06:47:17 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] [ADVERT] Campus Party Calling all Hackers, Makers, IoT addicts, Girls/Women in Tech! Message-ID: Hello, Please look forward bellow "advert" which can possibly attract members of your HackSpace / MakerSpace. At many spaces, I publish this directly on mailing list at Google Groups, sometimes it awaiting for approval, simply because it is my first post there. Please look about it, to avoid duplicate posting. [advert] Campus Party calling all hackers, makers, IoT addicts, Girls/Women in Tech! Campus Party, is the greatest technological experience in the world which brings together young geeks aspiring entrepreneurship in a festival of innovation, creativity, science, digital entertainment startups. 4th European edition will to be held 25th to 29th May 2016 at Jaarberus, Utrecht, Netherlands... Yes, 21 days to big event, where you can find: - Drone zone (1st European championship indoor Drone racing) - Robots (also some competition, like Robot's soccer match) - any kind of IoT (if I wrote ANY, it is ANY :)) - Girls / Women in Tech Day - Hackatons - Gaming arena - Workshops and more and more over 24h per day... At Main Stage: Nobel prize winner, a cyber war expert, open source legend, etc... 5000+ Campuseros (participants) 10 000+ Visitors 300+ Sessions 250+ Start-ups 40+ Universities (eg UCL also) 50+ Comunities Space: Drone Zone / Robot Space / VR / Simulators Live Quarter (Campus Experience) Campus Village (tents for sleeping - who need sleep on event like this? -, please bring your own sleeping bag) Arena more info: http://www.campus-party.eu https://twitter.com/campuspartynl Tickets: Campuseros (participants) ticket, included free entrance for all areas and solo tent at Campus Village for whole days/nights cost normally 165 EUR, but you can get it for FREE. Unfortunately, this year ticket NOT INCLUDE travel to host city, but tickets to Amsterdam from London starting at 10 GBP one way, with low-cost bus companies and return ticket for train Amsterdam - Utrecht should be less then 10 GBP too. If you prefer air travel, you are still able to manage tickets under 100 quids for return. Train (Abellio Greater Anglia) + Boat (Stena Lines) is around 40 quids, one way. I am Head of CZcampuseros, Czech local community of Campus Party participants. We was 3rd biggest group at Berlin (2012) and also at London (2013), where attend 10k participants at all, and we manage Czech and Slovak participants also for Utrecht event this year. >From this position I have opportunity to offer free tickets, not only for our participants. I am also member of London HackSpace, and mean, as can't find better space, as Hackspaces, Makerspaces, to find relevant people, who can be involved to participate on event like this. If you are interested, please contact me on stefan [at] campuseros [dot] eu and, I will provide you "discount" code, to get FREE tickets. If we are able to manage some kind of group of people from UK Hacker and Maker spaces, we can also manage designated area at Campus Village (tents) and Live Quarter / Arena, and it is also possible manage some kind of presentation of each HackSpace/MakerSpace, but biggest opportunity is networking with people from around the World (we expect this year big party of Brasil participants and as obvious, Spanish people are really funny and open to networking 24h per day :]]] People behind Campus Party Europe 2016 in Netherland are running Pernament Future Lab, which is simply similar to HackSpace enviroment. You can be sure, as they bring all their (not only) local NL contacts to event. See http://pernamentfuturelab.wiki/ [YT videos from Berlin 2012 event]: First day: https://youtu.be/VIlWiwdz5OU Second day: https://youtu.be/_F17oPfPqaw Third day: https://youtu.be/2tKzL6u5SxA Fourth day: https://youtu.be/1Nsu5OWaAAs Worldwide community are more then 400 000 Campuseros. First Campus Party event was at 1997 and accomodate less then 200 Spanish gaming addict (all start as big LAN party) Worldwide already happened more then 50 editions, and annual editions regularly are held at Mexico, Recife, Costa Rica, Sao Paulo, Ecuador, Argentina, El Salvador. Brasil awaiting their 10th edition at 2017 and want celebrate it with double attend of people (20k Campuseros) Campus Party Europe is special edition, but should be also on regular yearly basis at future. 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Ceri On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Justin Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 07:03 +0100, Richard Morgan wrote: > > > I have several Nema motors on my 3D printer that connect to the > > Arduino Mega with a 4 pin connector. I want to tidy up the cables > > which are too long. > To a RAMPs or similar board rather than direct to the arduino i hope :) > > > > Anyone know what these connectors and the crimper are called so I can > > go and search on eBay/Amazon please? > > It's a fairly generic wire-to-board 0.1" (2.54mm) connector, many > manufacturers make them. > > eg. > Molex C-Grid III series > Multicomp MC34 series > Amphenol Mini-PV > etc. > > cpc/farnell etc have them listed as 'PC Connectors' - 'Wire to Board' - > then select 2.54mm pitch, 1 row, etc etc > > dont forget to buy the matching crimp contacts, if your lucky the site > selling the shells will link to the crimps, if your unlucky you get to > read the datasheet and find the right one, they are not interchangable > on the whole so you have to get the right one. > > the crimp tools are fairly generic and not too expensive, the crimp > contacts are usually all the same 'open barrel' type so its easy to find > a crimp tool for that. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian at hoskins.eu Tue May 3 11:20:09 2016 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 11:20:09 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Mega and Nema 17 motors In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Richard, They look to me like the Amphenol series of 2.54mm single-row connectors. Take a look here and see if you agree. If you agree, then the crimps for them can be found here . Regarding crimp tools, the 'proper' one is here but sit down and put your cup-of-tea on the side before you take a look at the price. Even if I was a billionaire, I would not pay that out of general principal. There is an alternative (affordable?) crimp tool which uses exchangeable dies. Here . A cheap alternative is to very carefully solder the wires onto the crimps. As long as you don't apply too much solder, so that the form of the crimp and wire remains the same, and you fold the crimp tabs in properly with a pair of pliers, the connection is as good as (better!) than with the tool. On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 7:03 AM, Richard Morgan < richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk> wrote: > Hi All, > An easy question I'm sure.... :-) > > I have several Nema motors on my 3D printer that connect to the Arduino > Mega with a 4 pin connector. I want to tidy up the cables which are too > long. > > I want to shorten the cables but they have the small black connectors on > the end that slot onto the pins on the board. > > I want to buy new black connectors and a crimping tool so that I can > cleanly shorten the cables and re-connect to the Arduino pins. > > Anyone know what these connectors and the crimper are called so I can go > and search on eBay/Amazon please? > > ? > > All help gratefully received. > > Thanks, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The crimp tool doesn't need to be expensive, it's a common design and even farnell will sell you one a lot cheaper, heres one it recommended to me when looking at other similar connectors. http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d03015/d-sub-open-barrel-crimp-tool/dp/TL01733 ?16.78 inc vat i tend to buy parts from the CPC arm of farnell, they have less stock, but are often cheaper and have only a ?5 minimum order threshold. you can probably find even cheaper ones on ebay, search for 'f-crimp' or 'open barrel' From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Tue May 3 21:01:08 2016 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 21:01:08 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Arduino Mega and Nema 17 motors In-Reply-To: <1462271923.14210.16.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> References: <1462271923.14210.16.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> Message-ID: Thanks Justin-Brian-Ceri, That looks to be the connector I'm after, and that crimp tool had an eye watering price! I was looking at this one on Amazon which is a bit more in my price range. Happy to go at this price as I'm hoping to build my multi-rotor soon and will get plenty of use out of it I'm sure. I expect to need several multi and maybe single pin 'wire-to-board' connectors as part of the project, are there any preferred standards/suppliers I should lean towards? Also, I'm looking at 28AWG wire to use for the wiring on the multi-rotor project, any advice on this also...? Cheers, Richard P.S. This mailing list is a fantastic resource - thanks to everyone for the expert advice and really fast turnaround :-) On 3 May 2016 at 11:38, Justin Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-03 at 11:20 +0100, Brian J Hoskins wrote: > > > > Regarding crimp tools, the 'proper' one is here but sit down and put > > your cup-of-tea on the side before you take a look at the price. Even > > if I was a billionaire, I would not pay that out of general principal. > > > > > > There is an alternative (affordable?) crimp tool which uses > > exchangeable dies. Here. > > The crimp tool doesn't need to be expensive, it's a common design and > even farnell will sell you one a lot cheaper, heres one it recommended > to me when looking at other similar connectors. > > > http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d03015/d-sub-open-barrel-crimp-tool/dp/TL01733 > ?16.78 inc vat > > i tend to buy parts from the CPC arm of farnell, they have less stock, > but are often cheaper and have only a ?5 minimum order threshold. > > you can probably find even cheaper ones on ebay, search for 'f-crimp' or > 'open barrel' > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -- Kind regards, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I want to tidy up the cables which are too > long. > > I want to shorten the cables but they have the small black connectors on > the end that slot onto the pins on the board. > > I want to buy new black connectors and a crimping tool so that I can > cleanly shorten the cables and re-connect to the Arduino pins. > > Anyone know what these connectors and the crimper are called so I can go > and search on eBay/Amazon please? > > ? > > All help gratefully received. > > Thanks, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CPC has has quite a lot of stuff, and only ?5 spend to get free postage. hobbytronics has a small set if stuff quite cheaply, and i used them for quite a few things before cpc dropped their minimum order price. i see a lot of JST connectors used in radio control, batteries often using the 2-pin red JST(-RCY?) slide fit connectors for wire-to-wire. ?? the balance connector on lipo batteries often being JST-XH which is a small wire-to-board connector. and all the LED strip projects seem to use JST-SM wire-to-wire locking connectors. most of these can be bought pre-wired as well as the crimp parts if you dont fancy doing crimping yourself. From justin at discordia.org.uk Wed May 4 15:09:00 2016 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 15:09:00 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Fwd: Workshop on May 19 - Enabling new value streams in community based manufacturing Message-ID: <1462370940.25450.3.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> Incase anyone is interested... -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Anthony Soroka To: info at swansea.hackspace.org.uk Subject: Workshop on May 19 - Enabling new value streams in community based manufacturing Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 13:49:08 +0000 Hi, I thought you and members of the Swansea hackspace might be interested in a free-of-charge workshop on the 19th May called "Enabling new value streams in community based manufacturing" that Cardiff University is organising as part of the EPSRC's redistributed manufacturing initiative. The workshop is focused on re-distributed and community based manufacturing, looking at how micro and small sized SMEs can contribute to the local and regional economy. If you are interested in attending the link for the event can be found below, please feel free to pass on this information to those involved in the hackspace who might be interested. Enabling new value streams in community based manufacturing Cardiff Business School, Postgraduate Teaching Centre Thursday 19th May (10am to 3pm) Free Event The idea of re-distributed remanufacturing has become increasingly popular, yet there is no real understanding of size and shape of it within different city regions, the infrastructure that is necessary to support and nurture it, and new value streams it creates. This workshop aims to develop an understanding of community-based / re-distributed manufacturing, how it can enhance resilience within a city region, and the e-infrastructure and resources required to support it. More details can be found at: http://www.rdmrsc.org.uk/2016/04/13/19th-may-2016-enabling-new-value-streams-in-community-based-manufacturing-cardiff-university/ Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rdmrsc-enabling-new-value-streams-in-community-based-manufacturing-tickets-22417653806 From nhackett1 at gmail.com Sat May 7 08:51:33 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 08:51:33 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Rather a lot of Pepsi... Message-ID: Got a great deal on 150 cans of Pepsi (all varieties) to stock the fridge, its rather too much to bring by bike or bus though! Anyone able to give me a lift on Monday night from Morriston? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com Mon May 9 16:21:06 2016 From: ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com (Ceri Clatworthy) Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 16:21:06 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Rather a lot of Pepsi... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Any one offerd ?? where in Morriston do you live? Ceri On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Nathan Hackett wrote: > Got a great deal on 150 cans of Pepsi (all varieties) to stock the fridge, > its rather too much to bring by bike or bus though! Anyone able to give me > a lift on Monday night from Morriston? > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I've got spares and can bring them along to the Raspberry bash on Sunday. : )) Tim_1 On 13 May 2016 at 08:29, Richard Morgan wrote: > Hi All, > Anyone know if there's a shop locally (being Swansea to Cardiff) that > sells Quadcopter Propellers (clockwise and counter-clockwise) at all? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From nhackett1 at gmail.com Sat May 14 10:51:26 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 10:51:26 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... Message-ID: There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so I thought some of you might be interested. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how cool these things are... https://vimeo.com/78236205 Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Sat May 14 13:36:19 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 13:36:19 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... Message-ID: I have no need for one, but I still would if I had that kind of money. Given our 3D printed parts ability, laser cut flipdots, I have to wonder what what would be involved in making one. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so I thought some of you might be interested. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how cool these things are... https://vimeo.com/78236205 Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From brianjhoskins at gmail.com Sat May 14 14:33:09 2016 From: brianjhoskins at gmail.com (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 14:33:09 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this. This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight for a regular LED dot matrix display. Will have to see if one of these will fit... PLUS This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain about flashing lights in this case. On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" wrote: > There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so > I thought some of you might be interested. > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 > > The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending > today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 > panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order > with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how > cool these things are... > > https://vimeo.com/78236205 > > Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Sat May 14 18:14:09 2016 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 18:14:09 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks Tim and David for your kind offers. I'm not likely to make it to the Jam on Sunday or the space on Monday but thank you anyway. I was looking for a shop in the locality that sells such parts - don't think there is one...? Thanks again, Richard On Friday, 13 May 2016, David Davies-Day wrote: > I've got a few sets of micro props to fit Hubs an X4 etc, 1mm diameter > motor shaft. > > Doubt I'll make it on Sunday but I'll hopefully be at the space on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Tim Moore > > Date:13/05/2016 9:55 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally > > I've got spares and can bring them along to the Raspberry bash on Sunday. > > : )) > > Tim_1 > > On 13 May 2016 at 08:29, Richard Morgan > wrote: > > Hi All, > Anyone know if there's a shop locally (being Swansea to Cardiff) that > sells Quadcopter Propellers (clockwise and counter-clockwise) at all? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > -- Kind regards, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Sat May 14 20:43:20 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 20:43:20 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally Message-ID: Not that I know of, if your stuck I can mail you a set, failing that, eBay is pretty much the only option. I would love to see things like this in R&R hobbies in the shoppers walk, for example. If your able to access the space I could leave a set there on Monday morning, or you could pick a set up from me anytime after office hours at my place in Cocket. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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Thanks Tim and David for your kind offers. I'm not likely to make it to the Jam on Sunday or the space on Monday but thank you anyway. I was looking for a shop in the locality that sells such parts - don't think there is one...? Thanks again, Richard On Friday, 13 May 2016, David Davies-Day wrote: > I've got a few sets of micro props to fit Hubs an X4 etc, 1mm diameter > motor shaft. > > Doubt I'll make it on Sunday but I'll hopefully be at the space on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Tim Moore > > Date:13/05/2016 9:55 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally > > I've got spares and can bring them along to the Raspberry bash on Sunday. > > : )) > > Tim_1 > > On 13 May 2016 at 08:29, Richard Morgan > wrote: > > Hi All, > Anyone know if there's a shop locally (being Swansea to Cardiff) that > sells Quadcopter Propellers (clockwise and counter-clockwise) at all? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > -- Kind regards, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Sat May 14 20:50:22 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 20:50:22 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... Message-ID: DIY Is possible... http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this. This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight for a regular LED dot matrix display. Will have to see if one of these will fit... PLUS This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain about flashing lights in this case. On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" wrote: > There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so > I thought some of you might be interested. > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 > > The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending > today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 > panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order > with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how > cool these things are... > > https://vimeo.com/78236205 > > Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Sat May 14 22:34:07 2016 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 22:34:07 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Cheers David, I appreciate it. I have some on order and they'll be here soon :-) On Saturday, 14 May 2016, David Davies-Day wrote: > Not that I know of, if your stuck I can mail you a set, failing that, eBay > is pretty much the only option. > > I would love to see things like this in R&R hobbies in the shoppers walk, > for example. > > If your able to access the space I could leave a set there on Monday > morning, or you could pick a set up from me anytime after office hours at > my place in Cocket. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Richard Morgan > > Date:14/05/2016 6:14 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally > > Thanks Tim and David for your kind offers. > > I'm not likely to make it to the Jam on Sunday or the space on Monday but > thank you anyway. > > I was looking for a shop in the locality that sells such parts - don't > think there is one...? > > Thanks again, > > Richard > > On Friday, 13 May 2016, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > I've got a few sets of micro props to fit Hubs an X4 etc, 1mm diameter > motor shaft. > > Doubt I'll make it on Sunday but I'll hopefully be at the space on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Tim Moore > Date:13/05/2016 9:55 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Quadcopter Props Locally > > I've got spares and can bring them along to the Raspberry bash on Sunday. > > : )) > > Tim_1 > > On 13 May 2016 at 08:29, Richard Morgan > wrote: > > Hi All, > Anyone know if there's a shop locally (being Swansea to Cardiff) that > sells Quadcopter Propellers (clockwise and counter-clockwise) at all? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > > -- > Kind regards, > > Richard > -- Kind regards, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nhackett1 at gmail.com Sat May 14 22:36:17 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 22:36:17 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, thanks for the replies! I work overnight Fri and Sat so I'm afraid I posted my message then went straight to bed sorry! David you're right we could fabricate something similar, but it would probably end up much more expensive for a panel this size. 96x16 pixels at ?200 is an incredible 13p per flip-dot. There's more than enough hacking to do to get them connected anyway. It might be cool to attempt some 7-segment mechanical displays though? Much more manageable for a DIY project. The guy also has some nice looking 20x14 units for ?64.99 which maybe someone is interested in? Ultimately I'll be picking up one of these myself regardless - it seems the technology is being superseded by LEDs and I want to get one before they all disappear. Brian your point about shop displays is precisely why I started looking for these in the first place... ;-) On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:50 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: > DIY Is possible... > > http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Brian J Hoskins > Date:14/05/2016 2:36 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... > > Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've > seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this. > > This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early > warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight > for a regular LED dot matrix display. > > Will have to see if one of these will fit... > > PLUS > > This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain about > flashing lights in this case. > On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" wrote: > > There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so > I thought some of you might be interested. > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 > > The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending > today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 > panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order > with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how > cool these things are... > > https://vimeo.com/78236205 > > Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Sun May 15 08:10:23 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 08:10:23 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... Message-ID: I fell asleep before posting this... http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS I think the electronics would be the only pricey part of it, between the plotter and the laser cutter, even the 3D printer the make the dot mounts. Mechanically it shouldn't be too physically taxing or expensive. A while ago I mentioned maybe having some kind of message board where members/site visitors could type messages to people physically in the space, flip-dot would be awesome for that as you can hear it changing without adding a sounder. This is one of the reasons the printers used in kitchens are dot matrix rather than the near silent, thermal printers. Group project?? No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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Hi all, thanks for the replies! I work overnight Fri and Sat so I'm afraid I posted my message then went straight to bed sorry! David you're right we could fabricate something similar, but it would probably end up much more expensive for a panel this size. 96x16 pixels at ?200 is an incredible 13p per flip-dot. There's more than enough hacking to do to get them connected anyway. It might be cool to attempt some 7-segment mechanical displays though? Much more manageable for a DIY project. The guy also has some nice looking 20x14 units for ?64.99 which maybe someone is interested in? Ultimately I'll be picking up one of these myself regardless - it seems the technology is being superseded by LEDs and I want to get one before they all disappear. Brian your point about shop displays is precisely why I started looking for these in the first place... ;-) On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:50 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: DIY Is possible... http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Brian J Hoskins Date:14/05/2016 2:36 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this. This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight for a regular LED dot matrix display. Will have to see if one of these will fit... PLUS This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain about flashing lights in this case. On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" wrote: There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so I thought some of you might be interested. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how cool these things are... https://vimeo.com/78236205 Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian at hoskins.eu Sun May 15 10:14:25 2016 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 10:14:25 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <57383DF1.3000803@hoskins.eu> David, Your idea about the social message board is fantastic! I've got my hands full with this high tide project until maybe October, but if this idea of yours goes ahead and still needs help around then I would be really happy to join in with it. In any case I would definitely take an interest from the sidelines. Brian On 15/05/16 08:10, David Davies-Day wrote: > I fell asleep before posting this... > > http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS > > I think the electronics would be the only pricey part of it, between > the plotter and the laser cutter, even the 3D printer the make the dot > mounts. Mechanically it shouldn't be too physically taxing or expensive. > > A while ago I mentioned maybe having some kind of message board where > members/site visitors could type messages to people physically in the > space, flip-dot would be awesome for that as you can hear it changing > without adding a sounder. This is one of the reasons the printers used > in kitchens are dot matrix rather than the near silent, thermal printers. > > Group project? > > > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:14/05/2016 10:36 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... > > Hi all, thanks for the replies! I work overnight Fri and Sat so I'm > afraid I posted my message then went straight to bed sorry! > > David you're right we could fabricate something similar, but it would > probably end up much more expensive for a panel this size. 96x16 > pixels at ?200 is an incredible 13p per flip-dot. There's more than > enough hacking to do to get them connected anyway. It might be cool to > attempt some 7-segment mechanical displays though? Much more > manageable for a DIY project. > > The guy also has some nice looking 20x14 units for ?64.99 which maybe > someone is interested in? Ultimately I'll be picking up one of these > myself regardless - it seems the technology is being superseded by > LEDs and I want to get one before they all disappear. > > Brian your point about shop displays is precisely why I started > looking for these in the first place... ;-) > > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:50 PM, David Davies-Day > > wrote: > > DIY Is possible... > > http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, > several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Brian J Hoskins > > Date:14/05/2016 2:36 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... > > Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of > course I've seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise > they worked like this. > > This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide > early warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of > direct sunlight for a regular LED dot matrix display. > > Will have to see if one of these will fit... > > PLUS > > This would be a great shop front display? The council can't > complain about flashing lights in this case. > > On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" > wrote: > > There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very > rarely come up so I thought some of you might be interested. > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 > > The same seller has several different sizes listed, all > auctions ending today. I've contacted him and he's offered > ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 panel or ?350 for two, so if > there's anyone that wants to split an order with me and save > some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how cool > these things are... > > https://vimeo.com/78236205 > > Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nhackett1 at gmail.com Sun May 15 11:29:39 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 11:29:39 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... In-Reply-To: <57383DF1.3000803@hoskins.eu> References: <57383DF1.3000803@hoskins.eu> Message-ID: Would love to be able to pick up two of these for the space, we could have one 'pointing outside' with a nice useful clock, date, temperature etc, for passers by, and another one for the indoor message-board. Can only really stretch to one panel though. I'll wait 'til Monday night before I put the order in, in case someone else wants one of the smaller units or something. In any case I'll need help getting it up and running from some of the more competent sparkies among us. :D There's one thing cooler than a flip-dot display, and that's a split-flap display. This is a thing of beauty... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solari-di-Udine-Airport-display-split-flap-display-Rare-sign-/131814958824 The last one went for ?4000 though. :( Oh and these things- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Electroluminescence-EL-Display-UFO-Alien-Predator-NOS-like-VFD-disassemble-/111986686029?hash=item1a12ed384d:g:kLEAAOSwI-BWPKJM Anyway enough ebaying for today I think. On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Brian J Hoskins wrote: > David, > > Your idea about the social message board is fantastic! I've got my hands > full with this high tide project until maybe October, but if this idea of > yours goes ahead and still needs help around then I would be really happy > to join in with it. > > In any case I would definitely take an interest from the sidelines. > > Brian > > > On 15/05/16 08:10, David Davies-Day wrote: > > I fell asleep before posting this... > > http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS > > I think the electronics would be the only pricey part of it, between the > plotter and the laser cutter, even the 3D printer the make the dot mounts. > Mechanically it shouldn't be too physically taxing or expensive. > > A while ago I mentioned maybe having some kind of message board where > members/site visitors could type messages to people physically in the > space, flip-dot would be awesome for that as you can hear it changing > without adding a sounder. This is one of the reasons the printers used in > kitchens are dot matrix rather than the near silent, thermal printers. > > Group project? > > > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:14/05/2016 10:36 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... > > Hi all, thanks for the replies! I work overnight Fri and Sat so I'm afraid > I posted my message then went straight to bed sorry! > > David you're right we could fabricate something similar, but it would > probably end up much more expensive for a panel this size. 96x16 pixels at > ?200 is an incredible 13p per flip-dot. There's more than enough hacking to > do to get them connected anyway. It might be cool to attempt some 7-segment > mechanical displays though? Much more manageable for a DIY project. > > The guy also has some nice looking 20x14 units for ?64.99 which maybe > someone is interested in? Ultimately I'll be picking up one of these myself > regardless - it seems the technology is being superseded by LEDs and I want > to get one before they all disappear. > > Brian your point about shop displays is precisely why I started looking > for these in the first place... ;-) > > On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:50 PM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > >> DIY Is possible... >> >> http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS >> >> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Brian J Hoskins >> Date:14/05/2016 2:36 PM (GMT+00:00) >> To: Swansea Hackspace >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... >> >> Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've >> seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this. >> >> This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early >> warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight >> for a regular LED dot matrix display. >> >> Will have to see if one of these will fit... >> >> PLUS >> >> This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain >> about flashing lights in this case. >> On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" < >> nhackett1 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up >> so I thought some of you might be interested. >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114 >> >> The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending >> today. I've contacted him and he's offered ?200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 >> panel or ?350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order >> with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how >> cool these things are... >> >> https://vimeo.com/78236205 >> >> Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing listHackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.ukhttp://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you do decide to put your project on Wevolver, let me know so I can link it to our hackspace page to make it more visible: https://www.wevolver.com/group/swansea.hackspace/ Hoping to see what everyone is up to! (E.g., Brian: I?d love to see what your high tide early warning project is all about..) Cheers, Gerrit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian at hoskins.eu Mon May 16 15:44:36 2016 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 15:44:36 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sharing your projects and work-in-progress In-Reply-To: <9DAF01C6-274D-45C9-BA05-16613CE61863@swansea.hackspace.org.uk> References: <9DAF01C6-274D-45C9-BA05-16613CE61863@swansea.hackspace.org.uk> Message-ID: Thanks Gerrit, I checked out Wevolver and it looks like a nice platform. We already have github and similar alternatives for software projects, so it's good to have an open-source platform which recognises the requirements of hardware (and mixed hardware/software) projects too. I set myself up an account there and started to add my project, but during that process I gained the impression that the platform is intended for completed (or near-completed) projects which are ready to be cloned, built-upon or improved. I checked out some other projects on there and it strengthened my impression. I don't think my project is ready to be compared against the polished efforts of the other projects on Wevolver just yet, but it will be going into service at a public place eventually so at that point I'll definitely be able to add it. I'll visit this again when it is closer to completion. In general I think it's good for us as members to get better at sharing information about our projects, as this is surely one of the first things a newcomer would take an interest in when trying to find out more about our hackspace. Cheers! On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Gerrit Niezen < gerrit at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > Given the buzz around member projects recently, I?d like to mention that > the hackspace is now listed on the Wevolver platform: > https://www.wevolver.com > > Wevolver is a platform for publishing and collaborating on open-source > hardware projects - I now the founders personally (based at FabLab London), > so I can vouch for their good intentions ;) > > As examples, you can look at two of my projects here: > - > https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/openpump-an-open-source-hardware-syringe-pump/main/description/ > - https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/biofactory/main/description/ > > Of course, there?s also the member pages ( > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Users/Users) on our website if you?d > rather share your projects there - Wevolver is meant as an alternative for > when you require a bit more functionality. If you do decide to put your > project on Wevolver, let me know so I can link it to our hackspace page to > make it more visible: https://www.wevolver.com/group/swansea.hackspace/ > > Hoping to see what everyone is up to! (E.g., Brian: I?d love to see what > your high tide early warning project is all about..) > > Cheers, > Gerrit > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian at hoskins.eu Mon May 16 17:44:19 2016 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 17:44:19 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sharing your projects and work-in-progress Message-ID: <201605161644.u4GGigGm016334@no2.stoneship.org.uk> I added some basic details of the current project I am working on to my member page. When I complete the project I will move it to the platform Gerrit has suggested, and then I can add the new "work in progress" project to my member page instead. Cheers.On 16 May 2016 15:44, Brian J Hoskins wrote: > > Thanks Gerrit, I checked out Wevolver and it looks like a nice platform. > > We already have github and similar alternatives for software projects, so it's good to have an open-source platform which recognises the requirements of hardware (and mixed hardware/software) projects too. > > I set myself up an account there and started to add my project, but during that process I gained the impression that the platform is intended for completed (or near-completed) projects which are ready to be cloned, built-upon or improved.? I checked out some other projects on there and it strengthened my impression.? > I don't think my project is ready to be compared against the polished efforts of the other projects on Wevolver just yet, but it will be going into service at a public place eventually so at that point I'll definitely be able to add it.? I'll visit this again when it is closer to completion. > > In general I think it's good for us as members to get better at sharing information about our projects, as this is surely one of the first things a newcomer would take an interest in when trying to find out more about our hackspace.? > > Cheers! > > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Gerrit Niezen wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Given the buzz around member projects recently, I?d like to mention that the hackspace is now listed on the Wevolver platform: https://www.wevolver.com >> >> Wevolver is a platform for publishing and collaborating on open-source hardware projects - I now the founders personally (based at FabLab London), so I can vouch for their good intentions ;) >> >> As examples, you can look at two of my projects here:? >> -?https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/openpump-an-open-source-hardware-syringe-pump/main/description/ >> -?https://www.wevolver.com/gerrit.niezen/biofactory/main/description/ >> >> Of course, there?s also the member pages (http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Users/Users) on our website if you?d rather share your projects there - Wevolver is meant as an alternative for when you require a bit more functionality. If you do decide to put your project on Wevolver, let me know so I can link it to our hackspace page to make it more visible:?https://www.wevolver.com/group/swansea.hackspace/ >> >> Hoping to see what everyone is up to! (E.g., Brian: I?d love to see what your high tide early warning project is all about..) >> >> Cheers, >> Gerrit >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> > From neil at aurinia.co.uk Tue May 17 13:08:42 2016 From: neil at aurinia.co.uk (Neil Jones) Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:08:42 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sources of components Message-ID: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> I am wondering what people think of as good companies to buy basic electronic components from? Cost, Postal charges and delivery times/ methods etc. What do people think? Neil From justin at discordia.org.uk Tue May 17 13:24:11 2016 From: justin at discordia.org.uk (Justin Mitchell) Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:24:11 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sources of components In-Reply-To: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> References: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> Message-ID: <1463487851.25188.13.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 13:08 +0100, Neil Jones wrote: > I am wondering what people think of as good companies to buy basic > electronic components from? > > Cost, Postal charges and delivery times/ methods etc. IMHO :- Cheapest & Slowest aliexpress.com Most things are available, usually free postage, takes 2 to 3 weeks to arrive, small stuff may need to be bought in bulk, eg resistors you can only buy 100 of at the least, but thats 48p delivered. Faster & cheap cpc.co.uk A branch of farnell, they stock a subset of farnell stuff, minimum order quantity of ?5 to get free postage. they have most common parts and delivery in a few days. More exotic & fastest farnell.co.uk minimum order is ?20 but you can get stuff the next day, they have a huge range of stock, but that minimum order bites. Last resort: Ebay, stick to UK sellers only as they dont have the escrow that aliexpress do, sometimes you can find small quantities of what you need, but often at inflated prices. From brian at hoskins.eu Tue May 17 13:29:18 2016 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:29:18 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sources of components In-Reply-To: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> References: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> Message-ID: I find that Rapid Electronics can be pretty competitive on price for many things. Unfortunately their stock range is (relatively) limited in comparison to the big-players, and their parametric search system sucks. Sometimes I buy direct from Farnell, because they are convenient. But if cost is an issue, I must admit that sometimes I use their parametric search to find what I want, and then I buy it on Rapid. Sometimes I have a go on Mouser as well. On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Neil Jones wrote: > I am wondering what people think of as good companies to buy basic > electronic components from? > > Cost, Postal charges and delivery times/ methods etc. > > What do people think? > > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eclipse at sucs.org Tue May 17 13:38:55 2016 From: eclipse at sucs.org (Tim Clark) Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:38:55 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Sources of components In-Reply-To: <1463487851.25188.13.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> References: <573B09CA.8050904@aurinia.co.uk> <1463487851.25188.13.camel@justin.llw.rokcorp.com> Message-ID: On 17/05/2016 13:24, Justin Mitchell wrote: > On Tue, 2016-05-17 at 13:08 +0100, Neil Jones wrote: >> I am wondering what people think of as good companies to buy basic >> electronic components from? >> >> Cost, Postal charges and delivery times/ methods etc. > IMHO :- > > Cheapest & Slowest > aliexpress.com > > Most things are available, usually free postage, takes 2 to 3 weeks to > arrive, small stuff may need to be bought in bulk, eg resistors you can > only buy 100 of at the least, but thats 48p delivered. sometimes takes more than 3 weeks if you get your timing wrong and clash with Chinese new year There is also bangood which has a much more limited selection but are often cheap for the things they have and you can usually pay a small amount for faster shipping. > Faster & cheap > cpc.co.uk > A branch of farnell, they stock a subset of farnell stuff, minimum order > quantity of ?5 to get free postage. they have most common parts and > delivery in a few days. > > More exotic & fastest > farnell.co.uk minimum order is ?20 but you can get stuff the next day, > they have a huge range of stock, but that minimum order bites. Note that Farnell lists everything ex vat, that includes the ?20 min delivery, and delivery is ?3.95 for orders less than ?20 On the topic of the big players there is also rs-online which claims to offer free next day delivery, but there selection and prices are a bit rubbish so I've never ordered form them. > Last resort: > Ebay, stick to UK sellers only as they dont have the escrow that > aliexpress do, sometimes you can find small quantities of what you need, > but often at inflated prices. Sometimes I find that aliexpress/ebay are the same price or even more expensive than the likes of Farnell for some things, so be careful and don't blindly assume they are cheaper > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From nhackett1 at gmail.com Thu May 19 04:32:27 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 04:32:27 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? Message-ID: Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with ?6.50. :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Thu May 19 07:53:02 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 07:53:02 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? 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Ok, sold! On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Davies-Day wrote: > Yep, I would like my first ever slice of Pi please Nathan. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 4:32 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really > need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with > ?6.50. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From nhackett1 at gmail.com Thu May 19 13:26:30 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 13:26:30 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yup! I know they're ramping up production but I can see there being a shortfall for a while longer. If it wasn't for the one-per customer limit I would have picked up a few. Very annoying that the camera module needs a special smaller flat-flex to connect, but given the board size it's understandable. On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:06 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: > Coolio, thanks! > > I'll see you on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 9:04 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ok, sold! > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Yep, I would like my first ever slice of Pi please Nathan. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 4:32 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really > need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with > ?6.50. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Thu May 19 14:08:06 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 14:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? Message-ID: I've seen board houses that make kapton flex boards/cables, if you know the name/part numbers of the camera connector and ye board connector I would be tempted to have a batch made up in work and sell the rest on ebay and to members, I'm guessing there is no current solution on the market? No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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Yup! I know they're ramping up production but I can see there being a shortfall for a while longer. If it wasn't for the one-per customer limit I would have picked up a few. Very annoying that the camera module needs a special smaller flat-flex to connect, but given the board size it's understandable. On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:06 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: > Coolio, thanks! > > I'll see you on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 9:04 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ok, sold! > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Yep, I would like my first ever slice of Pi please Nathan. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 4:32 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really > need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with > ?6.50. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From nhackett1 at gmail.com Thu May 19 14:20:53 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 14:20:53 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The official one is ?4, a bit ridiculous to have it the same price as the board itself. Nothing on ebay yet, you could make some money if you're quick enough! :) https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-zero/products/raspberry-pi-zero-camera-adapter On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:08 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: > I've seen board houses that make kapton flex boards/cables, if you know > the name/part numbers of the camera connector and ye board connector I > would be tempted to have a batch made up in work and sell the rest on ebay > and to members, I'm guessing there is no current solution on the market? > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 1:26 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Yup! I know they're ramping up production but I can see there being a > shortfall for a while longer. If it wasn't for the one-per customer limit I > would have picked up a few. Very annoying that the camera module needs a > special smaller flat-flex to connect, but given the board size it's > understandable. > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:06 PM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Coolio, thanks! > > I'll see you on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 9:04 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ok, sold! > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Yep, I would like my first ever slice of Pi please Nathan. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 4:32 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really > need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with > ?6.50. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Sun May 22 21:47:40 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 21:47:40 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Electric foundry group project? Message-ID: As we may well have a new space with a garden, how about this for a group project? https://youtu.be/Cte_LSYflAE No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Mon May 23 23:19:58 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 23:19:58 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? Message-ID: It does have the usb broken out on the bottom! http://frederickvandenbosch.be/?p=1343 No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
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The official one is ?4, a bit ridiculous to have it the same price as the board itself. Nothing on ebay yet, you could make some money if you're quick enough! :) https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi-zero/products/raspberry-pi-zero-camera-adapter On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:08 PM, David Davies-Day wrote: > I've seen board houses that make kapton flex boards/cables, if you know > the name/part numbers of the camera connector and ye board connector I > would be tempted to have a batch made up in work and sell the rest on ebay > and to members, I'm guessing there is no current solution on the market? > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 1:26 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Yup! I know they're ramping up production but I can see there being a > shortfall for a while longer. If it wasn't for the one-per customer limit I > would have picked up a few. Very annoying that the camera module needs a > special smaller flat-flex to connect, but given the board size it's > understandable. > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 1:06 PM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Coolio, thanks! > > I'll see you on Monday. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 9:04 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ok, sold! > > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David Davies-Day > wrote: > > Yep, I would like my first ever slice of Pi please Nathan. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Nathan Hackett > Date:19/05/2016 4:32 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pi Zero anyone? > > Ordered one of the new models before they sold out as usual, don't really > need it immediately though. If anyone wants it then be there on Monday with > ?6.50. :) > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From neil at aurinia.co.uk Tue May 24 15:36:10 2016 From: neil at aurinia.co.uk (Neil Jones) Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 15:36:10 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Left bag Message-ID: <574466DA.20404@aurinia.co.uk> Hi everyone, I believe I may have left my rucksack at the space last night It is a mainly a rather garish green and yellow. I know I had it because I was showing people those welding rods that I got sent in error. I was one of the last to leave last night and Tim and Nathan probably weren't far behind. I would be grateful if someone is going in of they could look for it. It would be around the table somewhere I think. I left is a bit of a hurry to get a train. Neil From nhackett1 at gmail.com Tue May 24 16:16:55 2016 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 16:16:55 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Left bag In-Reply-To: <574466DA.20404@aurinia.co.uk> References: <574466DA.20404@aurinia.co.uk> Message-ID: I don't remember seeing it although I wasn't paying much attention on my way out. I'm sure it's sitting just where you left it. On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Neil Jones wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I believe I may have left my rucksack at the space last night > > It is a mainly a rather garish green and yellow. I know I had it because I > was showing people those welding rods that I got sent in error. > > I was one of the last to leave last night and Tim and Nathan probably > weren't far behind. > > I would be grateful if someone is going in of they could look for it. It > would be around the table somewhere I think. I left is a bit of a hurry to > get a train. > > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Thu May 26 13:40:46 2016 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 12:40:46 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] A new battery bank that can power a laptop Message-ID: I've dropped my emsil in this to keep updated, possibly get a free one. Imagine how long this would run a Pi. check it out: http://prelaunch.getbatterybox.com No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ScarbroughH1 at cardiff.ac.uk Fri May 27 16:19:49 2016 From: ScarbroughH1 at cardiff.ac.uk (Hannah Scarbrough) Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 15:19:49 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Free hackathon in Cardiff Message-ID: Hi all I thought this may be of interest to your members, a free hackathon in Cardiff with prizes sponsored by Tableau, Google News Lab and Software Academy. Hack the Local, 11 and 12 June Hadyn Ellis building, Maindy Road, Cardiff Hack the Local is a free weekend hackathon to build new apps and platforms based around local news and information challenges. Software developers and tech start ups will join forces with community and mainstream journalists to compete for prizes and get expert guidance in open data, data journalism and more. We will be serving free lunches, teas and coffees throughout the weekend and on Saturday evening, attendees will be invited to an evening reception sponsored by Seasons where they will be greeted with prosecco on arrival and a complimentary buffet. It's a great opportunity to meet likeminded people and businesses, and forge new collaborations. More information and to register for your free place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hack-the-local-free-hackathon-to-explore-local-news-and-information-tickets-24396275918 If you'd like to know more, please get in touch with me at scarbroughh1 at cardiff.ac.uk. 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