<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">There is a nice little power supply module for the MB102 breadboard:<div><a href="http://www.thelittlebritishrobotcompany.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=79">http://www.thelittlebritishrobotcompany.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=79</a></div><div><br></div><div>It allows you to power the breadboard rails from a 6.5-12V power plug or USB at either 5V or 3.3V. I'm sure you can get them even cheaper than what I've listed above.</div><div><br></div><div>I was wondering if it's at all possible to make the tutorials more microcontroller-agnostic? I prefer using Arduino, and others have their own favourite micro and development platform.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Gerrit</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 1 Aug 2013, at 10:28, Justin Mitchell <<a href="mailto:justin@discordia.org.uk">justin@discordia.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, 2013-07-31 at 17:28 +0100, Graham Owens wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I think other ideas that were mentioned were:<br></blockquote><br>Thanks for all these ideas guys.<br><br>My first tutorial covered connecting LEDs and switches, and demonstrated<br>the importance of debouncing switch inputs. but didnt otherwise go into<br>the reasons why.<br><br>I can see the argument that we should include at least some simple<br>explanations of the why, although i am unsure the best way to deliver<br>that. I felt that the worksheet approach worked well, with everyone<br>working at their own pace leaving me free to give specific help where<br>required. So i suppose i should try to work some explanations into the<br>worksheet where possible.<br><br>I also plan to put the resulting worksheets and support materials online<br>for future, and other peoples, reference.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Communicating with a microcontroller from a PC. I think this is the<br>technical workshop for a week monday.<br></blockquote>Yes, thats my plan.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I have 2xPickit 3's that I can bring (Mabey a 3rd and a Pickit 2) So<br>if anyone needs to use one, they are more than welcome.<br></blockquote>That would be very helpful, last time we all had to share the one<br>pickit2 i brought.<br><br><br><br>I am trying to put together a list of components for the starter kit to<br>base these tutorials on. It doesnt have to contain everything we might<br>cover, like servos etc, as we can always do booster packs later. I was<br>hoping to keep the cost under a tenner each, but have enough components<br>to cover plenty of tutorial options, and allow some tinkering.<br><br>So far i have come up with this list, can people please give their<br>suggestions:<br><br>PIC16F1455 <br>MB102 Breadboard<br>Jumper wire kit<br>Long pinned header for programmer connection<br>USB Uart board and cable (possibly CP1202 based)<br>LEDs a handful of different colours + limiting resistors<br>Small push button switches<br>Piezo Buzzer<br>LDR and/or Thermistor<br><br>I also need to get an idea of how many people would like to buy these<br>kits so i can bulk order the components to save us money.<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Hackspace mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br>http://stoneship.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>