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    It works!

    Thanks to Gabe for his awesome breadboarding!   

    Remember kids, too many amps make smoke!

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    Our first Using Transistors workshop went well today. We managed tocontinue the tradition of blowing up at least one component per class.This time it was a transistor that shattered due to excessive current.As usual, the exploding component served to highlight the factscovered in the class. The workshop attendees got to play with logicgates, switches, sensors, and motors.Interest in both of our electronics workshops has remained strong. TheIntro to Electronics workshop on Thursday has been full for a fewweeks, and we already have people on the waiting list for our nextclasses. Next month we’ll be having another set of electronicsworkshops, so register early to reserve your spot.We haven’t forgotten about those of you who want a soldering workshop.We’re hard at work designing a workshop that’s worthy of you. As soonas we’ve got a curriculum we’re satisfied with, we’ll start schedulingthe soldering workshops. Introduction to ElectronicsSunday, February 7 20102-4:30Cost: $40 This workshop covers everything you need to know to get started inelectronics. We’ll start from the basics of electricity and work ourway up to using integrated circuits. You’ll leave the class with somesimple components and the knowledge to use them.Using TransistorsSunday, February 21 20102-4:30Cost: $40 We’ll explore transistors, what they’re used for, and how to use them.After an overview of the function of transistors, we’ll spend theclass making some simple switches, logic gates, and an amplifier. Required Equipment:Breadboard, Multimeter

    Our first Using Transistors workshop went well today. We managed to
    continue the tradition of blowing up at least one component per class.
    This time it was a transistor that shattered due to excessive current.
    As usual, the exploding component served to highlight the facts
    covered in the class. The workshop attendees got to play with logic
    gates, switches, sensors, and motors.

    Interest in both of our electronics workshops has remained strong. The
    Intro to Electronics workshop on Thursday has been full for a few
    weeks, and we already have people on the waiting list for our next
    classes. Next month we’ll be having another set of electronics
    workshops, so register early to reserve your spot.

    We haven’t forgotten about those of you who want a soldering workshop.
    We’re hard at work designing a workshop that’s worthy of you. As soon
    as we’ve got a curriculum we’re satisfied with, we’ll start scheduling
    the soldering workshops. 

    Introduction to Electronics
    Sunday, February 7 2010
    2-4:30
    Cost: $40

    This workshop covers everything you need to know to get started in
    electronics. We’ll start from the basics of electricity and work our
    way up to using integrated circuits. You’ll leave the class with some
    simple components and the knowledge to use them.

    Using Transistors
    Sunday, February 21 2010
    2-4:30
    Cost: $40

    We’ll explore transistors, what they’re used for, and how to use them.
    After an overview of the function of transistors, we’ll spend the
    class making some simple switches, logic gates, and an amplifier.

    Required Equipment:
    Breadboard, Multimeter

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    If you’ve been around the shop lately, you’ve probably heard us mention that we’re going to build Johnathan Wards’ MTM PCB Mill.   We’ve been making good progress. We don’t have a shopbot, and our first attempt at getting some parts made on a neighbor’s CNC didn’t work out, so we lasercut our assembly out of 6mm plywood and did a bit of glue work to get a nice solid frame.  This not only looks nice, it gives us a lot more control over how we can build the thing.  Turns out the first failure was a good thing because other than the initial body,  our mill isn’t going to be very much like the original at all.   Which is of course the point of Open Source Hardware.   It’s not really a blueprint, it’s a starting point.We’ve been really interested in is seeing if we could build the mill without going through the MTM BOM.   Sure, it’s reasonable pricing if you’re looking at CNC mills, but buying 108 bucks worth of Frelon lined linear bearings when we already have a bunch of tools that make tools seems silly. We can make linear bearings. We have a makerbot and a spool of HDPE (slippery plastic for the uninitiated).  Add to that we have printer rods in the Junk Box, extra threaded rod from our second makerbot build, stepper motors, drivers, arduinos, DC motors, and pounds upon pounds of screws and nuts.  We started looking around the shop and figured out we can make this thing with stuff we have laying around.  Once it’s built, we can use it to make itself better too! Tonight was all about hacksaws and printing with HDPE for the first time.  It was a bit of effort, but we got all our rods cut and built an X axis that slides pretty smooth. We also got some ideas for the next round of cuts, which we should be able to fit in the scrap from the first round.   We’ll keep you updated on our progress, and publish our plans so you can make what we do, and change what you want. Once it’s done, we’re going to put this robot to work.  Come in and make surface mount PCBs in a little under an hour. If you’re wondering how to make boards (we sure are), we’ve started up a wiki page on the toolchain that the Center for Bits and Atoms uses.   It’s pretty cool stuff.

    If you’ve been around the shop lately, you’ve probably heard us mention that we’re going to build Johnathan Wards’ MTM PCB Mill.   We’ve been making good progress.

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    We don’t have a shopbot, and our first attempt at getting some parts made on a neighbor’s CNC didn’t work out, so we lasercut our assembly out of 6mm plywood and did a bit of glue work to get a nice solid frame.  This not only looks nice, it gives us a lot more control over how we can build the thing.  Turns out the first failure was a good thing because other than the initial body,  our mill isn’t going to be very much like the original at all.   Which is of course the point of Open Source Hardware.   It’s not really a blueprint, it’s a starting point.

    makerbotting bearingsWe’ve been really interested in is seeing if we could build the mill without going through the MTM BOM.   Sure, it’s reasonable pricing if you’re looking at CNC mills, but buying 108 bucks worth of Frelon lined linear bearings when we already have a bunch of tools that make tools seems silly. We can make linear bearings. We have a makerbot and a spool of HDPE (slippery plastic for the uninitiated).  Add to that we have printer rods in the Junk Box, extra threaded rod from our second makerbot build, stepper motors, drivers, arduinos, DC motors, and pounds upon pounds of screws and nuts.  We started looking around the shop and figured out we can make this thing with stuff we have laying around.  Once it’s built, we can use it to make itself better too!

    Tonight was all about hacksaws and printing with HDPE for the first time.  It was a bit of effort, but we got all our rods cut and built an X axis that slides pretty smooth. We also got some ideas for the next round of cuts, which we should be able to fit in the scrap from the first round.   We’ll keep you updated on our progress, and publish our plans so you can make what we do, and change what you want.

    Once it’s done, we’re going to put this robot to work.  Come in and make surface mount PCBs in a little under an hour.

    If you’re wondering how to make boards (we sure are), we’ve started up a wiki page on the toolchain that the Center for Bits and Atoms uses.   It’s pretty cool stuff.

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    Normally the vending machine is a random grab, but since it’s the holiday season and we’re big fans of both awesome and cheap,  it’s probably worth noting these two new $10 additions. The Bliplace Kit and the sack-o-duino. You may have seen the Bliplace on hackaday a while back, it’s Tanjent’s awesome wearable sound activated toy, but the sack-o-duino is something we cooked up here.  We couldn’t find any breadboard compatible arduinos for $10, so we came up with this. A bag of parts, ready to drop into a bread/proto board that will give you pre-flashed arduino on the cheap. Included in the bag is: ATMEGA 168 with arduino bootloader 10K resistor 16Mhz ceramic resonator 5V voltage regulator Green high intensity LED w/resistor 6 pin Header and 100 nF capacitor for your FTDI cable

    Normally the vending machine is a random grab, but since it’s the holiday season and we’re big fans of both awesome and cheap,  it’s probably worth noting these two new $10 additions.

    The Bliplace Kit and the sack-o-duino.

    You may have seen the Bliplace on hackaday a while back, it’s Tanjent’s awesome wearable sound activated toy, but the sack-o-duino is something we cooked up here.  We couldn’t find any breadboard compatible arduinos for $10, so we came up with this. A bag of parts, ready to drop into a bread/proto board that will give you pre-flashed arduino on the cheap.

    Included in the bag is:

    • ATMEGA 168 with arduino bootloader
    • 10K resistor
    • 16Mhz ceramic resonator
    • 5V voltage regulator
    • Green high intensity LED w/resistor
    • 6 pin Header and 100 nF capacitor for your FTDI cable
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    Metrix Create:Space will be holding its first workshop on Sunday, November 15th, 2-4PM Introduction to Electronics Ever wondered how your T.V. or computer works? How about your cell phone. Come find out the basics behind these complicated devices at our Introduction to Electronics workshop. You’ll learn what current and voltage really are, how to read a circuit diagram, and how to put together your own small projects using discrete and integrated components. $40 includes instructor and all parts and equipment. Space is limited, sign up now!

    Metrix Create:Space will be holding its first workshop on Sunday, November 15th, 2-4PM

    Introduction to Electronics

    Ever wondered how your T.V. or computer works? How about your cell phone. Come find out the basics behind these complicated devices at our Introduction to Electronics workshop. You’ll learn what current and voltage really are, how to read a circuit diagram, and how to put together your own small projects using discrete and integrated components.

    $40 includes instructor and all parts and equipment.

    Space is limited, sign up now!

    Hack The Badge!

    We’ve got some Hack The Badge boards coming up from SF to stick in the vending machine. If you’re interested in some wearable computing power, you might want to pick one up.

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