They're Here!

The order arrived. I have an Arduino, cables, and some basic parts waiting for you. Those of you on the Passport owe $35 for the the board and cables. I made up bags of basic parts. You are welcome to take them and use them over the next couple of weeks, or if you want to start your own home workshop and want to build up some basic supplies it can be yours to keep for just $10. We are meeting on Saturday from 1-3pm, otherwise let me know when you can come in to collect your board.

Microcontroller Experiment Group is happening!!!

It's Alive!!!

The wheels are turning and balls are rollings, the Microcontroller Experiment Group is going to be a reality. I have confirmed with three students, who are planning on attending Saturday, so we are going for it.

I have ordered some Arduino boards and cables from Sparkfun. Hopefully they will arrive by Saturday, but if not we will play with Basic Stamp boards and the 2 Arduino boards I already have.

The Plan for Saturday 1/8

• Introduction to programming.
• Work through some tutorials (I like this one at Adafruit.)
• Challenge: Timer

Using a 7 segment display to make a countdown timer that starts displaying 9 and when a button is pressed, counts down to zero.

What you need to do before 1pm Saturday January 8th:

• Get your Passport - purchase a single just for Saturday, or get a 3 or 6 pack for the next couple of weeks. (You can do this Saturday when you arrive.)
• Check in with the front desk on Saturday @ 1:00pm
• If you plan on coming every week, sign up for the Inventor's Club.

(If you sign up for Inventor's Club we will include the price of the board, no additional cost to you, if you get the Passport the materials cost will be ~$40. I will know exactly when we get the invoice.)

Any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

email: spencer@thebakken.org or phone: 612-926-3878

This is going to be awesome!

-Justin