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Hackerspace Archive
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Intro to Soldering Class – January 2012
Posted on January 21, 2012 | No CommentsThis month, our Intro to Soldering class was held our new space! We made Minty Boost kits, and for the second month in a row, no one was injured! Special... -
Micro Monday – I2C, TC74 & Xbee
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsTonight at the first Micro Monday of 2012, we learned the basics of I2C communication using the Arduino Uno and the TC74 I2C temperature sensor. Mack (f00bard) led us through... -
The 3D printers are working? Wha…what?!
Posted on January 2, 2012 | 3 CommentsWith a lot more space to work recently, Chris Purola and Tony Morris have been working on the 3D printers. Chris’ printer, Breepbroop, now has solid state relay controlled heated... -
Microcontroller Monday at FamiLAB with Jessica Uelmen from Parallax
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsJessica Uelmen (@parallaxianjess) led a Micro Monday workshop at FamiLAB – we built an FM radio using the 8-core Propeller chip on the P8X32A QuickStart board and an i2c FM... -
Thermo-Electric Axolotl Cooling
Posted on December 20, 2011 | 14 CommentsSo in my many ventures around the interwebs I eventually ran into a picture of an unusual animal, the Axolotl. Over the years I have cared for and been aware... -
Dimmable AC Light Box
Posted on December 8, 2011 | 7 CommentsThis blog post is about the very long process of how I came to make a box that could dynamically dim AC bulbs via computer control. The main purpose... -
Extreme Makeover: Lab Edition (Day 1)
Posted on December 4, 2011 | 3 CommentsFamiLAB has finally moved into the new space, but it needs a little techie touch so we decided to go to town. Day 1 we focused on getting the RFID... -
FamiLAB – Now 10x Larger!!!
Posted on November 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsWe are growing! FamiLAB just signed a new lease for 4k square feet, which is TEN TIMES larger than our existing space. We’ve started a wiki page with some information... -
Saturday Night at the Lab…
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YoungMakers Meeting – November 2011
Posted on November 10, 2011 | No CommentsWe made LED flashlight kits, no one was burned, and everyone was happy. It doesn’t get much better… :) HUGE THANKS to Radio Shack for donating some of the kits...