Arduino Night
Arduino Night is a time honored tradition that was originally started by another group at Gangplank and soon thereafter, adopted by HeatSync Labs. On the first Wednesday of each month, HeatSync Labs opens the door to welcome members of the community at large to share knowledge and ideas on the Arduino microcontroller.
All skill levels are welcome. Bring your own or use one of Arduino setups on-site. Tutorials are provided for beginners and more complex sensors and devices are available for intermediate and expert levels.
Arduino Models
- Arduino Delcima
- Lilypad
- Serial Arduino
- Arduino Extreme
- Arduino Mini
- Arduino Nano
- LilyPad Arduino
- Arduino NG
- Arduino NG plus
- Arduino Bluetooth
- Arduino Diecimila
- Arduino Duemilanove ("2009")
- Arduino Mega
- PJRC Teensy
Arduino Project Ideas
- Color Cube
- Sensor Package for Nearspace
Arduino Gurus and Volunteers
Announce your microcontroller prowess by adding your name here and making it known to the Arduino novice that you're willing to impart your skills with them on Arduino night. We're looking for volunteers on our first Wednesdays to help answer questions and give direction to people just starting out with Arduino. Also, people that are interested in helping host this event and have any suggestions to improve it:
- Your Name Here!
Suggestions For Content and Improvement
To ensure that we keep pushing this event forward we're always open for suggestions for improvement and new projects we can work on for these nights. Please add any ideas you have below:
- Label the Components, Sensors, Motors, etc. with what they are.
- Suggested Pre-Requisite Reading?
- A cheat-sheet for commands/function names/overall sketch flow?
- Focus on interacting with a single component for a session. Getting really good at that one thing and then moving on to something else next class.
- Provide each station with a "grab bag" project that already has hardware to get new users used to the tool.
Helpful Links
Main Arduino Project Page:
http://www.arduino.cc/
Great Arduino Tutorial by Lady Ada:
http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html