Our final in-person session was held on 9th April at the uCreate makerspace. In the session we reflected on what we had learnt over the last nine months of Eduino and showcased the progress we had made on our personal projects (a highlight was seeing… Read More »Final Eduino Session (09/04/2022)
Dr. Patrick Hickey, a microbiologist and electronics maker, stopped by at our fortnightly group meeting to showcase some of the cool work he has done with vintage and free-form electronics. Patrick has created a range of interesting projects using vintage components, often salvaged from broken… Read More »Dr. Patrick Hickey visits the Eduino group (06/11/2021)
The first seven posts here will cover the educational material we worked through during the summer of 2021 when we were hosting group meetings online. This involved brief presentations on fundamental concepts in electronics and completing Projects 01 – 14 in the Arduino Starter Kit… Read More »Thanks for checking out the Eduino blog
This session was our last session working through the project book material. Congratulations to everyone for getting this far. We started the session with a recap of all the previous topics we have covered. We worked through Project 14: Tweak the Logo together. This project… Read More »Session 07: Tweak the Logo (11/09/2021)
This morning started with a look at functions, what they are, why we use them and how to construct them in the C programming language. Today’s project was 12 Knock Lock. In this project we use a piezo to detect sound, as opposed to create… Read More »Session 06: Knock Lock (28/08/2021)
We started the group meeting with a look at transistors and integrated circuits. Transistors act as electrical switches or amplifiers and are a fundamental component in electronics. Integrated circuits are miniaturized circuits that we can include in our own circuit designs, which saves us space… Read More »Session 05: Zoetrope (14/08/2021)
We started the session with a closer look at variables and datatypes in Arduino. Project 08 was a digital hourglass that made use of the millis() function. This allows us to keep track of the amount of time the Arduino has been running in milliseconds.… Read More »Session 04: Digital Hourglass (31/07/2021)
We started the session with a look at capacitors, which are components used to store electrical charge. We used ‘decoupling’ capacitors in project 05 in the starter kit to stabilize voltage across the servo motor and potentiometer. The slides are available using the link below.… Read More »Session 03: Light Theramin (17/07/2021)
We started out second session with a recap of resistors and why we use them when building circuits. Check out this video by Collin’s Lab for a succinct review of the topic. There is an awesome part at 3:30 where Collin shows how to draw… Read More »Session 02: Color Mixing Lamp (03/07/2021)
In our first meeting we looked at the basics of Arduino, including what it is, why it’s handy to learn and some {fire} examples of what’s been done in the past . We then moved on to setting up our kits (see Projects Book: pages… Read More »Session 01: Spaceship Interface (19/06/2021)