I'm very pleased to announce that I will be teaching Advanced Physical Computing Experiments, a course about serial communications with Arduino, at The Hacktory in Philadelphia! The course is design as a natural follow-up to their highly successful introductory Arduino classes: whereas that class deals with how to set up the Arduino and use it to control simple components, this course will deal with controller more complicated, "smarter" components, as well as talking with other devices like computers.
I've mentioned before that one of the things that terrified me when I was starting out was the prospect of reading integrated circuit datasheets and figuring out how to interact with them. Now that I've gotten the hang of it, I'm amazed at the huge range of chips on the market, and how easy it is to interface with the vast majority of them once you know a few basics. It really has the potential to transform your projects, and I'm really excited about sharing this knowledge.
So what are you waiting for? Go sign up!
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Announcing: Arduino serial communications class at The Hacktory!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
January Make:Philly meeting
Yesterday's Make:Philly meeting - my first - was amazing! I'm so enthusiastic about it, it's almost embarrassing. It was quite literally several of my geek dreams come true, right down to going out for Pho afterwards. From 2600 sweatshirts to missing digits, the crowd made me feel like I was in a Douglas Coupland novel.
Don Miller's (aka NO CARRIER) talk was fantastic, and made me want to go home and tear apart my old NES to see for myself everything he had discussed. I definitely envision some future projects being inspired by that.
I was thrilled by the reception my button pad received. After the talk ended, people immediately approached me to ask about it, and I had a crowd for the rest of the evening. It was incredibly flattering.
Afterwards, a bunch of us went out, and I got to talk more with the folks who put the whole event together, who are also some of the minds behind The Hacktory. I can't wait to get involved in some more of their events, and hopefully I won't have to wait until next month's meeting to do so. I just wish I lived closer to the city, but it's definitely worth the drive.
Even my iPod seemed to pick up on the mood. For the drive back, shuffle started me off with some Stereolab before moving in to an hour long mix by The Kleptones: retro-futurism followed by creative repurposing. A fitting end to a great afternoon.
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