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== Information ==
 
== Information ==
 
* Mitch Altman will be coming to FIXME to give one of his famous soldering workshops!
 
* Mitch Altman will be coming to FIXME to give one of his famous soldering workshops!
 
* Date: 23 may 2015 at 14h
 
* Date: 23 may 2015 at 14h
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* Subscription:
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** MAIN: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-atelier-electronique-pour-debutant-avec-mitch-altman-16998073696
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** https://www.facebook.com/events/940261822705416/
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** http://techup.ch/2036/atelier-electronique-pour-debutant-avec-mitch-altman
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== Photos ==
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maltman23/sets/72157653338127095 Mitch Altman's photos]
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/diadzine/sets/72157653069474640 Nemen's photos]
  
== Workshop choices ==
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== Lots of cool kits ==
 
You will be able to practice soldering by using one of the following kits that Mitch will bring along with Jimmie:
 
You will be able to practice soldering by using one of the following kits that Mitch will bring along with Jimmie:
 
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|€25
 
|€25
|Brain Machine kit
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|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!  (kit version of TripGlasses)
 
|Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!  (kit version of TripGlasses)
 
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|€20
 
|€20
|Drawdio kit
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|make noise by drawing lines with this pencil!
 
|make noise by drawing lines with this pencil!
 
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|€25
 
|€25
|Atari Punk Console
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|Make music and lots of noise!
 
|Make music and lots of noise!
 
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|€70
 
|€70
|NeuroDreamer sleep mask, Sleep version
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|Comfortably uses sound and light at brainwave frequencies to help you drift off to sleep...
 
|Comfortably uses sound and light at brainwave frequencies to help you drift off to sleep...
 
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|€70
 
|€70
|NeuroDreamer sleep mask, Lucid Dreaming version
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|<s>NeuroDreamer sleep mask, Lucid Dreaming version</s>
 
|Comfortably helps you sleep, then helps you control your dreams!
 
|Comfortably helps you sleep, then helps you control your dreams!
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|€35
 
|Arduino For Total Newbies workshop kit
 
|Learn Arduino by making TV-B-Gone as an example!
 
 
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* Several scissors
 
* Several scissors
 
* Projector/microphone/internet
 
* Projector/microphone/internet
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== See also ==
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* [[Mitch_Altman_soldering_workshop2]]
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* [[Mitch_Altman_soldering_workshop3]]

Latest revision as of 19:41, 30 June 2022


Information

Photos

 Lots of cool kits

You will be able to practice soldering by using one of the following kits that Mitch will bring along with Jimmie:

price name description
€20 TV-B-Gone keychain turn off TVs in public places!
€20 TV-B-Gone kit turn off TVs in public places at 50 meters away!
€25 Brain Machine kit Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out! (kit version of TripGlasses)
€25 Mignonette Game kit make your own handheld game console!
€10 for one
€15 for two
Trippy RGB Waves kit interactive colored blinky lights art!
€20 LEDcube kit make low-res 3D animations in a cube!
€20 MiniPOV kit write messages in the air!
€20 "HELLO My Name Is..." Badge kit Geeky version of the sticker -- your name in blinky-lights!
€20 MintyBoost kit charge your USB enabled gadgets (including iPhones)!
€20 BoArduino kit make your own fully functional Arduino -- for solderless breadboards!
€20 Diavolino kit make your own fully functional Arduino -- with shield-compatible shape!
€15 programming and communications cable (FTDI Friend) program your Arduino-compatible projects with Windows, MacOS, or Linux!
€20 Open Heart kit animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!
€20 LoL Shield kit Lots of LEDs! for your Arduino! (superbright: red, green, white, or blue)
€20 Drawdio kit make noise by drawing lines with this pencil!
€25 Atari Punk Console Make music and lots of noise!
€20 microcontroller programmer kit (USBtinyISP) program all your AVR family chips!
€5 Hackerspace Passport Collect hackerspace "visa" stamps from hackerspaces around the world!
€70 NeuroDreamer sleep mask, Sleep version Comfortably uses sound and light at brainwave frequencies to help you drift off to sleep...
€70 NeuroDreamer sleep mask, Lucid Dreaming version Comfortably helps you sleep, then helps you control your dreams!

 Preparation

We need to prepare the following items for his visit:

  • 100 AA batteries
  • 20 soldering iron stands would be nice
  • 20 small sponges (can be cut into smaller ones)
  • 10 extra soldering irons
  • 20 small wire cutters
  • Spool of 60/40 (Sn/Pb) rosin core solder
  • Print a bunch of copies of the "Soldering is Easy" comic book in French and English (maybe see with IRL if they can print a few?)


We already have the following things:

  • 8 soldering irons:
    • 2 good soldering irons
    • 5 soldering irons bought for previous workshop
    • 1 unknown cheap soldering iron
  • Unknown solder
  • Several hot glue guns
  • Several needle nose pliers
  • At least one solder sucker
  • Several wire strippers
  • Several rolls of solder wick
  • Several scissors
  • Projector/microphone/internet

See also