Information
- Mitch Altman will be coming to FIXME to give one of his famous soldering workshops!
- Date: 23 may 2015 at 14h
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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:
| 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 | 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 | make noise by drawing lines with this pencil! | |
| €25 | 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 | Comfortably uses sound and light at brainwave frequencies to help you drift off to sleep... | |
| €70 | 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