Lowell MakesUPDATE: 4:56pm Water has mostly stopped & drying equipment beginning to work. Much cleanup & repair work to be done, but we are on the way back to good.
A little precursor to the following article. At some point between 1am and 8am Jan 26th water started leaking in our storage closet in the space. This was due to a pipe bursting in a nearby restaurant which closed down over a month ago.
Starting this Wednesday January 22nd, we will be holding regular Open Houses every Wednesday from 6PM to 9PM in our space. The Open Houses will be open to both members and the general public to experience and discuss what Lowell Makes is all about. Most weeks we should have demonstrations on ongoing and completed projects. Other weeks we might have scheduled speakers and discussions on subjects involving technology, design, DIY culture and other related topics.
Encourage your friends and and family to come join us and take part in the next big thing in Lowell!
While our first of the two planned Open Houses this past week was a bust due to a power outage, our second Open House was a total success! We had several demonstrations on hand along with several members and many non-members in attendance. There were plenty of discussions around ongoing projects and classes as well as projects and classes people would like to see going forward.
Coming out of this last Open House we had added another member with the promise of another and a couple more signups for our coming this Saturday
Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday and we hope to see you again at our weekly Open Houses going forward.
This workshop is for anyone who has never played around with Arduino before and those who have played around a little bit but aren’t entirely sure about how the basics work. It’s easier than you think!
We will put together basic single component electrical circuits, learn about analog and digital, input and output, basic programming concepts, practice very basic Serial communication, and briefly cover basic virtual prototyping.
In case you haven’t noticed the key word here is “basic.”
Students will create three simple circuits highlighting analog and digital forms of input and output. Get started with the Arduino programming environment; briefly discuss programming and virtual prototyping.
Concepts that will be covered include:
The $99 workshop fee includes a Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit students get to take home afterward; the kit normally sells online for $99.95. Members of Lowell Makes may participate in the workshop for $75.
To ensure adequate instructor-student engagement, this workshop is limited to 12 students. Please register using the form below.
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Please join us for our holiday “Tool-Luck” where guests are invited to bring a new or used tool of to donate to Lowell Makes to make them available to our growing family of makers.
If you haven’t been down to Lowell Makes recently, you are in for a real surprise. Each new member is not only helping us grow, but also putting their unique stamp on how things look and work.
We’ll have refreshments and music, and you’ll see highlights of our growth through events like painting parties and our grand opening hackathon.
We look forward to seeing you Thursday!
Cheers,
John, Eric & Kamal