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Arduino Workshop

arduinoworkshop

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:

  • Using a breadboard
  • Ohm’s Law
  • Digital and Analog
  • Input and Output
  • Arduino programming environment basics
  • Serial Monitor usage with text, variables and pin states

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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Events Holiday Party

Holiday “Tool-Luck” Party

Thursday, December 12, 2013
7:00-9:00 PM

47 Lee Street
Lowell MA 01852

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

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Annoucements Events Meeting

Public Meeting

Lowell Makes’ first public meeting was held on March 20, 2013 and was a huge success with a standing-room-only crowd filling the LTC gallery.

We will announce our next public meeting soon on this web site, Facebook, Twitter and Meetup.com.

Special guests at the first public meeting:

Helena Fruscio, Commonwealth of Mass Creative Industry Director
Theresa Park, City of Lowell Economic Development Director
Dan O’Brien, Lowell Sun Business Editor

The information and materials shared with those attending included:

  • Lowell Makes executive summary ( PDF )
  • Resumes of the three founding members ( PDF )
  • Prezi presentation below ( Prezi site | PDF )

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