Once again we are offering our basic soldering class. But for the holidays we’ve dropped the price from $35 to a mere $20. This is insanely cheap. We have gone insane.
This Sunday at 2PM: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/234648841
Once again we are offering our basic soldering class. But for the holidays we’ve dropped the price from $35 to a mere $20. This is insanely cheap. We have gone insane.
This Sunday at 2PM: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/234648841
Ready to do the (seemingly) impossible? Of course you are! Take the “Joule Thievery” class here at NYCR. From the class description:
“A Joule Thief is a simple electronic circuit that can extract useful work out of a very feeble power source. It can be used to extend the life of batteries, gather power from a dimly lit solar cells or a tiny windmill. It’s a fascinating device, and is very easy to build. You will learn about transistors, inductors, diodes, LEDs and more! This is a great introductory course for absolute beginners.”
$25, taught by Raphael Abrams
Ages 12 and up wlecome!
I like to hack on the go. So I made a charming little mini lab out of a cigar box and some electronic parts. It’s got a breadboard, a built-in Arduino, a couple of places to put loose parts and a control panel on one side. The control panel is the best part with LEDs, potentiometers, a switch and a button all mounted on the side of the box. I love it so!
Craft night is now Hacks and Crafts night and it’s back! Working on an autonomous glowing frisbee that tells time in six languages? Making a new dress that will solve all of Humanity’s problems? Knitting something the likes of which has never been knitted before? Robofrog? Bring a crafting or hacking project over to NYCR and hang with other hackers and crafters. Craft night is back and it’s better than ever! This week we will also have a book binding project to work on.
Thursday August 28th from 6-9 PM, right here at NYCR, 397 Bridge street , Brooklyn
Suggested donation of $5 (if you can’t afford it, come on over anyway. Free cookies!)
Why not learn something awesome from the friendly nerds at NYCR? This weekend we have three beginner classes: PHP, Printed Circuit Board Etching and Wind Micropower Workshop.
PHP is a powerful but amazingly simple language for dynamic generation of web pages. You can learn what you need to get a good foothold in just an hour and we can make that happen.
In the circuit board etching class you will design, transfer and etch copper clad circuit boards. Some drawings, a tiny bit of chemistry, and presto! Functional circuit boards!
Due to popular demand, Wind Micropower workshop is back! We’ll be making a tiny little generator that runs on wind and also cover some of the simpler techniques for power conditioning and battery charging. This class is open to ages 8 and up!
Click here for the classes page to learn more and to sign up!
We had a dandy ol’ time at the Surface Mount Soldering class this weekend! We made adorable microcontroller based blinky red hearts. Yes, we’ll do anything to take the percieved threat out of SMT and bring YOU the power of the teeny tiny! There will be another session soon, so keep an eye on the calendar.
There are going to be some nice easy intro classes this weekend at NYCR. Basic Soldering, Surface Mount Soldering and Intro to EAGLE. These may sound like difficult things, but we’re here to prove to you that they’re not! Let our experts gently guide you to a glittering and magnificent world of electronic bliss! Wow!
Click here to view the basic soldering class on Saturday.
Click here for the basic soldering class on Sunday.
Click here for the surface mount soldering class on Saturday.
I’m making a really tiny board and I thought I’d share a picture of it. It’s a little tiny data gathering widget with an RGB LED on it for feedback. There’s an AVR there too. It’s 1.25″ square. I think it looks nifty!q
There are two new classes here at NYCR!
Wind Micropower Workshop
Harness the wind for under $10! Using the most basic components, you too can gather electricity from a light breze. We’ll cover some of the basic ideas involved in generating power from wind, and we’ll each build a simple generator that will power a small light or charge a battery. Let’s start saving the world!
1 1/2 hours
Ages 10 and up welcome
Taught by Raphael Abrams. June 7th
Graceful Motor Control
It is not that hard to achieve graceful motion with a big motor. It just takes a small handful of common electronic components and a slightly larger handful of electronic tricks. We’ll learn about H-bridges, pulse width speed modulation, large transistors, servo feedback loops, electric braking, analog to digital converters, and more. Some understanding of the Arduino microcontroller is helpful, but not required. (If possible, please bring a laptop and an Arduino.)
Taught by Raphael Abram. June 8th
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/117134352
We hope you can come out and get some learnin’!
We had a great time over here at NYCR doing some soldering classes. Everybody walked out of here with a beautiful LED blinky! It was a total success. Thanks to all who attended! If you’re interested in coming in for a class, check out the classes here. See you soon!