[dorkbotpdx-blabber] last second addition to group ordering

[Mr.T]

as you know today at 5pm is the deadline for this weeks group order.

there is, however, an additional vendor this week: stan rubenstein
associates: http://store.sra-solder.com/

there is some cheap solder paste that some of you may be interested in:

http://store.sra-solder.com/product.php?xProd=6067

if you are interested in this include it in your orders this afternoon.

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DIGIKEY..

1   1   AT90USB1287-16AU-ND   IC AVR MCU 128K 64TQFP       0   16.71000   $16.71

2 1 AT90USBKEY-ND KIT DEMO FOR AT90USB   0 31.92000 $31.92

3 50 RHM10KARCT-ND RES 10K OHM 1/8W 5% 0805 SMD   0 0.02340 $1.17

4 50 RHM1.0KARCT-ND RES 1.0K OHM 1/8W 5% 0805 SMD   0 0.02340 $1.17

5 10 604-00043-ND IC FTDI FT232RL USB-SRL 28-SSOP   0 4.02000 $40.20

6 10 151-1121-ND CONN USB JACK TYPE B HORIZON R/A   0 0.82500 $8.25

[Donald Delmar Davis]

If you are like me and pay attention to art and robotics you have probably been hearing a lot about the Arduino micro-controller platform and all of the cool things that people are doing with it. In some circles this platform has almost developed a cult like following.

Well this sunday you can build your own. 

DorkbotPDX has put together a cost effective arduino kit ($6) and an equally inexpensive programmer ($9) and this sunday from 5-8PM  at PNCA (1240 NW Johnson -- Room 205 ) we will help you put yours together. 

The cost of the seminar is $15 and is limited to the quantities we have on hand (25-30) so if you want to make sure that you get a spot you can prepay for your kit (paypal this address) or email me to RSVP. 

You will need to bring a laptop, a usb cable, a soldering iron (10-20 watt pencil type) and a pair of dikes (wire cutters).

There is more information at http://dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/arduino/cult_induction_rev1

See you there.

Don.

[Marty]

I'd love to attend this event, hopefully there is still room. Contact info cell: 503-849-5917 

Marty Ripp

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[Donald Delmar Davis]

Marty,

See you Sunday.

Don.

[dan p]

I would like to attend. Can you put me down as RSVP'd?

 

Thanks.

Dan.

 

[Jeff Bryner]

Please count me in.

Jeff

Donald Delmar Davis <ddelma...@gmail.com> says:

> if you want to make sure that you get a spot
> you can prepay for your kit (paypal this address) or email me to RSVP.

[Donald Delmar Davis]

You got it.

See you sunday

[mark gross]

I'll be there, with the camera.

--mgross

[Donald Delmar Davis]

Dan,

I just wanted to make sure that I replied to your rsvp. See you tomorrow.

Don.

On May 7, 2008, at 11:15 AM, dan p wrote:

[Anselm Hook]

I will come as well.

 - anselm

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[Donald Delmar Davis]

First of all I was really happy that so many people showed up and got
as far into their construction as they did.

27 people and only 1 dead board.

Now I know that getting all of that done in under 3 hours was a little
ambitious. (The pacing was initially based on the photo session at http://www.flickr.com/photos/7175086@N05/sets/72157604783725339/
which took 20 minutes from start to finish)

For those of you who were unable to finish the cable, Jacob Helwig has
provided a clear picture of a working cable at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacob_helwig/2485841122/in/set-72157605009944742

<img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2485841122_d52df893c4.jpg?v=0
>

He also provided this pinout sumary .

Pins -> USB
1 -> 2 (Rx)
2 -> 1 (Tx)
3 -> 7 (+5V)
4 -> 4 (Reset)
5 -> 3 (Ground)

Pin 1 is on the bottom (the side of the programmer with the leds --
red wire in jacob's picture) on both ends.

I am looking to have a second session for software as soon as I can
get a room scheduled (this sunday or some sunday soon). In the mean
time you can download the software (http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
) and poke around at the main site (http://www.arduino.cc/). I will
also be at the bi-weekly dorkbot meeting at the Lucky Lab NW tomorrow
between 7 and 10 and will bring a soldering iron if anyone gets stuck
or wants to finish up their.

You can also email me if you need anything.

Don.

DDelma...@gmail.com

[dan p]

Count mine as up and running! once I reversed the wiring on the programmer cable. (I didn't notice the red wire on mine was opposite of the example I was looking at)

 

but now I have a little LED blinking happily away, I've made it blink slow, I've made it blink fast...

 

now to make it into something useful, or at least more entertaining that a blinking LED (as the wife put it "is that what it is suppose to do?")

 

Thanks, it was fun, looking forward to part 2.

 

Dan.

 

On 5/12/08, Donald Delmar Davis <ddelma...@gmail.com> wrote:

First of all I was really happy that so many people showed up and got as far into their construction as they did.

27 people and only 1 dead board.

Now I know that getting all of that done in under 3 hours was a little ambitious. (The pacing was initially based on the photo session at http://www.flickr.com/photos/7175086@N05/sets/72157604783725339/ which took 20 minutes from start to finish)

For those of you who were unable to finish the cable, Jacob Helwig has provided a clear picture of a working cable at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacob_helwig/2485841122/in/set-72157605009944742

<img src=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/2485841122_d52df893c4.jpg?v=0>

He also provided this pinout sumary .

Pins -> USB
1 -> 2 (Rx)
2 -> 1 (Tx)
3 -> 7 (+5V)
4 -> 4 (Reset)
5 -> 3 (Ground)

Pin 1 is on the bottom (the side of the programmer with the leds -- red wire in jacob's picture) on both ends.

I am looking to have a second session for software as soon as I can get a room scheduled (this sunday or some sunday soon). In the mean time you can download the software (http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) and poke around at the main site (http://www.arduino.cc/). I will also be at the bi-weekly dorkbot meeting at the Lucky Lab NW tomorrow between 7 and 10 and will bring a soldering iron if anyone gets stuck or wants to finish up their.

[Donald Delmar Davis]

New Cult inductiees :)

We got the room (205) again next Sunday at the same time 5-8 so bring your boards programmers and computers back and I will go over installing testing and using the Software that goes with the kit you all built yesterday.

For those of you who cant make this email me and I will see what I can do about and will keep you in my contacts for the next workshop.


Don.

ddelma...@gmail.com

[Scott Rutschman]

Don,
I'm interested in a future workshop starting from the beginning if you are planning to do it again. I'd really like to make up a few of the low lost arduinos. Let me know if you are going to do another hardware workshop. If not, who would I talk to about buying the components?

Thanks,
Scott

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[dan p]

actually now that I have a working setup, I'd be interested in at least a couple more rbb kits...

[Mr.T]

Dan and Scott:

we have still have ~13 rbbb kits left as well as a ~20 ATMEGA168's with
the Arduino bootloader on them already. RBBB kits are $8 and the 168's are
$5. if you (or anyone else on the list) are interested. drop me an
off-list email and i can get you squared away. I also have the kits at the
regular meetings.

-eric

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[Donald Delmar Davis]

I will bring some to the second section on sunday, and they are generally brought to the biweekly meetings. 

Don.

[dan p]

good! I haven't been able to make it to the regular meetings due to a monday night conflict, but that may be going away. I'll take a couple of the kits if possible. I've got no real plans for them at the moment, so if someone else does then they should get first dibs.

 

Thanks.

 

[Laen]

Do you have any of the USB to TTL programming boards?

On May 13, 11:20 am, Donald Delmar Davis <ddelmarda...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I will bring some to the second section on sunday, and they are
> generally brought to the biweekly meetings.

[Donald Delmar Davis]

The Workshop pretty much cleaned me out (I scrambled together 7 of them sunday morning or I would have had to start turning people away)

I have one or two and a few that may be repairable.

I will be reordering the ftdi chips and I should probably finalize the design for the bare bones Atmel based programmer and start building those out. 

[Donald Delmar Davis]

Sorry I forgot to put the time in last nights reminder

5-8 pm

Donald Delmar Davis wrote:

Bring your soldering irons and completed boards and usb back and we will build an application and run up some simple code.

I will also give a short presentation on what can be done and what some of the other local people are doing with the Arduino platform.

See you then.

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[Donald Delmar Davis]

If you are like me and pay attention to art and robotics you have probably been hearing a lot about the Arduino micro-controller platform and all of the cool things that people are doing with it. In some circles this platform has almost developed a cult like following.  

DorkbotPDX would like to invite you to drink the cool-aid.

 

So.... If you missed the last induction and haven't gotten your Arduino yet, this sunday you can build your own. 

 

DorkbotPDX has put together a cost effective arduino kit ($8) and an equally inexpensive programmer ($10) and this sunday from 2 to 6 PM  at PNCA (1240 NW Johnson -- Room 205 ) we will help you put yours together. 

 

The cost of the seminar is $25 and is limited to the quantities we have on hand (25-30) so if you want to make sure that you get a spot you can prepay for your kit (paypal this address) or email me to RSVP. 

 

You will need to bring a laptop, a usb cable, a soldering iron (10-20 watt pencil type) and a pair of dikes (wire cutters). We will spend the first 2 hours putting the kit together and then after taking a short break we will load the software on your computers and use it to program your micro-controller. 

 

There is more information at http://dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/arduino/cult_induction_rev2

 

See you there.

Don.

[Frank Canaan]

Count me in! What email address do I paypal to?

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