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Facebook Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/437126759827103/

All Box materials are to be provided.

Class Cost: $50
For those of you with a Rocket Republic Coupon: -$5 off!

We would ask that if you plan to attend the class, please sqarecash a $10 deposit with your name/Steampunk Box Class, using cashtag $MakersLocal. If you do not have the Squarecash app, you may download it on your phone or from https://cash.me/.

We want to customize this experience for those who will attend. I have set up a survey for colors of felt and paint to have on hand for those that will take the class. Please follow the link below:

http://surveynuts.com/surveys/take?id=56493&c=688084757HJVJ

Note: Default colors will be red for the felt and front inset, then copper for the gears, feet, and front face as shown in the photo.

 

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We have a special guest coming by this Thursday to do workshop about programming your Baofeng Radio. These are inexpensive portable ham radios, $25 on Amazon.

The presentation will begin at 6:30pm – Dec. 17 2015. Bring your dinner and join us in the fun!

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This coming Tuesday (Nov 3) at 7:00 PM, we have some amazing people from YourDuino.com coming by Makers Local 256 to give a presentation/demo/Q&A on Arduino microcontrollers and embedded electronics in general. They’re touring around the Southeast and ML256 is one of the many places they chose to stop by!

Their main objective is to talk to people about Arduino and what you can do with it. They’ll have some kits and parts available during and after the presentation, so if you don’t have an Arduino (or two) already, you can pick one up then. They’ll be showing off a neat display of a few different Arduino projects and circuits, so it should be interesting and fun!

They’ll be going through the entire process of designing, connecting, and coding up a simple Arduino project from start to finish. If you have any questions about your own project, they would love to discuss ideas and give help where they can.

There’s no cost to attend the presentation, but they will have parts available for sale if you need them. Anyone is welcome to attend!

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Tomorrow (Saturday, January 31, 2015), Brian Pappas and Tyler Crumpton will be teaching a class on how to build an RC quadcopter from off-the-shelf components. A few sets of parts have been purchased by some individuals, and we’ll be assembling those while going over how the machines work and operate.

The quadcopters can carry small action cameras like the GoPro for recording some pretty amazing aerial footage! The class starts at 1PM and there is no cost to attend. For more information on the class or the parts used in the builds, check out the wiki page for the event.

Here’s a teaser video of the quadcopter we’ll be building (slight differences):