[dorkbotbristol-blabber] Cardiff

[David Henshall]

(Alex wrote)
Had a chat to Ben, sounds like we need something a bit more concrete  
for cardiff, i.e. live bending or making something from scratch.

The dates for Cardiff are 23rd and 24th October 11.00am - 4.00pm

We will be having another Dorkbot Hack/meeting at Hamilton House on  
Tuesday 6th October 6.30 to 9.00

If we need to order components Tuesday would be the time to decide.

David H





On 1 Oct 2009, at 17:35, Richard Sewell wrote:

> Which reminds me - here's a little 555 opto thereminalike that I  
> built with HiRez a while ago:
> http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2008-04/build-pocket-theremin-cheap
> It's simple and it makes a pleasingly squonky noise, if you are  
> looking for that kind of thing.
>
> Richard
>
> Block wrote:
>>
>> Hi guys
>> Sorry i missed the brainstorm on tuesday.
>>
>> Had a chat to Ben, sounds like we need something a bit more  
>> concrete for cardiff, i.e. live bending or making something from  
>> scratch.
>> I'm up for either..
>>
>> I've been having a look around for some simple noisy things to make:
>> Atari punk console - essentially a 556/dual555 as oscillators,  
>> there are some pcbs for sale here for $4 each which is pretty  
>> cheap, could easily make them ourselves though.(If we fancy going  
>> cheap and cheerful could always print circuit diagrams onto thick  
>> cardboard and pop the pins through ;o)
>> 556 version from getlofi
>> http://www.getlofi.com/?p=1462
>> dual 555 version
>> http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/seljer/album114/
>>
>> Or if we're feeling adventurous we could create something out of a  
>> 40106 Hex Inverter (my soundbox uses one of these), the plus is  
>> that one chip can do 6 oscillators.
>>
>> A half decent start would be here: http://hackaday.com/2008/05/01/ 
>> how-to-make-a-digital-synthesizer/
>> he's using 2 inverters for an oscillator with LFO.
>>
>> there's a FM version here that utilizes two inverters as well.
>> http://www.fluxmonkey.com/electronoize/40106Oscillator.htm
>>
>> Would take a bit of prototyping but i'm sure we could create  
>> something suitably noisy.
>> would be quite nice to have a creation to show off too rather than  
>> just reusing the atari punk.
>>
>> Ps when is cardiff so i can put it in my diary...
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> alex
>>
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