[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Workshop for this month.

[dalas v.]

I'm also interested in learning about power supplies. I'll be out of town at the end of this month, tho.


--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Michael Bunsen <notbot at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Bunsen <notbot at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] Workshop for this month.
> To: "A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland,  or)" <dorkbotpdx-blabber at dorkbot.org>
> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:59 AM
> I'd be really interested in a workshop on power and
> various battery
> technologies.
> 
> How to make power your own circuit or dorkboard with a wall
> wart, rebuild a
> laptop battery with NiCads, recharge you ipod with AAs,
> etc. Discussion
> about how to know what power you need and how to get it.
> How to read
> component specs/datasheets (e.g. min/max power input and
> output of a relay).
> At the motor workshop we touched on using a safety diode in
> circuits with a
> big load like solenoids -- other things like that would be
> awesome: when
> does caution end and parinoia begin with electricity? Might
> be a good
> oppurtunity to play with some analog circuits and an
> oscilliscope (and/or
> headphones?)
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Jason Plumb
> <jason at noisybox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Open-hack is a great idea and seems like it
> doesn't preclude people who
> > want to dive into dorkboards/benitos/micros from
> coming for the first time.
> >
> > For those wondering or cal challenged, the last sunday
> of this month is the
> > 28th.
> >
> > If we (the collective dorkbotpdx-we) have the space
> available on each last
> > Sunday, there's some really solid potential there!
>  A few of us have kicked
> > around the idea of another circuit bending jobby and
> I've kicked around the
> > idea of a semi-regular patching circle with dorkbot
> folks....there's also
> > the way overdue widely popular and widely
> poo-poo'd
> > roll-your-own-pcb-workshop we've talked about for
> years now...
> >
> > As long as we think the times aren't too weird, we
> could consider using the
> > space for the formal presentation/speaker events. 
> Compared to the gallery
> > space we used last time, we'd only be one block
> away and really won't be
> > giving up much space in favor of a better geometry....
> >
> > What does everybody else think?
> >
> > -jason
> >
> >
> > Donald Delmar Davis wrote:
> >
> >> Starting this month we will have the Induction
> Space on the last sunday of
> >> each month and I am working on what is the best
> approach for the series. If
> >> there aren't issues between PARTs and PSU I
> will be doing a regular
> >> induction for the Portland Area Robotics Society
> meeting at the beginning of
> >> next month so I was thinking that this month I
> would would do an open lab
> >> where people could bring in what they were working
> on and bring in any
> >> problems they were having along with sharing ideas
> for future workshop. This
> >> would be free to previous inductees or sliding
> scale as there will not be
> >> any kits involved although I still have motor
> workshop kits and will bring
> >> dorboards as well.
> >>
> >> Let me know what you collectively think and I will
> adjust accordingly.
> >>
> >> Don (aka feurig).
> >>
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