<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">John,<div><br></div><div>If you want to come by the bi-weekly meeting on monday. I can sell you a Dorkboard and a programmer. </div><div>You can follow Jasons instructions at <a href="http://dorkbotpdx.org/dorkboard_assembly_tutorial">http://dorkbotpdx.org/dorkboard_assembly_tutorial</a></div><div><br></div><div>Or you can bring any arduino compatible board. Either way we can work something out. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>See you soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Don.</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 19, 2008, at 9:42 AM, John Brown wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>So what drew me to this group was the desire to start working with the<br>Arduino. Currently, I am embroiled in a multi-touch project, so I<br>haven't gotten any hands on experience with a board, though I have<br>read a ton of stuff on it and am learning C++ (I know several other<br>languages, so it's more adopting it to my current skill set) for the<br>program.<br><br>Having said all that, I would love to attend this workshop. So would a<br>complete beginner be able to follow along? Maybe buying a dorkboard<br>and getting his feet wet with the community? Perhaps I could just come<br>and watch?<br><br>Please let me know if this would be appropriate. I would love to get<br>started with you guys.<br><br>-John Brown<br><br>On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:36 AM, Donald Delmar Davis<br><<a href="mailto:ddelmardavis@gmail.com">ddelmardavis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">As a part of the ongoing Arduino Cult Induction workshop series, this month<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">we will be focusing on sound.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">In particular I will be going over creating sound using the Arduino's built<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">in Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and Direct Digital Synthesis using resistive<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">ladders. We will investigate using the Piezo element<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">as both a simple speaker and an input trigger. We will review the Musical<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) from a hardware and software<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">perspective, and look at a couple of useful integrated<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">circuits (the lm324 and the lm368).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The workshop will cost $25 and participants will recieve a complete midi<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">interface board for the dorkboard/arduino and a piezo element which will be<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">used to create a midi drum trigger.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Participants will also take with them parts for an r2r ladder, an op amp and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">an audio amp capable of driving small speakers or headphones.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Participants should leave the workshop with a better understanding of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">how micro-controllers such as the Arduino can be used to create and control<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">sound, they should have built at least one working musical controller and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">they should have the foundations for several sound related projects.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Please bring your dorkboard, rbba, or other arduino compatible board, a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">soldering iron or breadboard, and a laptop.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The workshop will be held at PNCA (NW 12th and Johnson) in room 205 from<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">1-5pm on Sunday, November 30.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To reserve a space you can paypal the workshop fee<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to <a href="mailto:cult@tempusdictum.com">cult@tempusdictum.com</a> and you can feel free to email me with any<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">questions.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The Arduino Cult Induction series of workshops are Sponsored by Tempus<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dictum, Inc. in support of DorkbotPDX. 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