Imagine creating a simple machine that will water your plants. Or hacking your coffee maker so that it will make coffee before you get out of bed. Artists, designers, hobbyists, and tinkerers are learning new and easy techniques to bring such projects to life.
The Dalhousie Libraries, in partnership with the Halifax Makerspace, want to get you started in the basics of electronics and the Arduino platform. Arduinos are a piece of technology that you can fit in the palm of your hand, connecting your project to electronics, giving it “life.”
The kit you get in the workshop.
This will be the first in a series of workshops that will help you understand how the technology works. No prior knowledge is necessary and we provide all the materials you’ll need. The first workshop will teach you how to set up an LED that’s controlled by a small program and one that’s controlled by a dial. Later workshops will explore buttons, motors and sensors.
I made the LED light up!
The workshop will take place Wednesday, February 12 from 12:30–1:30 p.m. in the Killam Library, room G70. Seating is limited, so please email libsys@dal.ca asking to register for the Makerspace Workshop. We can’t wait to see you!