2 April: Arduino Day 2016 at Starship Factory
On 2 April 2016 the international Arduino Day takes place again. And this time too we at Starship Factory will be putting on a varied programme. A few highlights: For everyone curious and new to it, Christoph from Starship Factory gives an insight into the Arduino world: what is an Arduino? What do you do with it? How can I dive into the Arduino world myself, right here? Dr. Mathias Wilhelm presents his HelvePIC32 project, an Arduino-compatible microcontroller to solder together yourself. Cedric from CS Audio Design presents his Gesture Based Performance System (GePS) in a workshop, which turns body movements into music. The detailed programme with all the activities will be published shortly. But do not wait for it — put 2 April in your calendar today!
April at Starship Factory
New space, new possibilities: this April we are offering a whole series of workshops for interested people. Saturday, 11 April 2015, 15:00: Making spare parts with OpenSCAD (3 hours) Missing a spare part, or has something broken? With OpenSCAD and a pair of callipers a replacement is made in no time. Bring CHF 20 and we will show you how.
Arduino Day on Saturday, 28.03.2015
This Saturday, 28 March 2015, is international Arduino Day! From 14:00 to 18:00 you can bring your own Arduino projects to us at Starship Factory, talk about microcontrollers, or find out what an Arduino actually is. There is bound to be an exciting new project in it for someone. Do you not have an Arduino of your own, or are all your Arduinos already tied up in other projects? No problem: Arduinos and other microcontrollers are available here at Starship Factory too, for a contribution towards costs.
Arduino ISP programmer
There are lots of things you can build with an Arduino. The prerequisite, though, is being able to program the microcontroller sitting on the Arduino — that is, to put into words the computer understands what the microcontroller should do, and to store the result on the microcontroller. Programming microcontrollers is, surprisingly, a task you can carry out perfectly well with an Arduino. Some enthusiasts have already looked into the problem and written Arduino programs for programming microcontrollers. Here are a few examples: