It’s Pi Day! Here’s how we celebrated this holiday at Melbourne Makerspace. Our great presenter James brought a few of his projects involving Raspberry Pi’s along with versions of the brand new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. He also discussed a few uses and ways to hack your Pi. His wife baked a few delicious […]
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Sorry for the late update everyone. Life’s been pretty busy with all the holiday stuff happening. Class 3 at the Melbourne Makerspace was a recap of weeks 1 and 2, as well as an introduction to basic circuits. 25 attendees enjoyed getting together and learning together basic electronics. Using components such as resistors, capacitors, transistors,
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Today, we held our second course on the Basic Breadboard Electronics classes. Today’s session we discussed component identification. There are 2 parts to this course. Part 1 and Part 2. We apologize for the delay of the classes by a week. The parts that Jaycon Systems ordered were held up in customs last week and we were unable to hold the
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This week, we had 2 different variations of robotic hands from James’ popsicle stick and Jon’s laser cut version, some discussion about gym automation, e-paper, MSP430 and much more. Gene showed off a plotted page from the vinyl cutter using a 3D printed pen holder. He has also made a Sharpie holder for it. Enjoy
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This past weekend was the Introduction of our 10 week Basic Breadboard Electronics classes. It was a great turnout for the first class with over 20 in attendance. The kits provided to us by Jaycon Systems were very helpful in providing a basic knowledge of Ohms Law. James did a fantastic job introducing basic electronics principles to
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Here are a few pictures from our latest Show N Tell. This week, we had several great projects shown. Brad from Ultibots showed off the ability of their 3D printers by bringing in a Hexcopter. There was no flight but telling us about the abilities of their robot. Maybe we’ll invite him to the Makerspace and
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This past weekend, Brian and I attended the first Startup Weekend Space Coast. It was sponsored by our good friends at Trep Hub and the Florida Institute of Technology. It’s a very interesting worldwide competition for those who wish to learn different trades, start a business, have an idea to pitch, meet new people, join a world-wide
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Thank you to all those that attended our Grand Opening this past weekend. There are many more to come from some of our other members.
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After lots of hard work and many generous donations. We are finally opening for business. http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Makerspace-Florida-USA/events/147568272 Saturday November 2nd is the Grand Opening of our local MakerSpace. We will be starting at noon with a covered dish lunch and socializing around project exhibits. Come hang out a great bunch of people from all kinds of
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