Our third set of official Coder Dojo classes (5 Sundays in a row) was held back in Nov-Dec and covered beginner robotics. To make it fun we wanted to make fighting robots. To keep the costs down we chose mini sumo style competition where the robots push each other out of the ring instead of …
Our Coder Dojo classes are the most attended of all. We had to get out our spare folding chairs from the closet to be able to seat every one. These classes are all absolutely free and geared to kids ages 10 and up, but if they are younger and still interested bring them anyway as …
This past Saturday we had the first of 5 classes for our professional web development company. The first class was basic HTML and the web. It was probably our most attended class yet! There were 23 people total in attendance of all ages and experience. We had kids, teens, adults, and seniors all with no …
What a fun way to learn how to use the 3D printers and laser cutter as well as how to use CAD 2D and 3D software to design or tweak others’ designs. We are going to use Wednesday’s arts & crafts night to learn how to design our own fidget spinners! Then we’ll use Friday’s …
A fast-track course to basic electronics and programming lite. Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday, April 29, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Learn more about the class’s content at: https://electronicsarduinobreadboardlab.wordpress.com/ The breadboard pictured above will be assembled in the beginning …
For the past four Wednesdays we’ve been using the Hobby-vac vacuum former we built to create chocolate molds. We’ve found a great plastic sheet to use from widgetworksunlimited.com. It’s PETG which is FDA food safe and is the same plastic you see all those “clam shell” packages at the stores. We did need to visit …
Today we held the official, final Mini Sumo autonomous fighting robot competition tournament. It was done in a round robin style with two bots per match with best out of three rounds winning the match. Each robot got a point for winning a match. We gave a Raspberry Pi 3 starter kit to the first …
Our next class series will be building, programming, testing, and fighting mini sumo robots! Mini sumo bots are fully autonomous with no remote controls! We have worked tirelessly putting together kits full of parts to bring the cost way down so almost anyone can get started for $26! We laser cut and 3D printed as …
We held the second of two Arduino classes at the Melboburne Makerspace on June 25, 2016 from 1-5 pm. Last Saturday was the first class where we learned the basics of what an Arduino was and how it works on a very high level then did a few simple projects making an LED blink and fade …
Today was day one of the Arduino Bootcamp. Arduino is an easy to use micro-controller platform that allows you to create simple or very complex electronic projects. You can learn more at Arduino.cc. We will hold the second class in this series next Saturday on June 25. To RSVP, head over to the MeetUp page …
