{"id":35,"date":"2010-08-12T13:53:15","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T18:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2010-08-12T14:06:19","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T19:06:19","slug":"mitch-altman-microcontrollersoldering-session-august-29th-3pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2010\/mitch-altman-microcontrollersoldering-session-august-29th-3pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Altman Microcontroller\/Soldering Session August 29th 3pm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch Altman will be in Madison on August 29th and will be giving one of his famous  workshops for Sector67 on the UW Engineering Campus. Mitch has taught thousands of people to  solder and make cool things with microcontrollers at his workshops at  hacker spaces and hacker conferences and schools almost everywhere.  He  can teach you, too, if you like.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever had any curiosity about making something with  electronics, then please join us.  Anyone and everyone can learn to make  cool things.  And it\u2019s fun.  And easy!  You can learn to make something  cool with electronics in one workshop, and take your cool project home  with you!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll provide all the equipment and instruction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AltmanLEDCube.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[35]\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AltmanLEDCube1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[35]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37\" title=\"AltmanLEDCube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AltmanLEDCube1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AltmanLEDCube1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AltmanLEDCube1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*What*<\/strong>:  Make Cool Things With Microcontrollers! workshop.<br \/>\n<strong>*Where*<\/strong>: Sector67, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=1500+engineering+dr+madison+wi&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=47.483365,79.013672&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=1500+Engineering+Dr,+Madison,+Dane,+Wisconsin+53711&amp;z=16\">1500 Engineering Dr<\/a>, Discovery Center (basement).<br \/>\n<strong>*When*<\/strong>: 3pm-~7pm, 29-August, Sunday.  (It is totally OK to come late.) Stay as little or as long as you like. Most projects take about 1 to 2  hours.<br \/>\n<strong>*Who*<\/strong>:  It is fun to make things in the friendly community of Sector67. Come join us.  All skill levels. Everyone is welcome.<br \/>\n<strong>*Cost*<\/strong>:  Instruction is Free! If you use any kits, reimbursment for kit  price is about $10 to $20, depending on kit. There will be plenty  of cool kits available to build, including:<\/p>\n<p><em>TV-B-Gone<\/em> (turn off TVs in public places!)<br \/>\n<em>Brain Machine<\/em> (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)<br \/>\n<em>LEDcube<\/em> (cool cube of blinky lights!)<br \/>\n<em>Mignonette Game<\/em> (play fun games!)<br \/>\n<em>Trippy RGB Waves<\/em> (interactive colored blinky lights!)<br \/>\n<em>MiniPOV<\/em> (more cool blinky lights!)<br \/>\n<em>MintyBoost<\/em> (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)<\/p>\n<p>and for the more advanced:<br \/>\n<em>microcontroller programmers<\/em> (program all your AVR family chips!), Arduino clones (make just about anything!), and more.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var host = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"http:\/\/\");document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + host + \"wufoo.com\/scripts\/embed\/form.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar z7x4a9 = new WufooForm();\nz7x4a9.initialize({\n'userName':'sector67', \n'formHash':'z7x4a9', \n'autoResize':true,\n'height':'342'});\nz7x4a9.display();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>More info on most of most of these projects is available on Mitch\u2019s   website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CornfieldElectronics.com\">http:\/\/www.CornfieldElectronics.com<\/a> (click on the \u201cmaker  faire\u201d tab). If you have your own project, please bring it by and make  it with us!<\/p>\n<a name=\"target-toc-0\"><\/a><h6>Thank you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycresistor.com\/2010\/01\/15\/mitch-altmans-electronics-workshop-129-8pm\/\">NYC Resistor<\/a> for the announcement text \ud83d\ude09<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitch Altman will be in Madison on August 29th and will be giving one of his famous workshops for Sector67 on the UW Engineering Campus. 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