[Noisebridge-discuss] On a brighter note...

Dennis Gentry dennis.gentry at gmail.com
Fri Mar 28 22:24:44 UTC 2014


[Oops, I'm really not used to the "avoid off-list (personal info) requests"
convention.  I am used to a friendlier or more outgoing community, but *I
totally get it and won't do it again*.  (I feel oddly ashamed, like you
think I'm some kind of latent stalker, but I'll get over that :)
 Everywhere else I've participated (university, research, industry), the
convention is for the most considerate folks to not "spam the list" with
stuff that might not be on-topic, but I guess noisebridge or the modern
world is hostile enough, especially to women, to make this obsolete.
 Onward with a smile:]

What they're doing at Double Union (
http://doubleunion.tumblr.com/post/79951996963/programming-attiny-thursday-20th-march)
looks really great, thanks.  I was volunteering to help with something just
like that.  A couple of years ago, I designed a small ATTiny board (8 pin
DIP) and have been using it as a platform for other
projects<https://github.com/dgentry/tiny-mite-pwm/blob/master/README.md>,
so maybe this will inspire me to document it and update it for use in paper
toys (8 pin SMT, maybe).

Regards,
Dennis
---
Not actually some kind of latent stalker:
https://www.facebook.com/dennis.gentry
https://plus.google.com/+DennisGentry



On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Hannah Grimm <dharlette at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dennis,
> As a general rule, I prefer not to be messaged off-list with requests for
> personal information.  I'm moving this on-list.  I hope you can understand
> and will keep future communication there.
>
> With that said, if you're interested in programmable paper circuits, I'd
> recommend using an ATtiny AVR programmer<https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11801> and
> an AVR 8 pin microcontroller. <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9378>
> They're small, easy to set up, and flat enough to work well on paper (not
> to mention MUCH less intimidating and far cheaper than the typical Arduino,
> which is why I like them).  Double Union has a post<http://doubleunion.tumblr.com/post/79951996963/programming-attiny-thursday-20th-march>that links to all of the guides to install everything you need.  I'm very
> new to programming, but am working with a computer science teacher to
> create more documentation for paper circuits as a project going forwards.
>
> Hannah
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Dennis Gentry <dennis.gentry at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Hannah,
>>
>> Where do you teach?  I went and looked at your G+ pages and the paper
>> circuits look awesome.  I want to work on making the transition from a
>> full-on Arduino (Uno or whatever) to a tiny SMD chip powered by a coin cell
>> (so you can fit the whole thing into a small paper creation) really easy.
>>  There is already the Arduino Pro Mini 3.3v (which will be costing only $6
>> for a pair, tomorrow-only from Sparkfun) but maybe we could package it up a
>> bit to make it even easier.
>>
>> Also, my 11 year old thinks he hates school.  Will you please be his
>> teacher instead?  :)
>>
>> I'd be happy to answer Arduino/electronics/software questions if that
>> would help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Hannah Grimm <dharlette at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I'm learning how to use Arduino to program paper circuit art!
>>>
>>> Next step: figuring out how to make it easy enough for a twelve year old
>>> >.<
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Dennis Gentry <dennis.gentry at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I diagnosed a bunch of GPU panics on a macbook, made a stepper motor
>>>> turn more smoothly, and soldered up a driver for an RGB LED.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 27 March 2014 21:24, Darius Garza <313kid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Raise your hand if you hacked something today !
>>>>>
>>>>> ::raises hand::
>>>>> Ha, thanks, I had the same thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was hacking on my commute on a KiCAD
>>>>> output-to-solder-paste-dispensing GCode program today.
>>>>> https://github.com/hzeller/rpt2paste
>>>>>
>>>>> -h
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > +1, d.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>>> > Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>>>> > Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>>>> > https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>>>> >
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/attachments/20140328/553f31c4/attachment.html>


More information about the Noisebridge-discuss mailing list