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

Hannah Grimm dharlette at gmail.com
Sat Mar 29 00:33:54 UTC 2014


I don't think you're a creeper, I just try to be careful!

Please do document anything you've done with them!  A lot of time & effort
is spent by teachers reinventing the wheel when they could be building on
each other's work.


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Dennis Gentry <dennis.gentry at gmail.com>wrote:

> [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.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
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