Our own member Jeffrey Roe went on this weeks Tech Central Podcast. It had been seven years since Nail and Jeffrey catch up about the goings on about our space.
Check it out below from 16:15 .
Line Following Robots
We recently ran a Electronic “Build-It” Workshop. We have twelve build a line following robot. The little robot was an all analog device, not an arduino insight. Check out the photos from the workshop in our gallery and the video below of them inaction.
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Painting Lines
The car park outside our space has just been repainted. When visiting you can park in any of the spaces marked Caminio Ways. For more snaps visit our gallery.
Featured on Hackaday : Taming A Variac With A Thermistor
We are delighted to have one of our member’s projects featured on Hackaday,
TAMING A VARIAC WITH A THERMISTOR
The folks at TOG, Dublin Hackerspace, have a large variac. A variac is a useful device for testing some fault conditions with AC mains powered equipment, it allows an operator to dial in any AC output voltage between zero, and in the case of TOG’s variac, 250V.
Their problem was with such a magnificent device capable of handling nearly 3KW, it presented an inductive load with a huge inrush current at power-on that would always take out the circuit breakers. Breakers come with different surge current handling capabilities, evidently their building is fitted with the domestic rather than the industrial variants.
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Read the full story over on their website. http://hackaday.com/2016/05/15/taming-a-variac-with-a-thermistor/
This is not the first time we have been featured, the Twitter Knitter got the Hackaday treatment too. http://hackaday.com/2013/08/20/twitter-knitter-combines-40-year-old-hardware-with-modern-social-media/
The Big Day Out
We are back this year at the Big Day Out in Merrion Square . A family friendly day, filled with all sorts of goings on. We will be in the SFI Discover Science zone. We will be showcasing a whole host of new and crowd favorite projects. The event is free and a great way to end the St Patricks Festival.
Date: 12:00 – 18:00 20th March 2016
Cost: Free, no booking required.
Address: Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Goodbye Old TOG, Hello New
At the stroke of midnight just past, the original TOG organisation that was started back in 2009 ceased to be. At our AGM in January, we voted to wind up that organisation. From today, our new TOG Hackerspace DAC will continue to take us forward.
Last summer we started a process of building a new legal and organisational structure that would better serve the members and the organisation itself. We started a new company with a new constitution, elected directors and moved to a new space with a new lease. We set up a new bank account, created a new method for members to join and restarted all of our regular evenings and events. If you’re interested in joining us, drop in to see us anytime or contact us online. We’ll be glad to give you a tour of our space and tell you about some of our activities.