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Paddy’s Day Hackathon

Looking for an alternative way to spend St. Patrick’s day.? Let your creative side out and come along to our special Paddy’s Day hackathon. Why not add a little bit of green to your projects, a shamrock, a green LED or even a pint of the black stuff.

The hackathon will take place in our space on Thursday 17th of March, with our space open from about 11:00 to late in the evening. In the evening we’ll be having our regular Open Social Night.

Don’t have a project, why not signup for our Shamrock Soldering Workshop.

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Projects Night

We’re doing something different during the Open Social Night on Saturday 5th of March and having a quick Projects Meeting between 19:30 and 20:30. The general idea for this meetings is for people to quickly present any projects or activities they hope to work on over the next 3 months.

The format will consist of each presenter having 2-3 minutes to inspire others to get involved in their project. Presenters don’t have to be TOG members, everybody is welcome. So be creative and use slides, photos, prototypes, etc.

As for projects, anything goes.

After the meeting there will be lots of time to discuss and develop the proposed projects over some beers. BYOB

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LED Dot Matrix Display Workshop

Workshop Description:


During this workshop you will assemble your own Red/Green 8×8 Dot Matrix Display.

Starting with a quick introduction into how the display operates and leading on to an overview of how to convert a circuit into a physical device. You will then use strip board construction techniques to assemble the display.

Only basic soldering skills are required and as a larger project it forms a excellent opportunity to practice and perfect your soldering skills.

The circuit and software are designed to work with an Arduino or compatible device. Although other development boards should also be able to work with the display.

Rates:

General Public €35.00, Students/Unwaged €30.00, TOG Members €25.00

When:

Sunday 20th of February. 11:00 to 17:00

Where:

In TOG. See our location page.

P.S. We have 20 matrix kits and 10 soldering irons so if you can bring along your own iron that would be great.

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Soldering Workshop

Workshop Description:

This hands on workshop will cover various aspects of soldering; from the basic techniques of soldering, to soldering electronic components to make simple circuits. Participants will learn how to solder and finish off the workshop with a kit they can bring home. Check out some photos from previous workshops in our gallery.

Cost:

General Public €15.00, Students/Unwaged €12.00, TOG Members €10.00

When:

Saturday 19th of February.  10:30 to 14:00

Where:

In TOG. See our location page.

No electronics skills required. Participants must be at least 18 years old. Workshop open to ALL Places are limited.

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Geodesic domes and IPv6

We’ve arranged two diverse and interesting talks for our social night during Engineers Week on the evening of Thursday 17th from 7pm.

The first talk will be from Charlie who will be talking about geodesic domes and how to build them in Ireland.

Title: Triangles all the way down
Subtitle: How to build a large, strong geodesic dome in Ireland
Description: A discussion of what geodesic domes are, why they are popular all over the world, and how you can easily build a big one in Ireland with minimal tools.

Our second talk from Paul McDonnell who works with HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education & Research Network will cover the change from IPv4 to IPv6 and how it will effect our lives and the Internet.

Title: IPv4 depletion and IPv6
Description: With the depletion of IPv4 addresses likely before the end of 2011 now is the time to move to IPv6. This talk will cover the current state of IPv4/IPv6, how to connect now using IPv6 and the future of the Internet.

After the talks will be plenty of time to discuss the talks with the presenters and other attendees.

Both these talks and the open social night are free and open to the public. This night is only suitable for over eighteens and BYOB.

Rates:

This event is free and open though only suitable for over eightteens, BYOB. Please let is know if you are coming by using the form below.

When:

Thursday 17th of February. 19.00- 22.00

Where:

In TOG. See our location page.