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2011-04-17 Easter is coming!


Easter is coming up, and so is a really nice Easter workshop in TOG.

As some of you know, I moved to Austria two months ago. Since I’m coming for a visit next week, I decided to bring lots of nice things with me, to show you how we decorate for Easter back in Austria :).

The workshop will start by creating an Easter decoration from scratch, beginning with a raw piece of wood that needs to be grained and branches fresh from the tree that we will turn into a basket.

Once the hard woodwork is done, we’ll create chickens and butterflies out of wool and ribbons for the most colourful spring impression possible. There will also be plenty of flowers, pussy willows and lady bugs to complete our work of art.

To not leave our Easter basket empty, we will color and decorating eggs (that can still be eaten afterwards), as well as fill it with various chocolate goodies – a vital part of this holiday.

Fee: 15€ for non-members / 9€ for members (eggs and chocolate included)
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Shamrock soldering workshop

In this Paddy’s Day themed workshop participants will be shown the steps involved in etching a PCB, basic surface mount soldering and will have a choice of Shamrock kits to assemble.

40 LED Shamrock – €12 Members, €14 Student/Unwaged, €16 General Public
68 LED Shamrock – €24 Members, €28 Student/Unwaged, €32 General Public
LED Shamrock Badge – €14 Members, €17 Student/Unwaged, €20 General Public

Most of these kits involved only basic surface mount soldering techniques, which even beginners should be able to handle. Additional kits from previous workshops will also be available.

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Dexy Documentation Hack Day

Tog will be hosting a Dexy Documentation Hack Day, led by the Dexy creator Ana Nelson. If you are interested in learning Dexy, while also contributing to an open source project, and having a fun day out with fellow geeks, then here is your chance!

The workshop will be held on Saturday, 26 March 2011 in Tog, from 10am till 5pm. This will be a hands-on hack day where we will be writing real documentation, so it’s a great chance to learn-by-doing. It’s absolutely free and will be lots of fun!

You don’t have to be an expert programmer, but you should be comfortable with the command line and have some programming experience. The signup form is over there: http://www.eventbrite.com/s/3wxR and also contains a bit more information. If you have any questions feel free to leave them in the comments or get in touch with Ana.

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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.