Arduino for Beginners Workshop, Sunday 2nd August 2015

Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino for Beginners Workshop, Sunday 2nd August 2015[…]

Repairing an Axon AX 100 guitar-to-MIDI converter (part 1)

AXON AX-100 Front

Gareth writes: I’ve wanted a Guitar-to-MIDI converter (a.k.a. a guitar synth) for yonks. In particular, I’ve been looking for an Axon AX 100 unit; they were renowned for the speed and accuracy of the tracking that the proprietary neural network software could achieve. Unfortunately the AX 100 has been out of production for years, and used units are commanding prices in the high hundreds of pounds. However, I recently found a reasonably priced spares-or-repair unit on eBay, so I picked it up.

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Arduino to Next Level Workshop, November 2014

A one-day Arduino workshop hosted by Edinburgh Hacklab. Following on from Getting Started with Arduino Workshop the workshop assumes some previous knowledge and use of Arduino. If you’ve attended the Arduino workshop at the Hacklab then your ready to continue learning where you left off. Topics covered include: Using a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Saving Read more about Arduino to Next Level Workshop, November 2014[…]

Arduino for Beginners Workshop – Saturday 25th October

Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino for Beginners Workshop – Saturday 25th October[…]

Arduino for Beginners Workshop – Saturday 7th June

Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino for Beginners Workshop – Saturday 7th June[…]

Start 2014 with a Edinburgh Hacklab Workshop

We are repeating the very popular Soldering and Arduino workshops in the new year. Ideal as Christmas presents, especially for those often hard-to-buy-for geeks in your family. No previous knowledge of soldering, electronics or programming is required, we start with the basics and help you to learn at your own pace. Soldering Workshop Saturday 11th Read more about Start 2014 with a Edinburgh Hacklab Workshop[…]

Soldering Workshop – Saturday 16 November

We quite often hear people saying “I’d love to get into electronics but i don’t know how to solder” Although you can do lot of electronics including our Arduino Workshop without needing to solder, it quickly becomes a really handy skill to make you own projects and fix/hack electronics. The workshop starts with the absolute Read more about Soldering Workshop – Saturday 16 November[…]

Arduino Workshop, 28th September 2013

Arduino is a micro-controller platform designed for ease of use and learning. It allows the creation of electronically controlled projects, whether it be simple blinking lights, a robot or a music generator. This workshop is aimed at beginners. You don’t needs any previous electronics or programming knowledge or experience. Topics covered include: An introduction to Read more about Arduino Workshop, 28th September 2013[…]