[ELECTRON] Freeduino building list / Arduino tutorial workshop list
Ross Feilen
gm7wed at ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 8 14:37:45 UTC 2009
Simon, Kenny,
I'd asked Kenny Duffus a few days ago to look into setting up an EC
server based mailing list for the Freeduino building project but
haven't heard back - he did say he was rather busy this month.
My thoughts on the matter are that there will be two spheres of
activity relating to the Arduino boards: building them (collaborative
workshops through our SOLDER group); and using them (I see others have
suggested an Arduino workshop in the future).
Could we separate the two projects by having a Freeduino-building list
now, with a re-focus on using the Arduino platform (and transfer of
list members) when such a course materialises?
I'd like to provide whoever manages this list with the emails of those
buying boards through me so they can be auto-subscribed, but perhaps
an invitation could be sent through the regular EC mailing list
inviting others to join as folk might have placed their own orders.
When offering a group buy of DIY Arduino kits I saw an opportunity to
(a) encourage EC members to get experience with soldering and build a
self-contained, straightforward and cheap microcontroller development
kit for beginners and (b) give those considering Arduino-based
workshops some more time to get things together (some said they were
too busy to do this at present). I'll be happy to come along to
Arduino workshops to help but would hope others could actually take
charge and run the course!
I intend that building the kits will be a finite project of three
evening workshops. Provisionally the dates I had in mind were Wed 22
July, Mon 3 Aug and Tue 11 Aug (pending the arrival of kits in time).
Most builders should complete in one or two sessions. Having different
days of the week means everyone should manage at least one evening and
secondly space/resources will be less tight this way. I'll announce
firmer plans in due course.
Ross
SOLDER group leader
radio callsign GM7WED
On 8 Jul 2009, at 14:44pm, Simon Yuill wrote:
> Hi Kenny,
>
> No worries, in the past it was the case that people needed to set up
> lists separately but we can now do it all 'under one roof'.
>
> The Electron Club website is a wiki and has blogging functionality
> built-in so you can also have the collaborative CMS resources there
> too
> should you need it.
>
> One question, what do you want to be called? Freeduino group, Ardiuno
> group or 'Leccie Knitters' who used to do this stuff? Let me know
> which
> people prefer and I will set up the list with yourself as moderator
> and
> put a page for the group on the website.
>
> best wishes
> Si
>
>
>
>
> Kenny Gillen wrote:
>> That would make sense Si.
>>
>> I didn't want to suggest anything that involved someone else's
>> effort,
>> rather than my own, nor did I know that this facility existed with
>> the
>> Electron Club's system architecture.
>>
>> The advantage of the Google group is in it's collaborative CMS in the
>> "Pages" system - but there's probably no need for that anyway for a
>> group of folks creating Arduino boards.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Kenny
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org
>> <mailto:simon at lipparosa.org>> wrote:
>>
>> good to see this is coming together.
>>
>> if people want, we could set up an arduino list on the electron
>> club
>> mail server, that way it would integrate with our other lists and
>> people could manage them all from the one account, plus messages
>> would all be archived at the same URL so it can form a resource
>> for
>> others.
>>
>> same goes for other groups that might need similar stuff.
>>
>> best wishes
>> Si
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:19:41 +0100
>> Kenny Gillen <subflux at gmail.com <mailto:subflux at gmail.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I set up a google group for the Arduino Huddle in case the
>> frequency
>> Arduino-building related chatter became a nuisance to the
>> Electron Club
>> Greater email list.
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/freeduino-solderers
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:55 AM, makerfair <
>> mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow at yahoo.co.uk
>> <mailto:mcmadsat09-makerfairglasgow at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm up for Seb's Arduino Huddle. Do we bring our own
>> soldering irons etc?
>>
>> Regards
>> *Nina Baker*
>>
>>
>>
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>> --- On *Fri, 3/7/09, Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at gmail.com
>> <mailto:seb.bacon at gmail.com>>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Seb Bacon <seb.bacon at gmail.com
>> <mailto:seb.bacon at gmail.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [ELECTRON] Freeduino kits now ordered
>> To: "Discussion list for the Electron Club"
>> <members at electronclub.org
>> <mailto:members at electronclub.org>>
>> Date: Friday, 3 July, 2009, 9:43 AM
>>
>>
>> Fantastic, thanks Ross!
>>
>> I'm up for forming a huddle of Arduino newbies in the
>> corner
>> at SOLDER
>> as soon as the kits arrive - and making a regular
>> co-learning session
>> of it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Seb
>>
>> 2009/7/3 Ross Feilen <gm7wed at ntlworld.com
>> <mailto:gm7wed at ntlworld.com><http://uk.mc866.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=gm7wed@ntlworld.com
>> >
>>
>>> :
>>> Right, kits now ordered!
>>>
>>> People who asked me for kits (in order of asking) were:
>>>
>>> 1) Kenny Gillen
>>> 2) Seb Bacon
>>> 3) Roy Shearer
>>> 4) Kenny Duffus
>>> 5) Nina Baker
>>> 6) Mark Bryars
>>> 7) Gordon Pearce
>>> 8) Ian Bitmap
>>>
>>> I expect delivery within 2 weeks. Nominally the kits were
>> £14.89 each
>> (inc
>>> p&p) but in case 15% VAT import duty is added on delivery
>> I will wait
>> until
>>> receipt before sending out invoices.
>>>
>>> As soon as the kits are here I will let everyone know and
>> will be
>> available
>>> at SOLDER group sessions or if inconvenient I can arrange
>> other times to
>>> hand over.
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2 Jul 2009, at 21:26pm, Ross Feilen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> As in my email a few days ago, I'll be ordering the
>> Freeduino kits
>>>> tomorrow
>>>> morning, if anyone else wants one, let me know ASAP.
>>>>
>>>> Previous email follows, for reference.
>>>>
>>>> Ross
>>>> SOLDER group leader
>>>> Radio callsign GM7WED
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