Tonight, by popular demand – “Ask an engineer” 10pm ET with special guest Amanda“w0z” Wozniak. w0z was on a previous show (our most info-packed one so far) – and she designed the MONOCHRON clock enclosure. W0z is a staff Electrical Engineer at Wyss Institute and formerly an applications Engineer at Analog Devices. This will be a great show. Previous video here (thanks George).
Pictured above, W0z’s suitcase – when she visits us she brings a toothbrush and a suitcase full of electronics! Pictured below, one of W0z’s drawings for the MONOCHRON.
Tonight, Saturday 2/27/2010 – 10pm ET – “Ask an Engineer” – our weekly LIVE video chat!
What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or an seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer you engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week.
This week we’ll go through some more of chapters one of the books we stock “Make: Electronics by Charles Platt” We checked out this book before putting it in the shop, its geared towards ultimate-beginners and teaches electronics starting from basic core of analog to some digital to microcontrollers. You’ll learn tools, prototyping soldering techniques, transistors, 555’s, etc. while completing useful projects. A nice and tidy intro! This book is a good accompaniment to learning microcontrollers/Arduino in that it fills the necessary electronics theory and background.
We celebrate the released of the MONOCHRON clock, yay! If you’re around *during* the chat we’ll have a discount code for Adafruit kits (including the clock).
Chat details!
Visit our new “chat” section on Adafruit at 10pm ET, Saturday nights
Happy Chinese New Year! Stop by for “Ask an engineer” TONIGHT 10pm ET – 2/13/2010 tonight!
YEAR OF THE METAL TIGER
1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 – Tiger people are sensitive, given to deep thinking, capable of great sympathy. They can be extremely short-tempered, however. Other people have great respect for them, but sometimes tiger people come into conflict with older people or those in authority. sometimes Tiger people cannot make up their minds, which can result in a poor, hasty decision or a sound decision arrived at too late. They are suspicious of others, but they are courageous and powerful. Tigers are most compatible with Horses, Dragons, and Dogs.
Topics will include:
MONOCHRON clock kit is finished, parts are on the way – you can pre-order during the show. The demand was so high from folks who could not attend last week we’re going to do this again. We also did not have a lot of time to answer questions, so we’ll spend more time this week on engineering questions. Clock and engineering Q&A – *this* is what Saturday nights are made of!
We will have a 10% off code for ADAFRUIT KITS during the chat and 10% pre-orders for the MONOCHRON clock. We’ll also have a give away and MOSFET THE CAT. Happy Chinese New Year!
Chat details!
Visit our new “chat” section on Adafruit at 10pm ET, Saturday nights
Stop by for an EPIC “Ask an engineer” TONIGHT 10pm ET – 2/6/2010 tonight!
Topics will include:
A NEW MintyBoost model that will be released, charges NiMH cells. It’s awesome. Will be out in 1-2 months
A new DATALOGGER SHIELD will be out soon, we’re using it to test the upcoming MintyBoost
MONOCHRON clock kit is finished, parts are on the way – you can pre-order during the show (this will be the only pre-order time)
New blog & product page features will be released in the next week or so
Are we crazy for talking about upcoming products and projects? Time will tell! But the only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once!
We will have a 10% off code for ADAFRUIT KITS during the chat and 10% pre-orders for the MONOCHRON clock. It’s a crazyada superbowl sale!
Chat details!
Visit our new “chat” section on Adafruit at 10pm ET, Saturday nights
