Come see an awesome electronics demonstration by our Swiss CMU Professor member Luc Berger. His demonstrations are always extremely popular, unusual, and interesting. Its the kind of stuff you wish Physics teachers did more of in school. Topics for the demo • This demonstration starts with a simple review and…
Saturday, July 15, 2017, 2pm-4pm: Introductory Programming in Python What is this Class? This is an INTRODUCTORY class for people wanting to start learning how to program computers. It is intended for people who have never programmed anything before; we can’t cram an entire college-level programming class into one evening, but this class should leave…
What is this Class? This is the next class in HackPittsburgh’s series of classes for 2017. We are continuing on the journey to be able to build your own robot or 3d printer. Now that you know a little bit about sensors and Arduino programming, its time to learn how to make things…
Plenty of tickets left for Learn to Solder Class on May 20 @ 10am-2pm This class will teach you to solder or help you practice your skills if they are a little rusty. We will guide you through the process of building an Arduino from a kit. Kits will be provided and in the end…
May is going to be a busy month for HackPittsburgh! Free Intro to Oscilloscopes class on May 5th at 7pm. 3D Printer Group Meeting 3DPPGH on May 10th at 7pm. https://sites.google.com/site/3dppgh/home HackPittsburgh will have a booth at Remake Learning Days Kickoff on May 15, 3-6pm https://remakelearningdays.org/event/remake-learning-days-kick-off-event Learn to Solder Class on May 20th, 10am-2pm (Part…
Time of event: 7:30 – 9:00 pm with discussion and Q&A. It’s easy in this culture to get in a routine of eating prepackaged food, fast food, and restaurant meals. Fewer people today know how to cook than generations before. But like any craft or art form, cooking is a matter of practice and inspiration. And…
In this class you will learn about many types of sensors, including: switches, voltage dividers, potentiometers, ultrasonic distance sensors, and my personal favorite, the accelerometer (you have one in your smartphone. It allows your phone to do magic!) You will learn the electrical and physics properties of these sensors and the proper way to use…
3D Printer Tuning Friday, March 17 at 7:30pm The official follow up to the HackPGH / 3DPPGH Build day, you can come and see the i3 Printers being dialed in and learn about bed leveling, PID tuning, software setup and more. The printers will be tweaked and tuned and you can see how these simple…
Our member Joachim, also known as Makerj101 on Youtube. Came and filmed a tour of our space! Check it out! While you’re on his youtube channel, Check out his other awesome videos and subscribe!
Time of event: 7:30 – 9:00 pm with discussion and Q&A. It’s easy in this culture to get in a routine of eating prepackaged food, fast food, and restaurant meals. Fewer people today know how to cook than generations before. But like any craft or art form, cooking is a matter of practice and inspiration. And…