Saturday, November 15th – (Class) Learn to Solder: Arduino

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 you will go home with your brand new DIY Arduino ready to make your project…

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Saturday, Sept 28th – (Class) Learn to Solder: Arduino

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 you will go home with your brand new DIY Arduino ready to make your project…

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Saturday, Mar 23rd – (Class) Learn to Solder: Arduino

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 you will go home with your brand new DIY Arduino ready to make your project…

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Intro to Electroluminescent Wire

You’ve seen it at Burning Man, Pyrotopia and even on Katy Perry: Colorful wire that glows like neon. Now learn how to create your own art illuminated with electroluminescent wire (EL-wire). This 4-hour workshop will teach you everything you need to know to get started, including: — How EL-wire works — How to solder the…

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Learn to Solder

Interested in soldering, but need help getting started? Come learn tosolder at HackPittsburgh with the fun and simple Tactile Metronome kit. We will guide you through the art and practice of soldering with this easy-to-assemble kit. This class will teach you to solder, or help you practice your through-hole soldering skills if you are a…

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Fizzy Drinks Class @ HackPGH Saturday, June 26th!

In this class, Marek Michalowski of Dirty Robot Brew Works and Jon Speicher will present the history, techniques, and equipment behind a range of fermented carbonated beverages.  As a hands-on activity, we’ll be crafting an old-fashioned root beer from all-natural ingredients.  Over the course of the activity, we’ll discuss how the same processes of cooking,…

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Build Your Own Personal Flame Cannon

Learn the theory and practice of building a propane-based flame cannon. This class will be taught in two parts. On the first class date (4/18/2010 10am), you will learn you what you need to know about working with propane and propane cannons, both manually- and electronically-fired. On the second class date (4/25/2010 5pm), you will…

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Intro to soft circuits: Recap

Thanks to everyone who attended our soft circuits workshop this Saturday, we had a blast!  As promised, I’ve started a page of soft circuit resources.  It has a list of the materials that we used in the class and some cool sites and projects for inspiration. Take photos of the event?  Be sure to add…

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HackPittsburgh Classes for November

November is going to be a busy month for HackPittsburgh.  We’ve got classes happening almost every weekend this month! Amateur Radio Study Sessions – Mondays, 7pm-8pm Study for your FCC amateur radio license! We’re currently studying the Technician and General level material. These classes are free, but they are open to members only. Intro to…

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