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| - | + | === Kit-building workshops === | |
| + | * Beginner: LED, resistor, 9V battery clip (see Basic Electricity, below) | ||
| + | * Intermediate: SpokePOV | ||
| + | * Advanced: ? | ||
| + | * Expert? More? (SDR, QRP, etc.) | ||
| + | * Free-for-all: Bring your project, or pick one out; work at your own pace | ||
| - | + | === Basic Electricity === | |
| + | * Ohm's Law, how to measure voltage, current, resistance | ||
| + | * Hook up LEDs, measure the voltage and current | ||
| + | * Calculate the correct series resistors for different voltages; measure and verify calculations | ||
| - | * | + | === Novice Electricity === |
| + | * Power: its relation to voltage and to current | ||
| + | * Efficiency: compare the light and heat output of various light sources (fluorescents, LEDs, incandescent, halogen) | ||
| + | * Pulse Width Modulation (PWM): What it is and how you can use it to control motors and lights | ||
| - | + | == Introduction to Arduino == | |
| + | * No prior knowledge required | ||
| - | + | == Introduction to synthesis and synthesizers == | |
| + | * History of synth development (an overview) | ||
| + | * Sine, square, and sawtooth waves | ||
| + | * Harmonics | ||
| + | * Modulation | ||
| + | * Filtering | ||
| + | * ADSR | ||
| - | * | + | == Analog electronics == |
| + | === Part 1: Intro === | ||
| + | * Transistors, opamps, etc. | ||
| + | === Part 2: Valves === | ||
| + | * Vacuum tubes, transformers, etc. | ||
| + | === Part 3? === | ||
| - | * | + | === Amateur radio === |
| + | * What is it and why should I care? | ||
| - | * | + | === Linux and open source software === |
| + | * What is it and why should I try it? | ||
| - | + | === Ubuntu Installfest === | |
| - | + | * You bring your computer, and we help you install Linux | |
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Revision as of 01:24, 24 April 2009
Contents |
Kit-building workshops
- Beginner: LED, resistor, 9V battery clip (see Basic Electricity, below)
- Intermediate: SpokePOV
- Advanced: ?
- Expert? More? (SDR, QRP, etc.)
- Free-for-all: Bring your project, or pick one out; work at your own pace
Basic Electricity
- Ohm's Law, how to measure voltage, current, resistance
- Hook up LEDs, measure the voltage and current
- Calculate the correct series resistors for different voltages; measure and verify calculations
Novice Electricity
- Power: its relation to voltage and to current
- Efficiency: compare the light and heat output of various light sources (fluorescents, LEDs, incandescent, halogen)
- Pulse Width Modulation (PWM): What it is and how you can use it to control motors and lights
Introduction to Arduino
- No prior knowledge required
Introduction to synthesis and synthesizers
- History of synth development (an overview)
- Sine, square, and sawtooth waves
- Harmonics
- Modulation
- Filtering
- ADSR
Analog electronics
Part 1: Intro
- Transistors, opamps, etc.
Part 2: Valves
- Vacuum tubes, transformers, etc.
Part 3?
Amateur radio
- What is it and why should I care?
Linux and open source software
- What is it and why should I try it?
Ubuntu Installfest
- You bring your computer, and we help you install Linux
