Session:LearnToSolder

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Description Learn to Solder! A large variety of way cool kits are available, many of them designed specifically for total beginners to complete successfully -- and intriguing enough for the total hardware geek.


All day, all night, every day of Camp!
All ages, all welcome!

This ongoing workshop will be happening concurrently with lots of other way cool workshops at the Hardware Hacking Area!

Location: in the Hardware Hacking Area, inside the Belgian Village, on the west side of CCCamp.

Website(s)
Type Workshop
Kids session No
Keyword(s) hardware, software
Tags solder, hardware, beginners, newbies, noobs, kits
Processing village Village:Hardware Hacking Area
Person organizing User:Maltman23
Language en - English
en - English
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Subtitle Day 1
Starts at 2015/08/13 11:30
Ends at 2015/08/13 23:59
Duration 749 minutes
Location Village:Hardware Hacking Area

Subtitle Day 2
Starts at 2015/08/14 11:30
Ends at 2015/08/14 23:59
Duration 749 minutes
Location Village:Hardware Hacking Area

Subtitle Day 3
Starts at 2015/08/15 11:30
Ends at 2015/08/15 23:59
Duration 749 minutes
Location Village:Hardware Hacking Area

Subtitle Day 4
Starts at 2015/08/16 11:30
Ends at 2015/08/16 23:59
Duration 749 minutes
Location Village:Hardware Hacking Area

Subtitle Day 5
Starts at 2015/08/17 11:30
Ends at 2015/08/17 17:59
Duration 389 minutes
Location Village:Hardware Hacking Area

Room full of happy hardware hackers at the Hardware Hacking Area at 30C3


What: A place to get together to solder stuff!
       Learn to Solder!
       You can easily learn all of the skills you need in a short time.
       Make a project, and take it home with you!
       If you have your own project (advanced or simple),
          bring it by, and if you would like help, you can get it!
When: All day and all night -- Every day of CCCamp 2015
       Most projects take about 1.5 to 2 hours
       This ongoing workshop will be happening concurrently with lots of other way cool workshops at the Hardware Hacking Area!
Where: The Hardware Hacking Area in the Belgian Village, on the west side of CCCamp. map
Who: You! All ages, all skill levels -- It is fun to make things in the
       friendly community of the Hardware Hacking Area.
       Come join us. Everyone is welcome.
Cost: Instruction is free! We ask that people pay only for the cost of
       the parts used -- kit prices range from €10 to €30.
           -- No need to register -- just come on by, any time!

Learn to solder! Mitch Altman and others will bring kits to make cool, practical, intriguing, hackable things that you can bring home after you make it. Of course, you can also bring your own projects to hack. And if you have anything to fix, bring it by!

Plenty of cool kits are available to make, including:

  • TV-B-Gone (turn off TVs in public places!)
  • LOL Shield (Lots Of LEDs!)
  • Trippy RGB Waves (interactive art blinky lights!)
  • MiniPOV3 (write your message in the air in red!)
  • MiniPOV4 (write your message in the air in full color!)
  • MintyBoost (charge your USB enabled gadgets!)
  • Hello My Name Is... badge (Geeky, blinky version of the sticker!)
  • microcontroller programmers (program all your AVR family chips!)
  • Arduino clones (make just about anything!)
  • And many, many more!

More info on these projects is available at:
Cornfield Electronics (click on the "projects" tab)
Adafruit
Jimmie Rodgers
Evil Mad Scientist
Analog Machines

Anyone can learn to solder! Even if you have never made anything in your life, you can learn this very useful and enjoyable skill. It really is fun! Mitch has taught tens of thousands of people to solder all around the world, and he can teach you, too! Add yourself to the ever increasing community!