LearnToSolder
| Description | Learn to Solder! A large variety of way cool kits are available, all designed for total beginners to complete successfully -- and intriguing enough for the total hardware geek.
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| Website(s) | |
| Type | Workshop |
| Kids session | No |
| Keyword(s) | hardware, software |
| Tags | solder, hardware, beginners, newbies, noobs, kits |
| Processing assembly | Hardware Hacking Area |
| Person organizing | Maltman23 |
| Language | en - English |
| Other sessions... | |
| Subtitle | Day 1 |
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| Starts at | 2014/12/27 17:00 |
| Ends at | 2014/12/27 23:59 |
| Duration | 419 minutes |
| Location | Hardware Hacking Area |
| Subtitle | Day 2 |
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| Starts at | 2014/12/28 11:00 |
| Ends at | 2014/12/28 23:59 |
| Duration | 779 minutes |
| Location | Hardware Hacking Area |
| Subtitle | Day 3 |
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| Starts at | 2014/12/29 11:00 |
| Ends at | 2014/12/29 23:59 |
| Duration | 779 minutes |
| Location | Hardware Hacking Area |
| Subtitle | Day 4 |
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| Starts at | 2014/12/30 11:00 |
| Ends at | 2014/12/30 14:59 |
| Duration | 239 minutes |
| Location | Hardware Hacking Area |
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 31C3
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 Saal 3/Hall 3
(in the building's entrance level)
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 Jimmie Rodgers 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!)
- Brain Machine (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!)
- LOL Shield (Lots Of LEDs!)
- Trippy RGB Waves (interactive art blinky lights!)
- LEDcube (low-res 3D animation!)
- MiniPOV (write your message in the air!)
- 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!)
- Open Heart (animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!)
- Atari Punk Console (make cool noise from an Altoids tin!)
- 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 and Jimmie have taught tens of thousands of people to solder all around the world, and they can teach you, too! Add yourself to the ever increasing community!
