Open-Source MRK+Line robot
In keeping with our open-source initiative, the Digilent Marketing Team used open-source parts to build a robot. This is an altered version of the MRK Line Robot, which uses only open-source components.
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Recapping the Week: May 31-June 6
It’s been a busy week! We rolled out all of our Maker Faire posts and recaps, and are getting ready for all kinds of busy fun in the next few weeks. …
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3D Printing, Kids, and CAD
The first day we got to Maker Faire was a special preview day for all the makers and vendors, and special interest groups. At the end of the day, I wandered around and ended up at a booth that was called, “3D printing, kids, and CAD”.
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Recapping the Week: May 24-30
It’s been a busy week! We rolled out all of our Maker Faire posts and recaps, and are getting ready for all kinds of busy fun in the next few weeks. We hope you have a pleasant weekend.
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MakerFaire 2015: Breadboard Wall
As you know, a number of people here at Digilent went down to represent our MakerSpace at the Bay Area Maker Faire. As part of our booth, we brought a couple of main show pieces, including the LED Snake game and a breadboard wall. One of the top questions we received — and what you may be wondering yourself –was, “What is a breadboard wall”?
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The Human Jukebox at Maker Faire
Everyone from the MakerSpace at Digilent had a great time at the Maker Faire in San Mateo last weekend. We all were able to bring some of our own projects to the table to show everyone who visited our booth. I am here to talk about the project that I brought, the “human jukebox”. The project was a huge hit and turned plenty of heads. We even adopted one of the speakers from the TrashAmps booth, since the speaker we brought wasn’t very powerful. Kaitlyn was more than happy to showcase the project and even tried to sneak into the tech fashion show!
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The LED Grid at Maker Faire 2015
The MakerSpace at Digilent made its way down to San Mateo armed with multiple fun projects we have been working on. One of these projects was the 900 LED Grid. This project was a fun and interactive piece to our booth that was very popular with Maker Faire patrons. The grid was running the Snake game and can be found in this Instructable. The Instructable goes into the process of building the grid and some of the ins and outs of coding Snake.
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The Second Visit to the Bay Area Maker Faire 2015
This year, the MakerSpace at Digilent was able to attend the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire. We brought two great demos, a breadboard wall, and a 900 LED matrix running the game Snake! Individuals also brought projects that they worked on. Our booth got a lot of attention due to the breadboard wall with simple and prepackaged circuits. Everybody loved being able to connect up a few parts with a couple wires and create a blinking light with a 555 timer. With that, there were also a couple adventurous people that created their own circuits.
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Our Mission at Maker Faire
As you know from yesterday’s post, six of the members of the MakerSpace at Digilent went to Maker Faire to represent the MakerSpace and show off some of the projects that we have been doing.
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Maker Faire Recap Part 1
What a (last) weekend! The MakerSpace at Digilent traveled all the way down to San Mateo for the Bay Area Maker Faire 2015, our first Maker Faire as a MakerSpace. This is the first post in a series recapping what we saw and did. We had an amazing turnout at our booth, which you’ll hear about in a later post. To start us off, we each wrote a bit about our first impressions of Maker Faire as a whole. I’ll keep my part short as this is going to be a long post already!
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Happy Memorial Day
On the last Monday of every May, the U.S. celebrates Memorial Day, formerly Decoration Day. It is a day to honor those who have died while serving in the military. As it is a national holiday, the Digilent offices will be closed and operating at limited functionality this upcoming Monday, May 25.
Read More Recapping the Week: May 10-16
We know this past week has been a very busy and hectic time for many of you, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the interesting topics we have been discussing around the office lately. Have a good weekend!
Read More We’re Going to Maker Faire!
The Digilent MakerSpace will be at Maker Faire in San Mateo this weekend! Stop by our booth to see a wall-sized breadboard, LED Snake game, and learn what we do at the Digilent MakerSpace.
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A First Timer’s Bay Area Maker Faire 2014
Maker Faire 2014 was my first convention of any kind and the experience exceeded any expectations I could have had. From the time I stepped on the grounds, I was enveloped in the “Maker” camaraderie that exists despite the community being comprised of different skill sets and backgrounds. Really, we are all there because we just fit in, because we are Makers.
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