View On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 18 Jan 2018 7:00 PM We will discuss what Grant Writing looks like for non-for-profit small groups, specically applied to small grant MoCo Makers is looking to complete. For our group, this would be the first of multiple grants we would write. We will discuss:Where to find grants (high level)What…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 11 Jan 2018 7:00 PM Using Fusion 360 for CNC Manufacture We will continue the process of creating a part for CNC manufacture. We completed Part Design at our last meeting, so we will focus on tool-path creation, and machine operation. Fusion 360 is a CAD (Computer-aided Design) software. It’s…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 04 Jan 2018 7:00 PM Using Fusion 360 for CNC Manufacture – First Steps Fusion 360 is a CAD (Computer-aided Design) software. It’s pretty nice quality, and supports CAM (Computer-aided Manufacturing). CNC is a useful form of manufacturing, usually it implies a drill that can traverse an X-Y plane, with…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 28 Dec 2017 7:00 PM We will join the Rockville Science center in offering a monthly topic on Microcontrollers. This is a great place to bring your projects involving Arduinos, Pi’s, Beagles, and other boards. This is for Novice or Advanced users. Learn to program, get help with debugging, or…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 07 Dec 2017 7:00 PM With so much information and misinformation, it’s important to remain fractual! Come out to a night of learning to make fractals. Bring Your Laptop! We will dip our toes into some interesting art work, and ponder the recursive nature of us pondering our recursive nature of…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 30 Nov 2017 7:00 PM We will be re-creating our own version of what is essentially a generation 1 Chromecast. By that I’m referring to the ability to broadcast the screen of your computer over WiFi to a TV. Who needs wires? Set it and forget it – on the…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 7:00 PM In this lecture we will learn how to grab a variety of sensor data from an old Android phone, including GPS. The concepts in this talk will be relevant, even if you are interested in a stand-alone GPS module, like this one: https://www.adafruit.com/product/746 Using GPS…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Friday, 10 Nov 2017 7:30 PM This is a continuation of our prior meetup’s discussion on how to use git version control. We will be going back over some the concepts from our prior meetup and introducing more advanced topics that build on those concepts. We will learn how to go…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Friday, 03 Nov 2017 7:30 PM What are the initial steps in launching a Kickstarter? The bulk of the work should happen prior to launch. But how do you give your message a best-shot? Come find out, as we discuss a real case in point, through the community developed Fipsy FPGA…
DetailsView On Meetup.com Date Friday, 27 Oct 2017 7:30 PM Be prepared for some ghoulish fun, with software, LEDs and some Maker fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIv8H7WPfQw We will work on the above project, which blinks LEDs and plays creepy Halloween music, and can sit inside a Jack-O’-Lantern. We are following these build Guides: https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/blog/2012/10/18/pumpkin-pi-project-for-halloween https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/blog/2012/10/25/a-second-helping-of-pumpkin-pi To get…
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