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November Geek Dinner Wed. the 21st: Come Early And Build a Bare Bones Board

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Bare Bones Board
Paul Badger teaches physical computing and electronic media at RISD, and is the Founder of Providence-Based Modern Device Company. Paul is the inventor of the first Arduino board not created by the “official” Arduino team, the Bare Bones Board. If you’re coming to the Geek Dinner, drop by a little early and make something!

We’ll be setting up some soldering stations in the AS220 performance space at 4:30 and Paul will be making some Bare Bones Board Kits available for purchase, so come early and build a Bare Bones Kit. Bare Bones Boards will be available for $15 each, and a limited number of USB-serial cables are available for $20 each. We’ll be shutting the soldering irons off at around 5:30, so come early.

And by building a kit, you’ll have a chance to win a copy of Making Things Talk, which will show you how to make amazing things with Arduino boards. We’ll pick the winner at random from those of you who come and wield a soldering iron.

Please RSVP in the comments section of the announcement post so that we can give the good folks at AS220 an estimated headcount. And while you’re at it, subscribe to Providence Geeks’ RSS feed (see sidebar) and/or join our very-low-volume email announcement list (for the announcement list, send an email to Jack Templin, jtemplin over at Gmail with your name and affiliation).

7 Responses to “November Geek Dinner Wed. the 21st: Come Early And Build a Bare Bones Board”

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  2. Ralph Gaboury
    November 21st, 2007 06:53
    2

    Hello:

    I’m planning on attending tonight’s meeting, including the Arduino Bare Bones Board hands-on session at 4:30pm.

    I’ve never soldered before—but I’ve always wanted to try. It’s not a problem if this is more for experienced people, in which case I will just watch and learn as much as I can. Sounds like it will be great fun either way…

    Thanks so much for setting this up!

    Best regards,

    Ralph Gaboury

  3. Brian
    November 21st, 2007 08:19
    3

    Thanks, Ralph! This is definitely something that an inexperienced solderer can build. I think you’ll have a blast!

  4. John Duksta
    November 21st, 2007 08:35
    4

    I’ll be there early at 4:30 for the arduino building session as well.

    -j

  5. Katie
    November 21st, 2007 09:40
    5

    Tentative yes…

  6. Tony Pelliccio
    November 21st, 2007 19:54
    6

    A couple people asked me to post the contact info for the electronics distributors I know of here in Providence.

    1) A&J Supply/Distributors
    Location: 9 Parade St, Providence, RI 02909
    Phone: 401-421-0991
    Online: http://www.ajdist.com/
    Note: Great staff, prices are pretty good too.

    2) Wm. Dandreta Co.
    Location: 28 Wolcott St, Providence, RI 02908
    Phone: 401-861-2800
    Note: Call first. Otherwise be prepared to spend an hour there while they locate the parts you need.

    3) Old Fashioned Robotics
    Location: 14 Cedar St, Providence, RI 02903
    Phone: 401-276-4216
    Online: http://oldfashionroboticstore.com/

    Enjoyed meeting a bunch of folks tonight and re-meeting folks I’ve known for quite a while.

    Meanwhile I realized I don’t have to de-solder the header pins. I can just heat them up and push them through. That’ll work.

  7. Tony Pelliccio
    January 2nd, 2008 15:10
    7

    A bit of an adendum, or a deletion as the case may be.

    Wm. Dandreta Co. closed about six months ago. But I do know that A&J and Old Fashioned Robotics are still around.

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