The weekend from Nov 6 to Nov 8 the fifth Inventor’s Meeting took place in Ulmen (Germany). Of course Daniel MakerBear came along with me and asked me to write a guest post in this blog.
As an eye-catcher for future MakerFaires and other events I tried to create the logo of the Arduino Group Hannover in 3D. I have no 3D printer at home, and the printers I know are much too small.
Daniel, the MakerBear, at MakerFaire Berlin 2015
Daniel LeMath on 6 October 2015 in Maker | No Comments »Last weekend the first MakerFaire took place in Berlin. The Arduino group Hannover participated to present their projects. For the first time Daniel the MakerBear accompanied us. Here is the story of his adventures as a guest post.
Now – that I get a little comfortable with github – I will put some of my Arduino sketches onto my github account.
Last year a NeoPixel ring with 24 LEDs blinked in our Christmas tree. I presented it on the last MakerFaire Hannover, but unfortunately it was too close to the Tesla coil on our booth, and it stopped working. To be prepared for this year’s Christmas I ordered new rings from Watterott – not one, but three: 16, 24, and 32 LEDs.
Again this year the MakerFaire Hannover took place, and the Arduino Group Hannover participated.
Arduino Hannover booth under construction
our booth
My wife prepared the lunch and had to defrost some spinach. So I decided to “help” her. I prepared the Raspberry Pi with the camera.
Today I got two new toys from my wife:
The Arduino Robot:
Arduino Robot
Arduino Yún:
Arduino Yún
The setup of the Robot was quite easy, especially with the introduction videos of Xun and David on youtube.
For the Yún it seems, that I have still a lot to read.
Two weeks ago, during the MakerFaire Hannover 2014, I bought the Useless Machnine from Solarbotics, which was sold by Watterott. Last weekend I began to assemble the machine. I read the construction manual, and started to build. But, alas, I used some old screwdrivers, so that I had to use strong force – too strong:
Broken Part of the Useless Machine
So I ordered a second one at Watterott, which arrived last Monday. Yesterday I bought some new screwdrivers at a hardware store, and continued to work.
Meanwhile: I should have read the complete manual; Solarbotics offers to send replacement part for broken ones.If they send parts to Germany, I will have two Useless Machines; you can never have enough of them.
Last weekend the MakerFaire Hannover 2014 took place, and the Arduino Group Hannover attended the Faire. Again Watterott was one of the exhibitors – it was clear, that this will be an expensive weekend ;-).
One of the things I bought was the NeoPixel Ring from Adafruit – a very nice toy!
In this article I will extract some of the documentation in the original neopixel library, so that I (and perhaps you) have it in one place without the disturbance of the actual code.
