1601 Venables St, Vancouver, BC, V5L 2H1
For SMD August we’re breaking out the toaster oven and controller to cook some SMD stars. Participants are likely to end up with a working product but they’re more likely to end up more knowledgable about the electronics fabrication process. …
I’ve been asked about how I programmed the bootloader so I’m putting the doco here. For all my AVR work I use a bus pirate v3 with the stk500 firmware. I have a cable I made that adapts the bus …
When Kickstarter came to VHS to talk about launching campaigns they showed MaKeyMaKey as an example. They chose well. This has to be close to the most fun you can find in a circuit. You can find out lots about it …
On Thursday 10th we’re having a Arduino Open night at VHS, 7pm ish. Bring your Arduino(s) down and talk to fellow hackers about the projects you’re making with them. Struggling with a sketch, bring it down and lets see …
This is a beginners SMD workshop. You’ll be taken through a technique for solder smd components and then get a chance to build the board shown in the photo. The price is the cost of the parts including battery. People …
We have a keypad dead bolt on the front door that has been slated for adaption to rfid for ages. About 6 months ago we dismantled the lock and tapped the wiring to the solenoid. The solenoid is tiny, it …
This week we’re building Logic Pirate open hardware logic analysers at VHS in our SMD workshops. The ICSP header is 0.05″ pitch so I came up with a top and bottom programming jig to load the initial firmware. Tickets …
The circuit boards from dirty pcbs for SMD May are here just in time. The Logic Pirate is a nice cheap compact logic analyser design by Markus Gritsch. More at Dirty PCBs and Dangerous Prototypes.
VHS and Vancouver Mini Maker Faire are closely associated. The 2014 Maker Faire will be at the PNE like last year, it is only 3 weeks away. This year, for the first time, a selection of excellent workshops are running. …
The dangerous prototypes logic pirate is a new 8 channel logic analyser design from the home of the bus pirate. It uses the open SUMP protocol supported by the ols java client software (Mac, Windows, Linux). This project is …