Unlike Sparkfun, who actually manage to find fake Atmel ICs, we just get strange batches. The Atmel ATMega328 is the power behind the Arduino/Freeduino/*duino, and we have to set up a programming system to burn the venerable Arduino Bootloader into these chips. We normally use an AVR STK500 in HVSP (high voltage serial programming) mode, […]
Maker Faire Calgary, Sept 6-7
Dave Hrynkiw
September 2, 2014
Are you located in or around Calgary? Do you like cool projects and neat-o people making neat-o things? Are you looking for something mega-awesome to do this weekend?
If you answered yes to all (or any) of these questions, we have some good news for you: The Calgary Mini Maker Faire is happening this weekend. There'll be lots of hands-on activities and crazy things to see from the some of the best artists, developers, and geeks in the city.
Solarbotics will have a booth too, so be sure to drop on by to see some of our latest projects. And Chris Gilroy, our resident coder extraordinaire, will also be presenting his custom keyboard project. This'll be one of the best events of the year, so make sure you come by and check out the action. We'll see you there!
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