ADVANCED ARDUINO WORKSHOP SYDNEY

LITTLE BIRD ADVANCED ARDUINO WORKSHOP SYDNEY 1

Where: Level 1, 250 Pitt Street Sydney CBD.
When: 10am – 5:00pm, Saturday, 1st November 2008

Early Bird Special: The first 15 people to register can receive $25 off
their ticket by using the code EARLY-BIRD-SYDNEY at the checkout. We will
be strictly limiting this course to 30 people so get in whilst you can.
Little Bird Electronics is proud to announce our first Advanced Arduino Workshop in Sydney.
University of Sydney Lecturer Justin Clayden, and Little Bird's Marcus Schappi will be our workshop trainers.

What and why?
This course focuses on Advanced applications with the Arduino platform. Arduino boards are small physical computing platforms, consisting of a simple I/O board and an integrated development environment. Arduino's can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer.

Trajectory:
In this one day advanced workshop you'll learn how to connect your Arduino Diecimila to the internet, use advanced sensors & displays with the Arduino and learn how to fabricate your own shields.

Materials:
We will supply all materials required for the Workshop, but feel free to bring
parts from your own projects which you need help with.

Trainer:
Justin Clayden and Marcus Schappi.

Target Group:
People with existing experience of Arduino be they: Art students, Computer scientists, hardware hackers, fabric experts, product developers, nerds, dancers – everyone is welcome.
Requirements:
? Familiarity with the Arduino Diecimila (or equivalent) is highly recommended.
? Some technical affinity is required. Some experience in programming and electronics will is useful, specifically in soldering and java, but is not strictly necessary.
? Your own Laptop Running Windows XP - Vista, Mac OS X 10.3-5, or Linux will be required.