Hello fellow Arduinians,
I am starting a local Arduino/Processing user group.
We want the club to help us all become more familiar with the programming environment and hardware creation necessary to create cool projects. As well as encourage others to get into hardware hacking and programming with the Arduino spirit in mind.
If your interested in joining please contact me @:
matt@innervisionhd.com
Thanks and I hope to hear from you. 
-VJ Anomolee
Awesome. I'm here.
Better.
What's that? "What do i need to join"?
Nothing really- Your welcome to come and get your feet wet before you buy anything.
However if you really want to get started on some projects, I recommend ordering your arduino usb board as soon as possible.
Here: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=666
oh also, NTAPC member Logan informed me that makezine.com is selling arduino in the US now.
http://store.makezine.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKARDMBD
How far north? I'm in Austin and don't get much past Dallas, and then only 1 or 2 times a year.
It sure would be nice to have some local contacts.
PS:
Are there going to be any arduino people/groups at the Maker Faire here in Austin? It's scheduled for Oct 21-22, IIRC.
Welcome to the club Chris
Im in Lewisville and the other members so far are in Denton.
But Dallas certainly qualifies.... 
actually this club doesnt have to be region specific at all.- people are welcome to teleconference in from indonesia if they want.
I just made it north texas because we are going to try and have meetings which are intended to be sort of like "workshops".
but ya anyone is welcome to attend.
Make magazine is looking for more 'talent' for the Maker Faire in Austin this October. This time they are including more of north Texas - Dallas and San Antonio.
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/reaching_out_to_makers_in.html
If anyone wants to do something Arduino at the Maker Faire, this would be the opportunity.
FYI
Ya I already bought my weekend pass to the maker faire.
I would love to put together some projects for the faire.
Lets make it happen!
Maker Faire was AMAZING!!!!
I highly recommend going next time it rolls around.
And although i didn't exhibit anything using arduino: (showed my circuit bent "easy button" instead-i even made kits which i sold out of!)
There was alot of arduino related goodness there.
I will def. be there as an exhibitor again next year in Austin!!!
So hit me up if your interested in exhibiting at maker faire next year.
-Matt
ello everyone.
Im officially changing the name of our club to:
North texas Electronics, Programming and Media art club. (NTEPMAC)
To open it up to more people that may not be specifically using arduino and/or processing.
We are going to have our first meeting soon.
Yippee!
I'm in Lewisville area as well, do you have an idea on when you are planning a meeting. I love the idea and concept behind the Arduino. I started with a couple of Parallax's BoeBots but think the Arduino is must easier to use and prototype with than Basic Stamps. I do have to give Parallax some credit on their sensors, etc.
I have several Modern Devices Bare Bones Boards and tons of parts from SparkFun like the 3.7" tall red led digits that I'm building a clock with. Just got some of the way cool BlinkM spi controlled leds. Love where all this creative electronics are going.
Ken
ello,
So were finally going to have our first meeting this friday night @7pm inside Hickory Hall @ the university of North Texas. Any and all interested in creative electronics/computer art are welcome to come.
Its going to be a very informal meeting. Jordan will be working on getting Arduino to work with processing,
I will be putting together my monome kit and hopefully finishing up my LSDJMC2 circuit (If i get my PIC programmer in the mail before then). Logan will be putting together his Brain machine.... and i think Will will be finishing his EZbutton kit.
So if you've been putting off a project for a while and feel like its time to get your hands dirty then LETS DO IT!
So you there Friday- email me if you need details on how to get there.
worddddddd.
Looking forward to meeting everyone.
I plan to bring my eggbot and some 8X8 LED signage boards. I also have some BlinkM LED boards others may be interested in seeing.
Is my 9-year old son welcome? He helped build the eggbot and is a robot building freak.
Regards,
Ken
Sure you can bring your son as long as hes cool and respects everyones property.
I dont want potential people being deterred by the fact that a kid is going to be there.
Excited that your bringing your LEDness sounds coool.
Know how to get there?
I just saw your post about if "if he respects everyones property"
:-[
He didn't, I'm now the proud owner of some very expensive remotes. I apologize to the group for the overly enthusiastic robot making.
Regards,
Ken
Hey cool club. I'm in Richardson. I am just starting to mess around with Arduino's. I've built up a freeduino. Mainly playing around with LEDs now. I have a serial freeduino to build as well.
Currently I'm working on a vehicle fuel efficiency gauge similar to a ScanGaugeII. You can see the exploits of the project here.
There are some other posts in the Instrumentation forum that are specific with the *duino.
I say we're over due for another meeting. Who's down for round two?
Ken: Would love to show you my progress with your BlinkM's. Also, I would be happy to bring something for jack to tinker with
-Sean
Greetings from Hurst, TX!
I definitely think we should have another meet-up in the DFW area.
Have you all considered organizing and getting a booth at some of the local hamfests? For those that don't know, a hamfest is a convention (some small, some large) that focuses on ham radio, electronics, and computers. I definitely see some ham radio applications for the Arduino, specifically I see myself using it for data acquisition and radio control for APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System) for weather station and GPS position data and other telemetry.