APM: TRG Maker SIG - Intro to Soldering & Lego Mindstorms (using NQC)

[jameschoate at austin.rr.com]

With the support of The Robot Group board and general member support we are glad to announce the beginning of a new  SIG. It will be focused on a variety of topics and skills, using hands-on techniques to build mastery. The group will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month from 7pm to 10pm. Location will vary and should be checked either on the TRG mailing list or visit their webpage, http://wiki.therobotgroup.org/wiki/Main_Page.


July 9 & 23:


7pm - 8pm

We will focus on the basic mechanics of soldering. We will be using the following document as the basis of this discussion. It does contain a small toolset and if you're budget will allow we strongly suggest you get your own tools. However, we will have sufficient supplies to provide everyone opportunity to explore their new skills. It is expected that this series will last 4-6 weeks in total depending on group progress.

http://www.physics.unc.edu/~fredb/techresource/docs/soldering.pdf


8pm - 10pm

I will forward a list of Lego Mindstorms and "Not Quite C" (NQC) links in a follow up email. It is suggested that you have a 3-ring binder, writing instruments, and a laptop running Windows of some flavor. We have at least two RCX bricks and that should be sufficient for the class. If you have your own please bring it so we can break into smaller groups. We will be building a standard tracked crawler as our hardware testbed.

If you have questions or concerns please contact me directly, or post to the list.

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