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New! Getting Started with LTspice LTspice is a high performance SPICE simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with an impressive library of passive devices. RFID Basics An overview of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. LIS3DH Hookup Guide A guide to connecting the LIS3DH to a microcontroller and using the Arduino library. Lessons in Algorithms Learn techniques on how to use Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters and other data-processing tools to turn data into information. Illuminated Mask Use LilyPad LEDs, a switched battery holder, and coin cell battery to make a fun light up mask for your next costume party. Glowing Pin Create a quick and easy piece of e-textile art using a LilyPad LED, battery holder, conductive thread, and coin cell battery. Light-Up Plush Craft a light-up plush with LilyPad LEDs controlled by pressing a button and sliding a switch in the creature's hands. Looking for the old, archived tutorials?

Learn About Electronics - Home We Are Makers: Documenting a Burgeoning Movement, by Nathan Driskell Posted by core jr | 23 Jul 2013 | Comments (0) Everything in the built world has been designed and crafted by someone. This is not news to most of us, but I'm amazed that even as engineering and design have taken more visible roles in shaping how we experience the world, there are still so many who see themselves as consumers, not makers. We Are Makers is a new short film that explores the workshops and institutions shaping a new generation of makers and designers. It's the first documentary on the Maker Movement—a global cultural shift aimed at empowering more people to create. I work with a team of media producers and storytellers at Abilene Christian University, and when we were approached to produce a film on making in education, the goal was purely local, something focused on our immediate community. It's clear today there's a growing emphasis on craftsmanship and a return to making with the hand, that we can and should reclaim this somehow-forgotten part of our human identity.

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Learn Electronics Online | Easily master the basics of electronics theory and practice The 'Maker Movement' Inspires Shift in STEM Curriculum We live in a world of mass-produced products and modern technology -- technology that has made it easy for an individual to create and distribute customized and unique items sans manufacturers. And this ability has created the maker movement -- "an evolution of millions of people who are taking big risks to start their own small businesses dedicated to creating and selling self-made products," according to the Huffington Post. And this movement is starting to make headway in some science, technology, engineering and math curriculum. A shift in education from passive to active learning is occuring, as shown by curriculum from the Digital Harbor Foundation, BatelleEd and Arizona State. The STEM Core curriculum emphasizes inquiry, projects and production around app development. That hasn't always been the mindset, though. In this model, students didn't always get to apply what they were learning right away. "You really see kids take a vital interest in their output," Skiera said.

Amarino - "Android meets Arduino" - Home Fritzing WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? Many people have asked me, "What is Electricity"? It's a great question. I get really excited when I think of all the latest technical advances in electronics. You see electricity in action all around you. So, what is electricity? Simply stated, electricity is the movement of electrons through a conductor. Atoms are the building blocks of all matter. Some materials are made up of atoms that have so many electrons circling around the nucleus that each atom is able to give up one or more electrons very easily. Metals like copper, gold and aluminum make excellent conductors of electrons. Other materials are made up of atoms that do not like to share electrons. Plastic, glass and paper are good examples of insulators. In order to get electrons to move through a conductor, such as a copper wire, it is necessary to apply opposing forces of energy to each end of the wire, a positive force to attract electrons from the wire and a negative force to give back electrons to the wire.

Makerspaces The concept of libraries as makerspaces first hit my radar last November when I read about the Fayetteville Free Library’s FabLab. As I began hearing more buzz about libraries and makerspaces the first few months of this year, I decided that learning more about this concept and exploring how I might apply the elements of makerspaces to my library program would be a personal learning project for the summer. So what is a makerspace? Makerspace defines it as: Modeled after hackerspaces, a makerspace is a place where young people have an opportunity to explore their own interests, learn to use tools and materials, and develop creative projects. The Library as Incubator Project describes makerspaces as: Makerspaces are collaborative learning environments where people come together to share materials and learn new skills… makerspaces are not necessarily born out of a specific set of materials or spaces, but rather a mindset of community partnership, collaboration, and creation. Like this: