[TriLUG] Saturday morning: Arduino-related event of interest to kids and grownups

Pete Soper via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Mon Nov 16 10:19:12 EST 2015


(Including everybody in case Thomas isn't the only one I wasn't clear with)

On 11/16/2015 09:25 AM, Thomas Delrue wrote:
> Hey Pete,
>
> You say "Bring your middle school and older kids", how much 'older' are
> we talking? Can adults come as well?
> I'm interested in learning about Arduino but very much in the adult
> demographic. I wouldn't want to steal the fun from the kids :)

Yes, this is for sure of interest to adults. In fact, we need for the 
adults to be with the kids rather than dropping them off if they're 
under 18. I obviously wasn't clear enough and will tweak the Meetup page 
later today.

Terry King has deep experience and designed his hardware, for example, 
the "RoboRed" Uno compatible that is better in every way than the 
original (e.g. a slide switch that can make the whole thing run at 3.3v 
vs the standard 5v, a 3.3v supply that won't go belly up with even 
moderate loads, etc). I have no experience with his software background 
but I guarantee there will be attendees who can pitch in if necessary to 
fill gaps in that area if there are any.

-Pete


> Yes, absolutely. I tried various wordings like "big and little kids" or something to that effect. The best I could come


> up with was the line about "aspiring hardware designers" and of course now that looks silly for various reasons



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