"Hack Your Life" - Intro to Hardware Hacking

**_**NOTE: registration fee includes a complete Arduino kit! Details below**_** Hey Folks! Have you ever found yourself wondering what the big IoT (Internet of Things) craze is all about? Are you excited about the prospect of hardware hacking, but don't know where to start? Are you tired of Intro to Hardware-hacks that only show you how to light up an LED? Are you confused between your DC's a

Mar 11, 2017, 2:00 – 10:00 PM

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**NOTE: registration fee includes a complete Arduino kit! Details below**

Hey Folks!

Have you ever found yourself wondering what the big IoT (Internet of Things) craze is all about?

Are you excited about the prospect of hardware hacking, but don't know where to start?

Are you tired of Intro to Hardware-hacks that only show you how to light up an LED?

Are you confused between your DC's and AC's or accidentally tried to eat a bread board?

Here's your chance to figure it all out!

As a part of National Engineering Month (http://nemontario.ca/), the GDG Toronto team is hosting a Hardware Workshop and Hack event aimed at anybody who hasn't jumped on the hardware-hacking bandwagon.

This event will feature:

• an introduction to hardware development workshop during the morning (led by Macy Kuang, Google Developer Expert for IoT and Wearable Technologies)

• a catered lunch

• an afternoon of building and hacking on projects

The team has been working hard to make sure this event is beginner-friendly, but it will require some hardware and software tools.

If you don't have these available, don't worry!

We have a bunch of kits that we've put together specifically for this event.

These kits are available as part of the registration fee, for which you will receive everything you need to get started:

• Arduino UNO

• USB cable for Arduino

• a relay

• an H-Bridge

• a half-size breadboard

• lead wires

Aside from these tools that will be provided, Participants are required to bring their own laptop.

Participants are also required to install Arduino on their Laptop prior to the event.


Schedule

9:00am - Registration

9:30am - Workshop Begins

- Introduction to Sensors and Controllers hands-on workshop

- Learn how to build a circuit on a breadboard

10:30am - Break

11:00am - Control motors with Arduino

12:30pm - Lunch Served and Group Formation

1:30pm - Hacking on Projects

4:00pm - Show and Tell - Each team shows off what they made!

5:00pm - Closing

Mentors / Assistants

If you are experienced with Hardware development, and are interested in helping out at the event, please get in touch with the meetup organizers -

We would love to hear from you!

Any other thoughts, questions, or concerns, please let us know in the comments on Meetup -

Meetup details are subject to change.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Organizer

  • Solomon Hsu

    GDG Organizer

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