A huge thank you to Kate who looks after Fingal MakerSpace for hosting our PyLadies meetup this month.
Big thank you to Sarah, Diana and Ben from Pytch (bridging Scratch to Python) who demo'd what Pytch app as well as the a physical arcade to show its integration with electronics! Great to see folks interacting with the code and experimenting with it.
And of course, a huge big thank you to everyone to dropped in to see what the space is about, what are we doing there, and asking all the questions about my silly CircuitPython projects.
It was CircuitPython Day last Friday. π
I excitedly counted down to this event as I wanted to meet other Makers and folks curious about electronics also. Plus the makerspace is a fantastic space jam packed with equipment like 3D printers (including a resin one), a lasercutter, arts corner where you can find WIP and examples of jesmonite coaster castings. They also run electronics workshops, clothing repairs and more... and yes for adults as well as kids.
Following them on Eventbrite to get updated on upcoming events and see what's on currently, you better be quick as places go fast!
Fingal Makerspace is a community creative and education space located in Blanchardstown Library, Dublin 15. We are focused on maker-centered learning amongst our diverse population in Fingal County and surrounding areas.Fingal Makerspace is delivered byMake Create Innovateand proudly funded by Fingal County Council and Creative Ireland.
Kate (our host) along with Jeffrey Roe are from TOG Hackerspace on Kylemore Road in Ballyfermot. A space where you can become a member to access equipment like for woodworking, metalworking as well running many regular events like electronics, makers and crafting nights. They have an Open Social where you can check out their space, ask all the questions on what they do, check out the projects and eat some yummy freshly made pizza.
Jeffrey also is on the Dublin Maker team which takes places on Aug 31 - Sep 1, free maker festival for all ages at Richmond Barracks (Inchicore), but registration is required, see following for more information (TOG will be there as well): https://dublinmaker.ie/
Projects I brought:
Digital sign I created for use as an "On Air" sign, but adapted for various events (or my livestream background). Here's the devlog about it:
A port of Adafruit Cartoon Network MakeCode: Garnet's Palm Gems from Steven Universe to Circuit Python for this CPX project
Cartoon Network: Garnet's Palm Gems from Steven Universe - Port from MakeCode to CircuitPython
A port of Adafruit Cartoon Network MakeCode: Garnet's Palm Gems from Steven Universe to Circuit Python for this CPX project. Originally a small project as part of Dublin Raspberry Pi Jam a few years ago.
Project
Learn how to create Garnet's fusion from Ruby and Sapphire using Circuit Playground Express
This is a solo Circuit Playground Express gem that transforms colors.
Pew Pew - I soldered the components sent by creator, Radomir Dopieralski; I wanted to run MicroPython, electronic and game-making workshop. You can find all info about Pew Pew and Radomir's projects via https://ep2022.europython.eu/session/pew-pew-workshop/
My future plan was to port from Raspberry Pi to Pico Pico 2 (ahem, it's been a few years π ) and re-write new game play as well 3D print a new container for it, making it all smaller and self-contained.
π«Ά Again, thank you to all who came along and made it a wonderful meetup of mix of Pythonistas, Makers, those who were curious, new and familiar faces.
π¬ We can continue our chats on our discord server πππ:
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