Workshops

This page is a free resource for all learning materials used in LVL1 workshops. Check our Calendar to see what LVL1 workshops are on the horizon! Enjoy!

How to Solder

• Soldering is Easy Comic

Solder Your Own Freeduino

• Download Arduino Software the Arduino software and install.
• Arduino Tutorials Arduino Tutorials
• Solder Your Own Freeduino Instructions PDF
• Solder Your Own Freeduino Instructions Open Office Presentation
• Resistor Color Code PDF
• Arduino Cheatsheet PDF

Freeduino Spring Training

http://wiki.lvl1.org/Freediuino_Spring_Training

Below are the lessons for the Freeduino Spring Training. They are Creative Commons licensed, so share and use. Pass them along. If there are issues (bugs) with the instruction, code or circuits, then email me brian_at_lvl1.org. The breadboard and schematic pictures are drawn using the Fritzing Program. Try Fritzing out - it is really cool!

• 1st Inning - Arduino and Breadboard setup, Power
• 2nd Inning - Blinking LED
• 3rd Inning - Tri-Color LED fading
• 4th Inning - LCD display
• 5th Inning - Pushbutton switches
• 6th Inning - Potentiometers and voltage dividers
• 7th Inning - Photocell, Thermistor
• 8th Inning - Spin a motor, transistors and diodes
• 9th Inning - Sounds and speakers

February Freeduino Frenzy

February Freeduino Frenzy

Learn To Solder with Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers

• Flyer for the workshop in OOO Writer format.
• Flyer for the workshop in PDF format.

Intermediate Microcontroller Workshop, "Beyond Arduino"

• Presentation - The Powerpoint Presentation used in the workshop, with notes.
• Resources and Code - The files used during the course of this workshop.
• Parts - Parts used in this workshop
• Flyer for the workshop in SVG Format.
• Flyer for the workshop in PDF Format.

TV-B-Gone Workshop

• TV-B-Gone instructions Open Office Presentation
• TV-B-Gone instructions PDF

Minti Boost Workshop

MintiBoost Workshop Information for 12/6/10 and 12/18/10

Android Game Workshop

• [1] Android Slides PDF
• [2] Android Sample App

Ruby on Rails Workshop

Source Code & Notes

• [3] blog.zip

References

• Patterns in Ruby, by Russ Olsen

This book is both very readable (a rarity in tech books) and a fantastic introduction to Ruby for someone familiar with the GoF design pattern implementations in other languages. It has a quick Ruby syntax primer in the beginning, then jumps straight into the patterns.

• Ruby 1.9, by Dave Thomas, Chad Fowler, and Andy Hunt

This is the latest edition of the book commonly known as "The Pickaxe" in the Ruby community -- in its first edition, it was the first comprehensive English-language reference for Ruby, and was therefore indispensable to someone just getting started with the language. The latest edition is still a great reference book to have around.

• Web Development with Rails, 4th Edition, by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, and David Heinemeier Hansson

Agile Web Development was co-authored by David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Rails, and was the closest thing that the Rails community had to "The Pickaxe" for Ruby, in its first edition. The authors have done a great job of cleaning it up and keeping it relevant, and the latest version covers Rails 3.

• Rails 3 Way, 2nd Edition, by Obie Fernandez

Obie heads up the Florida-based Rails consultancy, Hashrocket, and was an early adopter of Rails, coming over from the Java camp. He's been a vocal advocate of best practices in Rails for just about as long as Rails has existed, and his book helps to explain not just how to do things in Rails, but why.