What are these components?

[nieh]

Bought some bulk parts and these were included and I don't know what they are, or what they are for. Anybody?

[tuffteef]

youve got some trimmers
couple of ics and some tanty caps

[mathias]

Top left two: trimpots of some value.

Bottom left two: Opamps or some other IC. Get the code/number off the top and google for "[IC code] datasheet" and you should figure out what it is.

The four on the right are capacitors of various values.

[nieh]

Top left two: trimpots of some value.

Bottom left two: Opamps or some other IC. Get the code/number off the top and google for "[IC code] datasheet" and you should figure out what it is.

The four on the right are capacitors of various values.

Theres three different codes,

K125
LM
555CN

[mysteriousj]

555 timer

[mathias]

555 timer. Make an Atari Punk console with both of them!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTshZiLMUz4[/youtube]

If you ever make it down to the Milwaukee Makerspace I can show you how and set you up with some parts for free!

[nieh]

55 timer. Make an Atari Punk console with both of them!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTshZiLMUz4[/youtube]

If you ever make it down to the Milwaukee Makerspace I can show you how and set you up with some parts for free!

That would be awesome!

[mathias]

If you're free next Thursday, we're open to the public for Electronics night at 7PM, and I'll be working on the music projects (Atari Punk Console, I've got some Cacophonator PCBs on order, and I need to tweak my silicon fuzz face)
Website: http://milwaukeemakerspace.org/
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gb ... 4&t=h&z=17

[McSpunckle]

That makerspace thing looks incredible.

[modernage]

That makerspace thing looks incredible.

We should have something cool like that here in Nashville!

I have a friend who is a member of a photography club in town. They meet once, or twice, a month, to talk about photography, listen to guest speakers, and eat snacks. That got me thinking how it would be fun to have an "electronics club". A place where geeks can get together and learn more from each other. There's a lot of great resources online, but the internet can also bring out the douchebag in all of us, so asking newb questions will sometimes bring less hazing in real life, or at least makes followup questions and discussions less time consuming. That Makerspace blows my idea out of the water though. Now that's legit! It's not like their meeting in someone's shag carpeted, musty basement either. A lot of cool resources there.


edit: just to specify... the 2 capacitors on top are tantalums. The two on the bottom are multilayered ceramic.

[mathias]

That makerspace thing looks incredible.

We should have something cool like that here in Nashville!

I have a friend who is a member of a photography club in town. They meet once, or twice, a month, to talk about photography, listen to guest speakers, and eat snacks. That got me thinking how it would be fun to have an "electronics club". A place where geeks can get together and learn more from each other. There's a lot of great resources online, but the internet can also bring out the douchebag in all of us, so asking newb questions will sometimes bring less hazing in real life, or at least makes followup questions and discussions less time consuming. That Makerspace blows my idea out of the water though. Now that's legit! It's not like their meeting in someone's shag carpeted, musty basement either. A lot of cool resources there.


edit: just to specify... the 2 capacitors on top are tantalums. The two on the bottom are multilayered ceramic.

It isn't hard to start a Makerspace, once you've got the founding members in place. Probably less than a year of effort, and we're talking monthly meetings, putting aside some money, drafting documents, and scouting locations as the very little work you have to do in that first year. Watch some videos about our Makerspace and its founding here at about 2 minutes in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpjk2Nw ... ideo_title Also cool: our grand opening video, which shows the handmade music group's table, where I'm teaching kids how to circuit bend toys, and our Rubens Tube on the left table: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQC69lsf8K4 at around 1:26 -- we had an amazing turnout, we counted over 500 people in attendance throughout the day!

Back to starting your own: You have a lot better chance of finding a space if you're in the rustbelt or renting in an industrial area. The Makerspaces in NYC, Seattle, and Chicago are both very urban (Chicago's is actually in the loop, some of the most expensive real estate in the midwest, I believe) and so they have tiny shops that can only really hold about 20-30 people and can only do electronics. So I definitely recommend doing it in an industrial park where the landlord can't rent all the space he has (Which is what we do.) Proof that this plan works is that Detroit has at least 3 successful Makerspaces at this point. Let me know if you have questions or need resources! I'd love to help

And if you guys ever are in Milwaukee and want a tour, let me know, I'd be glad to show you around

[D-Rainger]

We have a makerspace in London UK - Hoxton area, it's fantastic. It's just doubled in size, but more 'city'-based stuff I think - less 'hangar' projects, but all the 3D printing stuf and big tools. I've not yet joined - so don't have travelpass swipe/door entry yet, so I look on their real-time webcam http://hack.rs:8001/ to see if there's someone there to let me in! I drill enclosures for my guitar effects http://www.raingerfx.com with the drill-press... and try not to trash their drillbits.