This 2-day workshop will take place on Tuesday 6 & 13 April at The Flea Pit (Columbia Rd nr. Old Street, Shoreditch).
Cost: £40 (for two 2-hour sessions)
To reserve please email reserve@openlabworkshops.org – space is limited.

Are you new to programming and interactive electronics? Have you ever been interested in a crash course in connecting real world sensors with your computer?

This is the class for you! We start with a gentle introduction to programming using Processing, a free tool for digital art and design. Following that is a basic introduction to electronics and sensors using the Arduino platform. Finally, we demonstrate how you can connect the two together! Use a distance sensor to control the strength of a man-made wind, or use a mouse click to start a vibrating motor under someone’s chair… At the end of this class you will have the tools to do exactly these things and more.

Suitable for beginners. No previous experience necessary.

Day 1 – Processing

• Introduction to the Processing application – installing and basic use
• Drawing to the screen
• Basic programming concepts such as decisions (logic) and syntax
• Basic animation concepts
• Resources and where to find help

Day 2 – Arduino

• Introduction to the Arduino platform (hardware and software) – installing and basic use
• Programming the Arduino (syntax)
• Digital input / output, analog input / output, and Serial Communication
• Demonstrating how to get Processing and Arduinos to communicate.
• Resources and where to find help

When: Tuesday 3 Nov from 6pm-10:00pm
Where: The Roebuck pub (upstairs room), 50 Great Dover Street, SE1 4YG
Nearest transport: 5, 133, 343, 21 buses, Borough Tube (Northern line)
About 8 minute walk from London Bridge Station (Northern and Jubilee tube, rail, and bus station: 48, 47, 149 buses)

Cost: £15 for the entire night, or per workshop (see below).
How to pay: At the door, or via Paypal to be guaranteed a space (limited to 30 people per workshop).  There will be a few spaces for people who show up on the night.  Please email reserve@openlabworkshops.org to reserve a space in any workshop.

Schedule:

6PM: Hardware Noise Hacking with Ryan Jordan – £10

In this session of Hardware Noise Hacking you will be making some PSYCHEDELIC SQUARE WAVE TOILET GOGGLES!!!! Yes indeed, your very own hallucinogenic, drug free goggles!

Aside from that, the workshop will teach you simple circuit and electronics building to make your own square wave synth and stroboscopic lights, both with controllable frequency.

No programming skill is required.
No electronics skill is required.
No musical skill is required.
Only your body and brain are required.
This is an open workshop for anyone interested in DIY punk noise machines.

There is an additional £15 charge for the kit, if you wish to take it home with you and scare your friends and impress your enemies!

The kit includes:

1. 555 timer circuit
2. capacitors
3. resistors
4. small speaker
5. breadboard
6. 9v battery and clip
7. potentiometer
8. LED’s
9. Instruction and reference booklet.

What you will need to bring to the workshop!!!:::

• 2 x inner tubes from toilet rolls
• a pair of goggles or glasses
• a sense of sonic adventure

7:45PM: Understanding Sound and Music by Programming Computers with S. Jagannathan – £10

Session 2 (of 2): Synthesis From Scratch

Part 2 of audio enthusiast and professional computational motivational speaker Jag’s 2 part series on making sound from basic computer code. About 50% of the workshop/talk will have computer sound & music ideas – these will be programming language agnostic – in a format that people without any prior programming background but with an interest in computer music can understand. PD, max/msp, SuperCollider, etc. users will benefit from looking into that primal black box of sound generators!

Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of programming – variables, loops, conditionals, basic pointers. (if you have done programming in the past it should be fairly straightforward.)
• A computer with a C++ compiler (Linux, XCode, etc.)

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