Entries by Nate Bezanson

Arduino meetup Thursday 12/8. Featured: The Chronotune’s guts

We’re kicking off i3 Detroit’s new Arduino meetup series with a show-and-tell project that’s near and dear to our hearts: The Chronotune, (as previously covered all over the freakin’ place). For those following along at home: The Chronotune’s user interface is a rotary encoder, read by the Arduino. Year is indicated on 7-segment displays, and […]

If this is Friday, it must be Open Shop!

Last night’s tabletop gaming meetup was a great success, as I counted over a dozen players at three simultaneous games. Games of what? I haven’t a clue, I was working on other stuff. 😉 It happens again in two weeks! Tonight is Open Shop, meaning non-members are specifically invited to bring a project to work […]

Android meetup wrapup: Many lessons learned

Last night’s Android meetup was busy! And almost nothing went according to plan. In no particular order: Did you know that 0603 resistors are smaller than the tips of most tweezers? My Galaxy Tab bricked itself last month, and the recovery procedure involves some fine soldering to make it think it’s a dev-board, so it’ll […]

Android meetup, Tuesday 11/22, 7pm

Got Android? The fourth Tuesday of the month is i3 Detroit’s monthly Android meetup, and you’re invited! Member or guest, expert or noob, all are welcome to hang out, swap tips, and watch SWiT break his Epic 4G while attempting to replace the glass. (Kidding!) Actually, SWiT’s planning to broadcast that procedure via a G+ […]