Nodebots Day Northern Virginia
Why NodeBots
We want to show that node is an all-purpose, fun tool by showing its potential with hardware. How? By bringing together those interested in node and hardware hacking, and giving them an open space to hack, collaborate, learn, and share their results with others. Also your guide for the day is one of the people helping to create the nodebots environment, so he wants all your realtime feedback about how things can be easier and better!
Why the $10 ticket price?
We want to ensure that everyone who registers for a ticket is actually going to attend and thats why we ask you to a very small fee. One slots are very limited so we want to ensure they go to people who will be present on NodeBots Day. The ticket price does go to cover refreshments that will be available throughout the day for you.
What Cool Stuff can I do?
Checkout the Johnny-Five examples for some examples of cool stuff to do with Node and Arduino.
tl;dr - You can do stuff with motors, servos, sensors, LEDs, in categories like home automation, robots that move, walk, and dance, and just about anything you can wire together.
How
BYOHardware -- Assume there will be no hardware waiting for you at this event. You will need to purchase your own or find someone day of to team up with! No worries if this is your first time, we have some suggestions:
Here's a list of suggested kits for beginners:
- Sparkfun Inventor's Kit
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MakerShed Starter Kit
- Also recommended is their Microcontroller Starter Kit
- Adafruit Starter Kit
Also, here is a list of parts providers for intermediate level:
But what do I need to attend?
You will definitely want to bring a laptop computer with some modern operating system installed. You should also have downloaded and installed Node.JS version 0.10.x from nodejs.org. Otherwise we will have internet available, but if you feel adventuresome, go ahead and install Johnny-Five, which makes robot build incredibly fun and easy.
We will probably also have everything from drones to laser cutters to CNCs to sumobots, so if you have ever had a crazy project in mind, this is the time to make it happen! You do not need to be proficient or even coding in node.js to attend, just a willingness to try new things!
But I don't know how the slightest about electronics let alone robots
That's okay! We will have mentors who know how to get you up and running with both the ctronics and the code. We want to create a good environment for those new to hardware hacking.
Sponsoring
Want to sponsor? Great! Contact @voodootikigod for information. We are looking for sponsors to provide lunch and extra hardware to our attendees.
When, Where
NovaLabs 11409-F Sunset Hills Rd. Reston, VA 20190
- The complex has limited space. Use the park & ride across the street as the spaces will fill up quickly..
Schedule
- 10AM - start hacking!
- 12PM - we will break for lunch or you can keep hacking!
- 4PM - Show & Tell- bring up your project and show us what you made!
We will have mentors and crazy hardware including lasers, freakin lasers, available throughout the day to help you learn and help troubleshoot.