Author: EvaB

  • DIYode is Getting Attention

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    At the Bay Area Maker Faire in California this weekend, our team is working hard on our behalf to promote the Codeshield.  There are some interesting developments afoot! Here is our booth featuring the “Codeshield Grande”, the 10X scale version of the Codeshield, the DIYode developed electronics teaching tool : We will let you know…

  • Go Team Go!

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    Teaching Intro to Arduino a Better Way Here is the link to the Codeshield page for the Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 this weekend in California: http://makerfaire.com/makers/teaching-intro-to-arduino-a-better-way/   Woot!

  • Get Ready for the Pitch!

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    Codeshield marketing at a large busy event like the Bay Area Maker Faire involves being seen so you can be heard. One strategy we thought of that is visually engaging, as well as interactive, is a 10 times sized working model of the Codeshield.  It can be walked around so that random bypassers can see…

  • DIYode is in California!

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    DIYode wishes to thank our president for promoting our makerspace and the Codeshield at the Hardware Innovation Workshop and the Bay Area Maker Faire this week.   We hope you have lots of fun!  

  • Diodes DIYode

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    A while ago,  Ken Brown and I worked on a portable sign to promote DIYode at two events in the same week.  It was made by etching our logo into an acrylic panel, and setting that panel onto a strip of LED tape in a wooden base.  The sign has gone on to several more…

  • Jump In!

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    There are many fascinating projects on the go and being started at DIYode all of the time.  Here is your chance to jump in and help!

  • DIYode Glows in the Dark

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    Last Wednesday, I was reading through the morning’s DIYode IRC chat when I ran across an article that Jamie had mentioned.  Someone had made a very attractive faceplate for LED light to shine through, similar to the control panel on some electronics. What had made it special was the high heat paint sprayed onto the…

  • Plasmania!!!!

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    DIYode recently got a shiny new cherry red plasma cutter! Our President,  Simon,  gleefuly made short work of an available spare 1/4 inch metal disc we happened to have around.                 …which is now threatening our very existence…          

  • Matt’s Wood Bowl

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    Recently, Alex Ciccone did a series of wood lathe workshops.  Several lovely bowls and pens were turned.  This inspired Matt Harding to get started on his own project. With a few types of wood he found at the shop, he sawed, planed, glued, clamped and glued again to make a solid multi-toned block  from which…

  • Elves! Elves! Everywhere!

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    Working to get the presents done.   Wood chips are flying around the clock!!   Theo Elf checking if it’s roasted enough.    Simon Elf making sure it’s all covered.   Jolly Shawn Elf  working hard and being his usual cheerful self. Peter Elf cleaning and buffing so he can paint it before it’s under…