Author: Simon Clark

  • Soldering Workshop

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    We’ve hosted a number of soldering workshops, where attendees worked on basic project kits from Adafruit. These include MiniPOV kits, TV-B-Gones, Drawdios and Game of Life kits.

  • Project: Kid’s Kitchen Tower

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    By Simon ClarkI spent the weekend at Diyode creating a Kitchen Tower for our 16 month-old. Coraline loves helping in the kitchen, but has been falling off the kitchen chair a little too often. Our solution was this, a tower that she could climb into herself, and stand comfortably in while mixing ingredients, scrambling eggs,…

  • Workshop Walkthrough

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    It’s been a couple of weeks now since we officially opened.  So, although we are still acquiring tools and members, we figured it was time to post a walkthrough, so you can get an feeling for the space from the comfort of your home.

  • And, We’re In!

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    Diyode now officially has a home! We took possession of our new space at 71 Wyndham St. S, Unit B a couple of weeks ago.  There has been and is still much to do before we can enthusiastically throw our doors open to the public. First of all, a description of the space:  The front…

  • A new space

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    This is so exciting! We had a meeting on Monday night and voted unanimously to lease the space at 71 Wyndham St. S, Unit B.  A quick video walkthough of the space is here:

  • The Unsung Heroes of Making

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    So this is going to be one of the ‘Tricks of the Trade’ posts. You’ve seen them before, probably lots of times.  Hopefully though, every time you read one, it’ll spark something you haven’t thought of before. Tonight’s instalment was inspired by our rocket launcher project.  We pulled most of the launcher together a couple…