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The Diyode Codeshield – A better way to teach Arduino Help fund the manufacture of the Codeshield, an Arduino add-on board designed to make teaching and learning electronics and programming easier & more effective. ……………………………………… Education has been a strong part of the mandate of DIYode since its inception.  The Codeshield was developed to be…

…goes to DIYode,  for their amazing Codeshield Grande!!    Way to go Team!!!!  Woo Hoo!!  

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…

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!

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 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!  

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!

Here is a link to a good page with information on building a Vacuum Former: http://www.tk560.com/vactable4.html A lot of good information. I would prefer to build one out of mostly metal, with the heating elements on the top, so the frame with the plastic sheet will just have to be dropped down onto the mold.…