Last month, 5 attended April Social Night: Anthony talked about antenna design for vhf/uhf, and using generator to keep well-water pump running during the ice storm power outage. Jack talked about mesh radio. Anthony talked about repurposing 2.4ghz ham gear… channel 1 wifi overlaps with 2.4ghz amateur band! With wrt54GL firmware, can do self-assembling mesh. … Continue reading April 2021 wrap-up

Duncan Beevers talked about Raspberry Pi Pico at Social meetup (5 attending), Anthony talked about radio tech used during ice storm power outage. Santiam Canyon tool library: facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SantiamCanyonToolLibrary/https://santiamcanyontoollibrary.myturn.com/(If anyone has used it, let us know!) Victor shared an opportunity: "Tesla 3 li-ion cells for $3.25 ea at batteryhookup.com !! I just spotted this … Continue reading March 2021 Wrap-up

(August 3, 2019) - 15 people turn out for Spark Studio’s ‘First Tuesday’ Social at Salem Ale Works (7pm). After introductions around the table, we did some Spark updates on recent and upcoming events (3rd Thursday Maker Night still unconfirmed due to recent C50+ closure / process delays), (pic) Brandon demonstrates the python program he … Continue reading First Tuesday Social (Sept 2019)

Aug 31, 2019 - Jeremy, Sarah, Duncan B, Barry, Chris F, and D Duncan staffed a “Spark Studio Salem / 3D Printing Demo” booth 2p-6p in the STEAM section of Columbia Hall, Oregon State Fair! Demos were set up with 3D printers (including Barry’s Astrodroid dome) and the Cricut CNC vinyl cutter (free stickers cut-on-demand). … Continue reading Spark Studio at 2019 Oregon State Fair!

Fun and engaging turnout! Dan gave short, fun presentation regarding his progress on a 'flea circus' in a suitcase, run by Microcontrollers. New to microcontrollers, excellent history and skill with papercraft models, talk was a hit! Next month, Chris will do the short talk related to Burning Man projects. Justin heard about our group and … Continue reading June 2018 Talk and Social