Electronics Lab
Workshop Series
Reading Week: February 18th – February 26th
Schedule
Saturday, February 18th, 1pm – 5pm
Electronics
Wes Johnston
This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of electricity and electronics. It will cover basic theory and components, and participants will learn how to build an electronic circuit that can flash LEDs, generate a tone, respond to sensors, and activate motors.
Sunday, February 19th, 1pm – 5pm
Linux
Stephen Kelly
This workshop will introduce participants to Linux, an open-source operating system. The fundamentals of working with Linux will be covered, including basic command-line techniques. Participants will learn how to build a computer from used hardware, install a Linux operating system, and install open-source software applications.
Monday, February 20th, 1pm – 5pm
HTML5 and CSS3
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to HTML and CSS, the core building blocks of the web. Participants will learn how to build, design, and customize webpages, manage a custom domain, and make and host search-engine friendly online websites. Emphasis will be placed on visual presentation and experimentation.
Tuesday, February 21st, 1pm – 5pm
Javascript Programming
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Javascript, the programming language that powers the modern web. Participants will learn the fundamentals of Javascript programming and use powerful open-source libraries to make webpages dynamic, interactive, and animated. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 1pm- 5pm
Arduino
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping and physical computing platform. It will cover the fundamentals of microcontrollers and computer programming for sensing and control applications, and participants will learn how to sense the environment with various sensors as well as control lights, motors, and other actuators. Participants should have a basic working knowledge of electronics. For more information on Arduino, visit www.arduino.cc.
Thursday, February 23rd, 1pm – 5pm
Processing
Lukas Steinman
This workshop will introduce participants to Processing, an open-source programming language and environment. It will cover the fundamentals of computer programming for graphics, video, and audio applications, and participants will learn how to manipulate data in real-time to create emergent and interactive works. For more information on Processing, visit www.processing.org.
Saturday, February 25th, 1pm – 5pm
Circuit Bending
Jesse Mitchell
Circuit-bending is the creative short circuiting of consumer grade instruments and toys to create unique electronic instruments. This simple method requires little to no electronics skills and opens up a wide and strange world of sounds. In this workshop you will see a variety of circuit bent examples, learn a variety of methods, a small amount of history, important guidelines, and helpful shortcuts. We will bend an instrument together and I will assist anybody that brings their own instruments to play with.
Sunday, February 26th, 1pm – 5pm
Locative Media
Leola Leblanc
Locative Media explores the relationship between urban space and media using networked mobile devices like smartphones. It allows us to augment our surrounding spaces with audio, image or video by creating media and ‘dropping’ that media in urban environments that include private and public spaces. Students will learn about the city in new ways that connect past and present while developing skills to engage their city by creating invisible digital spaces that can be experienced and accessed sonically, visually, and by foot through the use of mobile technology that has either a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
Cost
$35 (plus applicable taxes)
Registration
To sign up, phone 422-6822 or email cfat.lab@ns.aliantzinc.ca. Seats in workshops are available on a first come first serve basis. To secure your seat in a workshop, please register by paying in full at least one week before the workshop series. A workshop may not run if there are insufficient participants. Refunds will only be given in the event of a workshop cancellation.