Author Archives: stanto

Alternative Open Day

Posted on April 11, 2014 by stanto

Saturday 12th April 2014 – 11am till 4pm Myself and a few other members are opening the Hackspace on saturday for an open-day; we’ve had people ask if someone would open the space on a not-tuesday and this’s the result! … Continue reading →

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Partnership with Farnell (almost)

Posted on March 27, 2014 by stanto

Hello everyone, The directors have been contacted on at least two occasions about developing a small scale partnership with Forward3D; these people are working with Premier Farnell/element14 to help create more content for the site(s) and generally get feedback on … Continue reading →

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Quarterly Meeting!

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stanto

At the last AGM we said that we would try to have a meeting about every three months. A little overdue but the next meeting will be on the 4th starting at 8pm. This will cause a little disruption to … Continue reading →

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AGM! Soon..

Posted on September 18, 2013 by stanto

We’re holding the AGM on the 1st of October. It’s a standard Tuesday night, not Tonight, not next Tuesday, but the Tuesday after. As any Tuesday, all and everyone are welcome. If there’s anything people think should be on the … Continue reading →

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Vote for Us!

Posted on September 4, 2013 by stanto

The BeagleBone Black challenge is over and we’ve managed to get the arms moving on the foosball table and track the ball using the BBB, motors, laser cut plastics, bits of wood and electronics! What we need now, so that … Continue reading →

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What is Leeds Hackspace?

Posted on July 5, 2013 by stanto

Presentation by Fligg (Director) and Joe (Member) as part of SuperPosition which are a set of short arty/technical/maker presentations hosted in the PackHorse in Leeds.

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HackerSpace Challenge – Week 3

Posted on June 30, 2013 by stanto

Cross-posted from: http://bit.ly/12csYLL So after breaking a BeagleBone Black by putting 5v onto the breakout pin on the P8 side… we were supplied with a new one! (thanks!). This meant that I could go back to coding for the scoring system. … Continue reading →

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Challenge Progress !

Posted on June 25, 2013 by stanto

As part of the BeagleBoneBlack Challenge set by Element14/Farnell it was requested/a requirement to post a blog update each week. We were informed of this a bit late so I pushed out a short update, then a longer proper ‘week … Continue reading →

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£1,000 for Beaglebone Black Challenge!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by stanto

Edit: fixed Google Group link, oops. The LeedsHackspace has entered a challenge against Pumping Station 1 thanks to Element14. We have 4 weeks (less than actually due to various delays, etc.) to get a project going and win a vote … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to (Hacking?) Electronics

Posted on May 23, 2013 by stanto

While the Hackspace intends at some point to run workshops to help its members and possibly anyone else learn about making, hacking electronics and putting together circuitry (mainly with the Arduino, but not limited to) there’s a handy website out … Continue reading →

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