Hello Makers,

We had our monthly meeting at the reMake Lounge last week. We had some great demos and then played with Processing and Arduino to make the Temperature Clock.

First we had Chris who made the MUNI light

It polls the MUNI information for a stop you set and determines when you need to leave the house to reach that stop. It goes from blue to blinking red the closer the bus is to your stop. You can check out his website for more cool stuff

Then Andrew showed off a crank LED flashlight he found with way too many features including an neat adapter to charge an iPhone.

Finally we had Jeff show off his new project: the Minimalduino. It is a shield compatible Arduino with the minimum number of parts you need to make it work.

Check out his blog for more pictures of this project and for all the other cool stuff he has made. Also, if you are interested, you can download the Eagle files for the Minimalduino and make one yourself. Another cool thing he mentioned is that the Portland Dorkbot does a PCB order every month. They charge $5 per square inch and you get three copies of your design. It is a great way to get a few professional boards without paying a lot of money.

Then we went on to our Temperature Clock mini-project. Everyone was able to get it working and then had some fun playing around with the different displays. If you want to try this project yourself all the information is on the Make:SF wiki. Feel free to download the files, go through the tutorial, and make any changes you want.

See you all next month!