Nice. I'm a big fan of the Arduino, but unfortunately(?) I'm not based in Auckland.
At the risk of self promotion, the control side of my telerobotics site is driven by an Arduino with an Ethernet shield. Heaps of fun to learn and play around with. Thanks, Nathan. http://www.kennedytechnology.com Telerobotics project: http://control.kennedytechnology.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James McGlinn Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 1:01 p.m. To: PHP Users Group List Group List Subject: [phpug] [OT] MindKits Hi guys, This one is way OT but I know quite a few developers on the list will be interested. The other day I picked up an Arduino microcontroller and got chatting with Tim Carr from MindKits who is the NZ distributor for SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com). Some of you may have seen this at Barcamp Auckland but for those who aren't familiar with microcontrollers they're essentially a computer on a chip, complete with CPU, RAM, USB/serial port and I/O pins for connecting sensors, motors, servos, LEDs, etc. They can be battery powered, can plug in to a network, read RFID cards, or connect to Wifi. I've used one years back to build a 2 metre tall cellphone replica as a controller to browse WAP mobile sites, talking to a server through PHP's Direct I/O extension - the possibilities are endless. Tim has a beginners workshop running this weekend in Auckland that sounds very cool and has a couple of places available. If you're interested in microcontrollers or robotics have a read through his email below. Kind regards, James McGlinn __________________________________ CTO Eventfinder Limited Suite 106, Heards Building 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 Phone: +649 365 2342 Mobile: +6421 633 234 [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz Begin forwarded message: Hi all, I'm Tim from <http://mindkits.co.nz/> www.MindKits.co.nz here.. I see more and more people looking to explore the fun of physical computing but they are not really sure how to start. So, we're here to offer MindKits as an easy way to integrate your projects with the physical world and have support while you're at it. We've had some pretty awesome projects come out of the combination of Arduino and software integration on a PC - web enabled lawn mower, twittering plant, rfid memory box that plays war memories when brought near the screen. So, some of you may be interested in learning more and for those who aren't please accept my apologies for taking your time with this email. If you are interested, check us out at www.mindkits.co.nz <http://www.mindkits..co.nz> , drop me an email ([email protected]) or check out our workshop we're running this weekend. We're happy to help and love to hear about the projects being built. The workshop is geared toward beginners but we have enough content that beginner-intermediate users will learn plenty and be well challenged. I know there are an increasing number of people wishing to get into Arduino and robotics in general so if you are interested or know of someone who you feel would benefit you may wish to enlighten them or pass along this email. I'm always happy to field questions too so feel free to email me directly at Tim@ <mailto:[email protected]> Mindkits.co.nz. So, if you're keen to come along for two days of fun on the weekend while learning and meeting like minded tinkerers we'd love to see you. The course is this weekend so don't delay and as of this writing we have two positions left in the workshop(22nd/23rd). Contact Tim@ <mailto:[email protected]> mindkits.co.nz for more info or...... Auckland: http://www. <http://www.mindkits.co.nz/arduino_course-AK.html> mindkits.co.nz/arduino_course-AK.html Regards and thank you, Tim MindKits Chief Ninja __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4353 (20090820) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
