Feb 25th 2023 Biomaker Workshop in Cambridge

Next Biomaker Training Workshop in Cambridge, February 25th 2023
"If you’re interested in developing skills for building new devices, adapting low-cost precision components as sensors,  displays, communications for lab or field experiments - then this free workshop with takeaway hardware is for you!"

You will be provided with an Arduino-compatible microcontroller board including sensors, display and output devices. The circuit board can be plugged into the USB port of your laptop (Mac or PC), and a simple visual programming environment used to program it. XOD provides a graphical way of programming using a flowchart-like system of interconnected nodes (https://xod.io). Each node corresponds to hardware device or computational process, and data flow is controlled by connections between the nodes that are drawn on-screen. With this, you can rapidly build and test custom instrumentation.

Workshop schedule

Saturday 25th February

Location: Practical Laboratory, Ground Floor
Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, Cambridge.

10:00-12:00 Introduction, setup and basic XOD programming

Objectives: (i) Install the software and drivers. (ii) Explore basic microcontroller and XOD concepts. (iii) Test the connections and software installation. (iv) Set parameter values for XOD nodes. (v) Test program flow and logic.

12:00-14:00 Break 

Catered lunch and discussion

14:00-16:00 Handling input and output devices with XOD.

Objectives: (i) Learn how to connect and use input and output devices, (ii) Program sounds and send parameters to OLED screen. (iii) Read environmental sensors (iv) Load external libraries in XOD and connect external devices.

More information about Biomaker and future training with portable Wio Terminals, AI vision sensors and LoRa wireless communications can be found at: https://www.biomaker.org. 

Places are limited. To reserve a spot, send an email to:

 Jim Haseloff at jh295@cam.ac.uk.