Tinkerers Meeting – March 2025 – Write Up
Meeting held at STEAM Cafe & Discovery Centre
13 Torbay Road, Paignton.
It was just myself and Helen again this month, but we were busy testing Helen's Robot Drag car, this can now go the distance in <2 seconds, which is the target time. It does seem to spin after slowing down.
The Obstacle avoiding (OA) robot now works, and now has two programs attached to it, one is the OA mode, and the other it is programmed to moved around as if dancing.
The code is now on my laptop, so can be uploaded as needed, depending on what is required.
We also had a look at the Micro:bit car that belongs to Lucy M, this again works, beeps, the LEDs are a little bright, which is great in the dark.
I also had a look at the Snap Electronics kit and built up a few basic circuits including a transistor Amp.
A basic LED with switch
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with LED off
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with LED On
Transistor (NPN) amplifier with instructions.
The STEAM discovery centre also has a nice train set. This is Thomas the tank engine themed, but has track, points to change tracks and carriages for the trains.
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#Torbay,#Tinkerers,#Electronics,#Hacking,#Arduino,
#RaspberryPi,#Making
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