Just a reminder – BC Robotics will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th for Remembrance Day. Our storefront will be closed this day and will reopen on Thursday, November 12th. Orders placed online after 2:00 PM Pacific Time Tuesday, November 10th will be shipped Thursday November 12th.
Makerspace Nanaimo and BC Robotics will be hosting another level 1 soldering workshop. When: Saturday, November 21st @ 1:00pm Where: 2221 McGarrigle Road, Makerspace Nanaimo In this workshop we will be learning how to solder a blinky light. This will include identifying each of the components, locating where they go on the...
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Just a reminder that our showroom is will be closing at 5:00pm on Halloween Day! Have a safe and Happy Halloween!
I absolutely love video games so I decided to try out the plush game controller designed by Adafruit Industries. I went along with most of the instructions provided but decided to change a couple! Having a laser cutter sitting right next to me, I thought laser…material…let’s make this go...
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You may have asked yourself – “what are wearables?” They are embedded electronics combined with fabric and textiles. Wearables are also know as smart garments, smart clothing, electronic textiles, smart textiles or smart fabrics. They share many of the same familiar components as conventional electronics including microcontrollers, battery packs,...
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Raspberry Pi? Media Center? Makerspace Nanaimo will be hosting a Raspberry Pi Media Center Workshop. When: Wednesday, October 21st @ 6:30pm Where: 2221 McGarrigle Road, Makerspace Nanaimo We will be covering the entire process of setting up a Raspberry Pi for use as a Media Center including installing the software, configuring the...
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