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PCB Fabrication Workshop

Donald, one of the overlords from Dorkbot PDX is teaching a work shop on etching PCB’s.
The previous workshop was very well done.  Don put on a great workshop that started out with a walk through of the design process.   Later he moved on to in depth discussions of cadsoft Eagle and the etching process.
The [...]

Make:PDX part deux

May ended up being a busier month than anticipated and ultimately disrupted our plans to hold contiguous monthly meetings. However, everything is back on track for an excellent meeting for the month of June!
We have lined up a speaker from the active and inventive local electronics gurus, DorkbotPDX. They regularly have meetings at various locations [...]

First Meeting: Huge Success

Here’s to a great first meeting!  Our turn out was huge, around 75 makers came down to say hi.
As promised Denney Cole and Wm Leler were our speakers.  Every one at the meeting got a tour of Tech Shop and the Open Tech Space.  We got a surprise speaker too;  the First team from Hillsboro [...]

DorkbotPDX Meeting 3/16/09 – Tonight!

What is DorkbotPDX:
Dorkbot PDX has crawled out of the womb and is in the now permanent (revolutionary) process of defining itself. We are a community of creative types who enjoy experimenting, finding art in technology and pushing the limits of whatever is in front of us. We meet on an regular, informal basis every other [...]

DorkbotPDX Meeting 3/2/09

What is DorkbotPDX:
Dorkbot PDX has crawled out of the womb and is in the now permanent (revolutionary) process of defining itself. We are a community of creative types who enjoy experimenting, finding art in technology and pushing the limits of whatever is in front of us. We meet on an regular, informal basis every other [...]