Hackerspace Brussels

What do you think about when somebody mentions “amateur radio” (also know as “ham radio”)?
If a mental image pops up in your head of a truckers talking in a microphone in his cab about “the bear in the sky”, or old men doing morse code using a vintage radio with vacuum tubes, be prepared to have that idea challenged!

The International Telecommunication Union (the “radio” organisation of the UN) described hamradio as “a service for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical…

What is Aquaponics

Aquaponics (pronunciation: /ˈækwəˈpɒnɨks/), or pisciponics, is a sustainable food production system that combines conventional aquaculture, (raising aquatic animals such as snails, fish, crayfish or prawns in tanks), with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment. In aquaculture, effluents accumulate in the water, increasing toxicity for the fish. This water is led to a hydroponic system where the by-products from the aquaculture are broken down by…

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°001

For this first session, we’ll start by setting up our workspace and install the tools that will be used during the series. Those suggested tools include :

• ** Replit ** : an online IDE that support c and c++ among numerous other languages

• ** Tinkercad ** : a user-friendly, online CAD editor that will be used for circuit design and simulations

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°002

This time we’ll…

• Find a non-infected version of the MinGW-W64 compiler

• Finish setting up our CodeLite dev environment

• Learn a bit more theory about microcontrollers

• build a simple music player with our arduinos that may or may not play the DOOM E1M1 theme on a buzzer :metal:

NOTE : for all those who couldn’t make it to the first session, worry not. We’ll do a quick summary of…

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°003

Program :

• Replicate our DOOM music machine on simulators (TinkerCAD & Wokwi)

• Create a game of Simon with Arduino

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°004

Program :

• First implementation of our Simon game project : 4 buttons controlling LEDs and a buzzer

• Second implementation : add gameplay with incrementing light and sound sequences + validating user inputs

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°005

Program :

• implement gameplay on the Simon game

• introduce the seven-segment display that we’ll use for showing the score :

  • what’s inside the box ?

  • how to display a specific digit ?

  • how to convert a serial signal into a parallel signal ?

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°006

Program : tbd after session 5

Language

This workshop will be given in French and English.

Arduino and microcontroller : Crash Course N°007

Program :

• Finalize our Simon game with two digits score display

• CELEBRATE !

• Discuss plans for future workshops

Attack Delay Workshop

The workshop consists of the construction of a Delay effect circuit based on the classic PT2399 chip that many Delay commercial pedals use. The circuit has two potentiometers with which we manage the time and feedback of the FX, they allow us to use the delay in a more conventional way but also to take it to noisier terrain. The circuit will be assembled in a box to the liking of the participants and we will end the workshop by playing the FX a bit and exploring its…