Monthly archives: March 2018


Shrimping (hand-built Arduino) workshop – London 19/04/2018

The Shrimp is a small Arduino compatible computer built on a breadboard.

In this 1.5 hour workshop you will learn how to build and program a
Shrimp, with two projects.

Project 1: Flashing LED. This project is to get you started. You will
build the shrimp, and get it to flash a small LED. You will then learn
how to program the shrimp to change how the LED flashes.

Project 2: Persistence of vision. You will add a line of LEDs to your
shrimp, and program it to flash them at very high speed, so when waved
in the air it spells out a message.

At the end of the workshop you can take your shrimp home with you.

This workshop is suitable for anyone over the age of 7. For children
7-11, it is very much about following instructions to build a
computer. For older children (our record is 92), you will start to
understand how a computer works and want to explore how much it can be
modified.

Pre-requisites: BCS Open Source SG will supply the Shrimping kits.
You’ll need to bring a laptop with the free Arduino IDE installed.

Speaker Biographies:
Dr Jeremy Bennett is Chair of the BCS Open Source Specialist Group. He is also Chief Executive of Embecosm who provide open source compiler development services. A former academic he is author of the standard textbook “Introduction to Compiling Techniques” (McGraw-Hill 1990, 1995, 2003).

Registration link: https://ossg190418.eventbrite.co.uk

Agenda:
18:00 – Registration, including tea, coffee and networking
18:30 – Workshop start
20:00 – Workshop end
Networking: Continues after the workshop in the Coal Hoal Pub on The Strand

Will catering be provided?
Refreshments are provided, though no food is being provided.

Closing date for bookings is Thursday 19 April 2018 at 08:30 am. No more bookings will be taken after this date.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.