[General] 555 timer audio circuits

Fri Apr 25 00:47:22 CDT 2014

Yeah these are the sorts of  comments I was looking for. I think the plan will be a mix of educational, production, and artistic collaboration.

I.e. Some things will be done through the school board, some through sheer volume, and maybe a call-for-proposals to local groups. The end result would be a big installation and/or a series of installations that are interactive, taking input from various transducers and data sources, and outputting either sound, light, or motion. Perhaps networked with sister installations in town or elswhere.

2000 units is pulled from thin air. That would be one input for everyone that showed up at STEAMfest- a little ambitious. But I think yall see the idea and hopefully the potential.

Definitely interested in the Meatstand stuff. We'll talk, Tim...

Thanks for letting me ramble a bit, maybe its just crazytalk and nothing will happen...

Matt

> On Apr 25, 2014, at 1:05 AM, Tim H <crashcartpro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Meatstand learn to solder kit uses a 555 timer to clock a counter and then uses the counter to display a dice pattern. My drive to build the kit was wanting students to do more "work" than a battery and a couple leds... the things I feel I learned though: being cheap enough to meet peoples expectations is kinda hard. I missed that mark with that project. Also, it can take a brand new solderer over an hour to fully assemble and solder over 30 components. (Depending, of course) We should talk about it some more.
> 
> -Tim
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2014 8:37 PM, "Stephan Henning" <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well, putting together 2000 of these kits is entirely different from using them to teach kids to solder. 
>> 
>> Best way to get 2000 of the kits together is to pull the design, determine what parts are necessary, price the BOM and then price the board utilizing the parts chosen. 
>> 
>> How ever you do it, I would build at least a half dozen prototypes first and put them in the hands of kids and make sure it can survive a little bit of abuse before making purchases in any large quantities. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Matthew H <hendrix04 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was more thinking getting boards made, ordering parts and put kits together yourself.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Thursday, April 24, 2014, Matt Barron <mbarronj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> The design is known, open source, commodity, as are all the parts. If needed, it could be put out to a board house and reels of parts bought and sent to a pcb fab house for smt pick-n-place and reflow. I could handle doing it industrially.
>>>> 
>>>> But I don't feel like that's the Hacker/Maker/Artist/Engineer style I'm going for. Howabout teaching kids to solder? Teaching classes on music synthesis and circuitmaking art? I am looking for the best thing to provide for the Huntsville community, and I would like creative feedback and Ideas from MakersLocal 256. 
>>>> 
>>>> If you were going to change the world with a 555 timer, how would you do it?
>>>> 
>>>> Matt
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 8:43 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Should be easy enough to source the parts, would need to buy a copy to replicate the board, unless you know the schematic for the circuit being used. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Makershed version is much smaller and appears to have a lot lower part count. I'd be interested to see the BOM cost comparisons between the two. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Matthew H <hendrix04 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> You could also see if makershed has the ability to handle that quantity
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.makershed.com/product_p/mkjr2.htm
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Matthew H <hendrix04 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I would see if you could get the design for that board and source all the parts yourself.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Stephan Henning <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Clarify your question please.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You wish to order 2000 of those kits?
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Stephan
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Matt Barron <mbarronj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hey makers!
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do you guys think is the best way to get about 2000 of something like this:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.etsy.com/listing/123476855/atari-punk-console-diy-kit?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promoted&utm_campaign=music_low&gclid=CKzBipaq-r0CFY3m7AodNQcApw
>>>>> 
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