A quick heads up for any folks who live in (or will be visiting next weekend) the DC area…Pete Brown and I are doing a session at the upcoming CMAP Code Camp ([url]http://www.cmap-online.org/CodeCamp/[/url]) in Columbia, MD on .NET Gadgeteer and the .NET Micro Framework.
The event is next Saturday, Nov. 12th…the schedule is in the process of being updated, but the session will be in the afternoon.
Would be great to meet any local folks from the TinyCLR community in person, if you’re in the area.
Sorry to miss you both. I have a feeling this won’t be the last time I’ll be presenting on Gadgeteer locally, so if folks are interested, I can continue to provide a heads-up here when the talks are scheduled.
For folks who are also interested in broader hardware stuff, I’m presenting in Charlottesville, VA (Charlottesville .NET UG) on the 17th on developing for the Kinect for Windows SDK.
2nd eBlock kit, plus some additional goodies, just showed up in the mail, so I figured I’d pack it all up in my newly-acquired gear box and take a pic…all the parts fit nicely in the box, but I’m not sure how worried I should be about static…keeping the components in their static bags (at least those that came in anti-static bags) would be kind of a pain.
Heh…nope. Just realized that fishing components out of little baggies over and over was going to get old, and given the number of eblocks I was picking up, had no room in the original Spider starter kit box.
I use various tackle boxes for component storage and have never had an issue with static. I do use a grounding pad on my bench, though, so this does not imply tackle boxes are ESD safe ;). The clear single layer ones with adjustable compartment sizes usually used for flies and fly tying supplies are sweet - don’t need to open them to see what’s in there.
Maybe we should start a new thread… But, I’d be interested in seeing what others are doing for storing all sorts of things. I’ve been thinking about getting organized for a year now… Resistor/capacitors/components storage? Anyone come up with any really great solutions you want to share?
I’m struggling with that a bit myself. I’m torn between using those little component drawer things like you saw on the wall in my picture, versus a really wide/shallow drawer with a lot of dividers (think like a used map or blueprint drawer)
I’m heading over to Harbor freight in the next week to see what they have. I’m not a fan of patronizing them, but for storage…
