ArduinoDay

Last Edit: 16 March (Monday) @11:59p CDT

Arduino Days 2026

• https://days.arduino.cc/about
• March 27 & 28

Diogenes

• Arduino Days 2026
• March 27, 28, & 29
• 10a - 4p CDT

March 27 (Fri):

• Arduino is expected to have livestream most of the day (We have not seen a specific schedule at this point in time).

• 12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (J. Choate) - Day 1/3

- This will be a group project where the participants pick a project goal involving controlling some sort of mechanical assembly of their choosing.

- It is expected the group will break their project down into modules and then individuals or small (e.g. pairs) sub-groups will take specific modules and assemble them. The final goal will be to assemble the modules into the finished work product.

- We'll be using Bass/Balsa wood, plastics, foam, string, straws, etc. along with motors and solenoids. We'll have a supply stock on hand, but feel free to bring additional materials.

- Suggestions (The group has the final say in their project):

- Karakuri Ningo (からくり人形)

 Karakuri Puppet --  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakuri_puppet

 Japan's Only Karakuri Doll Master. 300 Years of Exquisite Mechanical Art. -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-kqpkZWjc

- Target Tracking Nerf Compatible Weapon (Diogenes will supply Nerf ammo)

- da Vinci Mechanism

March 28 (Sat):

• 10a - 12p - HABEX Monthly Update - "Arduino & LoRaWAN" - Seeeduino LoRaWAN (J. Choate) - Hands-on pair/group.

- The first hour will be a presentation of the HABEX2 project and the hardware.

- The second hour 2 will be a hands on familiarization with the SEEEDuino LoRaWAN board. I have 3x boards. You'll need a computer to program them. Intend to do blink and GPS.

- https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Seeeduino_LoRAWAN/ (Be sure to visit this page and become familiar with it. It is critical to success in working with the two examples.)

• 12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (J. Choate) - Day 2/3

• 1p - 4p - "Beginner git User Intro" (Daniel Morely)

- This is intended for persons who have no experience using change management in their programming.

- Participants will need to have git installed on their laptop before the presentation (or arrive early to install it).

- All git operations will be on your local machine, no network services are required.

March 29 (Sun):

• 10a - 12p - Wanna get Weird? Plan 9 on Raspberry Pi (J. Choate) - Hands-on as you will need a Raspberry Pi, SD Card, & Computer

- Plan 9 Installation on Raspberry Pi 3 -- https://web.archive.org/web/20200111162735/http://ssz.com/Projects/RPi_Plan9_Install.html

- Plan 9 available -- https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=24480

- Plan 9 operating system for the Raspberry Pi – demonstration by Richard Miller -- https://raspi.tv/2012/plan-9-operating-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-demonstration-by-richard-miller

- 9Front -- https://9front.org/

• 12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (J. Choate) - Day 3/3

Unscheduled (at this time):

• Karakuri Robotics w/ Arduino (or other SBC) (J. Choate) - 4+ hrs. - Hands-on group project. We will build a very simple Karakuri robot out of Bass/Balsa wood, string, straws, etc. along with motors and solenoids instead of the traditional spring or gravity drop used by the original Japanes builders. We'll have a supply stock on hand, but feel free to bring additional material.

• The Linux Build System - A High Level Introduction (J. Choate) - 2 hrs. - Presentation w/ discussion

To Do:

• ESP32 (We have several ESP32s and ESP32 WROOM boards available) - Volunteer?

• BeagleV-Fire (Has an SOC FPGA) - I have one board and have done a couple of projects with it, very beginner. The toolchain for this is mostly provided by Beagle online (though I do have the toolchain installed locally as well). - Volunteer?

• Arduino Uno Q - I have one board and hope to have at least got blink done by the target date. - Volunteer?