Thursday, November 25, 2010

Resources

I've made another sister site with resources to clean this one up a little bit.  It is still under construction, but you can find it here: csuieeedesignresources.blogspot.com.

The Arduinos have arrived!


I made a special trip to Sparkfun yesterday to pick up our Arduinos! I've got to wait until next week to pick up most of the other components, but right now you all have a brand new Arduino Uno, a 6ft USB cord, and some Sparkfun stickers  :)
There was Uno Arduino to rule them all.....

Box o' bags of awesomeness
Who reads the manual?

Monday, November 22, 2010

Registration Update

Registration has closed* and we have 15 registered entries into the competition.

*If you would like to enter late, we do have a couple late openings.  Please send me an email at electricityandairwaves (at) gmail.com if you would like to join ASAP.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Info Meetings

There are two info meetings.  Your team must attend one of them.  If you do not attend, we cannot order your team an Arduino, components, and supplies you will need for the competition and workshops.

Meeting times and places:
Thursday, November 18th @ 6pm in Clark A202
Friday, November 19th @ 6pm in Clark A202

Entry fee:
Please bring your team's $15 entry fee to help us pay for components ($7 if you already own an Arduino) to one of the info meetings. We can accept cash and checks written to "Eta Kappa Nu".

If your cannot make a meeting or the fees, please contact me at electricityandairwaves (at) gmail.com

If you would like to purchase a breadboard and jumper kit (which you WILL need), they will be available for $30 (cash only) at the meetings, workshops, and project nights.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Last day to register!

Alrighty folks, TODAY is the last day to register.  If you haven't done so already, please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HVF62QW and fill in your information.

If for some reason you are unable to register via the link, please send me an email to electricityandairwaves (at) gmail.com with the following information:
*Name:
*Major:
*Year:
*Phone Number:
*Email:
*Current address (the one we'd send a letter to YOU):
*Teammates (if applicable)

*I also need to know the following:
*Are you experienced in circuitry?
*Are you experienced in programming?
*Do you own basic electronics tools (multimeter, wire strippers, soldering iron, ect)
*Do you own a breadboard?
     *If not, would you like to purchase a breadboard and jumperset from IEEE?
*Are you familiar with the Arduino?
*Do you own an Arduino or Arduino clone?
*Do you have an idea of what you would like to make?

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Registration Extension and Meetings

The due date for registration is being extended to Monday, November 15th.

There will be two meeting sessions following the end of registration.  You are required to attend at least one.  The times and places will be announced as we get closer to them. There will be one on a M/W/F and another on a T/R to accommodate people's schedules.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Registration is now open!

To make everyone's lives easier and to save paper, please register online by visiting http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HVF62QW and filling out your and/or your team's information.

The registration will remain open until Monday, November 8th.  Late submissions will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

Arduino controlled tank
If you make a mistake on your registration and would like to delete/change it, please send an email to colostateieee (at) gmail.com and we will get it fixed.

To those of you who are wondering why we are using a survey website for registration: That particular site is free, compact, and handles everything we need it to. We want to spend money on prizes and things to help you folks out, not on websites.