2012…a new dawn!

It is tradition to wish everyone a happy new year when the old one ends and a new one begins. But the past year will leave a mark on everybody’s memory for its events.
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New goodies in the space

With Christmas just around the corner, Santa Kris handed out presents in the past days. Nobody saw him and nobody heard him but our beloved hackerspace counts in its inventory a few more microcontroller boards from Texas Instruments and ST Microelectronics.

Have a look at the following list with some more information.

MSP430 LaunchPad

MSP430 LaunchPad

2x MSP430 Value Line LaunchPad Development Tool from TI.

This is a low cost (around €5) development board for TI low cost and low energy MSP430 microcontrollers.

There is an interesting web site 430h specialized in MSP430 hacking.

But be cautious! This is not an Arduino! It is more like an ATtiny. Still somewhat very useful.

Do you always wanted to have a chicken coop but you always have been held back by a small fact that you’ll have to wake up every morning to open the coop door so nice chickens could get outside do begin with their everyday business?

Your dream may become true! Well, at least after you build a LaunchPad controlled chicken coop door controller. You could also make your chickens more happy by providing a simple TV broadcasting service for them.

So better start hacking because spring is not far away!

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You’re not alone!

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Some of you have not yet heard about it. Some of you already started counting days in October. And some of you will already be prepared from the years before.

Behind Enemy Lines

The Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin is reaching its 28th happening; this years topic:

Behind Enemy Lines

As every year, hackers from all over the planet – and beyond ? – are joining the movement in Berlin for 5 days of non-stop hacking on all subjects. However, as not everyone is able to join folks in the digital stronghold, solutions needed to come up…

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