Dorkbot

***People doing strange things with electricity (and code)!***

DorkbotPDX is a laid-back meetup and show-and-tell for those who make, modify and use technical tools to weird and imaginative ends. You might run into creative coders, electronic artists, circuit designers, retro computing archaeologists, video game devs, modular synth gearheads and cyberpunk DIYers.

Bring your electronic wonders, monsters, and works-in-progress to show off, or come see what others have been working on! Code or circuits, electronic creativity of all sorts is welcome here.

Most of Dorkbot is a freewheeling hangout, but each month we feature a short talk about a cool project or teaching some esoteric wizardry.

This month is Justin Miller, sharing:

"ATTiny is a line of 8-bit AVR microcontrollers by Atmel. They are bare chips in a variety of form factors, but we'll consider the 8-pin DIP, which is ideal for breadboarding. We'll go over what they can do, but more importantly, how and why you might get started with them coming from, say, an Arduino, Teensy, or other dev board background, and we'll learn how to program chips directly. We'll go over using a second Arduino dev board as a programmer for the chip, as well as an example of a dedicated hardware programmer, I'll show off a project I made, as well as some of my favorite resources and external projects."

Table space with power will be available for project show-and-tell; we have a table for drinks and snacks, feel free to contribute to the communal cache/BYOB.

We do this every month, usually on the second Monday night (check the site for upcoming dates to be sure)

Note: We may be famous for the free parts cart…but the pile has gotten unruly, so we’re not accepting new stuff. If you have things to give away, check the Discord offer/ask channel to see if anyone would like to claim them. Feel free to exchange items at Dorkbot, just no leftovers please!

You can subscribe to our calendar and mailing list, join the Discord and find our social links on [https://www.dorkbotpdx.org](https://www.dorkbotpdx.org/) (It also has our Code of Conduct, which we'd like you to check out while you're there)