ASK AN ENGINEER – LIVE TONIGHT 10PM ET

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ASK AN ENGINEER – LIVE TONIGHT 10PM ET – 6/12/2010 ! Action packed week, an action packed show is ahead! Tons of stuff to show and share! What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or an seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer you engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week.

Previous chats can be viewed at http://www.adafruit.com/ask

Topics will includes:

  • Instructables pro members get a discount on featured Adafruit kits
  • By popular request, how we made a pogo pin testing jig
  • By popular request, how we program lots of chips
  • Fiducial tips AKA “Our friend, the fiducial”
  • Our new breakout board section
  • We debut the MicroSD card breakout board+

Chat details!

  • Visit our new “Ask an Engineer”section on Adafruit at 10pm ET, Saturday nights
  • Or visit our Ustream page
  • For old schoolers, you can use IRC, you’ll need a Ustream log/pass, check out the Ustream IRC how-tos here and here
  • We are #adafruit-industries6796 on IRC server chat1.ustream.tv
  • There will be a trivia question at the end of the night as always!


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