{"id":41172,"date":"2014-08-17T08:03:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T12:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/?p=41172"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:37:54","slug":"john-lemasney-hands-arduino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/08\/17\/john-lemasney-hands-arduino\/","title":{"rendered":"John LeMasney on Hands-On Arduino"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Arduino_Duemilanove_2009b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"English: Photograph of an Arduino Duemilanove ...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/350px-arduino_duemilanove_2009b.jpg?resize=350%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"English: Photograph of an Arduino Duemilanove ...\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">English: Photograph of an Arduino Duemilanove (2009b Revision) Portugu\u00eas: Fotografia de um Arduino Duemilanove (Revis\u00e3o 2009b) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next Princeton PC Users Group meeting is\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_151798224\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August\u00a026, 2014 at 7:00 pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"color: #000000;\">John LeMasney\u00a0on &#8220;Hands-On Arduino&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Arduino is an electronics prototyping platform that allows you to scratch your own itch. It exemplifies the making movement, in which we are moving away from off-the-shelf solutions, and moving towards regaining a sense of how things work. Come learn how to gain a new control of the technology that we use everyday.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">Bio:<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">John LeMasney\u00a0is a technologist, designer, and artist working in New Jersey.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #000000;\">(\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"mailto:lemasney@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #196ad4;\">lemasney@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"tel:609-553-9498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">609-553-<wbr \/>9498<\/a><span dir=\"ltr\"><img alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<a style=\"color: #1155cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\"><span style=\"color: #196ad4;\">lemasney.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0)<\/div>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/08\/14\/arduino-based-five-ten-egg-timer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/291641201_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 83px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; background-image: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2014\/08\/14\/arduino-based-five-ten-egg-timer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arduino Based Five Ten Egg Timer<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/17\/used-believe-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/231263363_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 83px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; background-image: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013\/12\/17\/used-believe-john-lemasney-via-lemasney-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I used to believe by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/120657949_80_80.jpg?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>John LeMasney to defend Android vs. iOS tonight at Princeton Public Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Princeton PC Users Group meeting is\u00a0August\u00a026, 2014 at 7:00 pm\u00a0at the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library, New Jersey. 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