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Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Re: Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Post by e1ven »

Seems like a neat idea - Can you tell me more about how it would work on a detail level?

"Team Formation" is listed as one of the first scheduled activities, but you also say to apply with your team - Is this for making new teams, or working together in a cool space with your existing team, and maybe finding some cool people to help?

The idea of sessions seems really cool, and I'd love to see a HW startup conference, but this is also called a hackathon..?

What sort of things would we actually DO ? ;)

Basically, I love the idea of a get-together for HW startups, I just don't quite get it yet.

Re: Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Post by mwoodworth »

e1ven wrote: post #3

Seems like a neat idea - Can you tell me more about how it would work on a detail level? "Team Formation" is listed as one of the first scheduled activities, but you also say to apply with your team - Is this for making new teams, or working together in a cool space with your existing team, and maybe finding some cool people to help? The idea of sessions seems really cool, and I'd love to see a HW startup conference,…

The Basics: We are designing hardware (schematics, pcb layout, even the software and mechanical drawings if that is what you want to build), and doing it in 12 hours.

You can apply as an individual or as a team. If you are in a team already, you can look for more members if you are interested. If you are an individual, we are going to help you find a group with similar interests.

What are we going to do? well there are some ideas started at http://ideation.upverter.com/. But the last hackathon we did we had some robotics, some devices that created and filtered white noise so you could have private conversation. the possibilities are endless.

This time we hope that the hackathon is just the beginning. we hope that the many of the things started (or continued) at the hackathon go on to be startups.

I hope this answers you questions.

Re: Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Post by mwoodworth »

papercruncher wrote: post #5

If I don't know much about hardware, would this be a good event for me to attend, learn more and potentially build something really basic? I'm asking because I see there is an application process which makes me think that only experienced teams would be accepted

You should apply, but make sure you say what you experience is (in electronics and anything else that you do). We will take a look at the makeup of the applicants and see if we can get a good mix of people at the event, maybe you can help with the electronics and write some code. electronics are quite complex, there are many skills needed to create a complete hack.

We want to make sure that everyone that comes is successful and pushes their limits. 12 hours is not a lot of time to design hardware! You should jump in on the ideation board (http://ideation.upverter.com) and submit some ideas.

The applications are for a couple of reasons, them main one is that there is only so much room, so we want to make sure people are serious about coming.

Re: Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Post by mwoodworth »

silenteh wrote: post #7

For anybody interested in learning electronics and hardware design, I suggest this book: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Discovery-Charles-Pla... It really helped me to get into hardware in a structured and clear way. A must read.

a little more on the analog design end, but I like:

The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill

Integrated Electronics by Millman and Halkias (There was allegedly a newer edition published in 2001)

Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School... but Probably Didn’t by Darren Ashby

Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra & Smith (Look around for a 4th edition)

Re: Y Combinator + Upverter Hardware Hackathon

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Post by evck »

mwoodworth wrote: post #8
silenteh wrote: post #7

For anybody interested in learning electronics and hardware design, I suggest this book: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Discovery-Charles-Pla... It really helped me to get into hardware in a structured and clear way. A must read.

a little more on the analog design end, but I like: The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill Integrated Electronics by Millman and Halkias (There was allegedly a newer edition published in 2001) Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School... but Probably Didn’t by Darren Ashby Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra & Smith (Look around for a 4th edition)

The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill gets my vote. A bit outdated, but the fundamentals don't change. Third edition is vapourware, but expected out late 2013.
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