FYI - Arduino Day 2026 - 27 & 28 Mar. - Hybrid - Austin TX

More specifics will be added as the event date approaches.

Current Arduino details available at -- https://days.arduino.cc/about

Austin, TX specific activities are open to all makes and models of single board computers.

Please let us know if you have a presentation or activity that you would like to present.

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Release: 1 Mar. (Sun)

Arduino Days 2026
https://days.arduino.cc/about
March 27 & 28

Diogenes
Arduino Days 2026
March 27, 28, & 29
10a - 4p CST

March 27 (Fri):

10a - 4p - Arduino is expected to have livestream most of the day (Waiting on their schedule release)

12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (Day 1/3)
As a group, participants will choose their specific mechanism to build and test.

Suggestions, but the group can pick their own.
- Karakuri Ningo (からくり人形)
Karakuri Puppet -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakuri_puppet
Japan's Only Karakuri Doll Master. 300 Years of Exquisite Mechanical Art. -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU-kqpkZWjc
- Automated & Tracking Nerf Compatible Weapon
- da Vinci Mechanism

March 28 (Sat):

10a - 12p - HABEX Monthly Update - "Arduino & LoRaWAN" - Seeeduino LoRaWAN (J. Choate) - Hands-on pair/group.
- The first hour will be a presentation of the HABEX2 project and the hardware.
- The second hour 2 will be a hands on familiarization with the SEEEDuino LoRaWAN board. I have 3x boards. You'll need a computer to program them. Intend to do blink and GPS.
https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/Seeeduino_LoRAWAN/

12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (Day 2/3)

March 29 (Sun):

10a - 12p - Wanna get Weird? Plan 9 on Raspberry Pi (J. Choate) - Hands-on as you will need a Raspberry Pi, SD Card, & Computer
Plan 9 Installation on Raspberry Pi 3 -- https://web.archive.org/web/20200111162735/http://ssz.com/Projects/RPi_Plan9_Install.html
Plan 9 available -- https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=24480
Plan 9 operating system for the Raspberry Pi – demonstration by Richard Miller -- https://raspi.tv/2012/plan-9-operating-system-for-the-raspberry-pi-demonstration-by-richard-miller
9Front -- https://9front.org/

12p - 4p - Group Arduino Automaton/Robotics Project (Day 3/3)

Unscheduled (at this time):

The Linux Build System - A High Level Introduction (J. Choate) - 1 (possibly 2) hrs. - Presentation w/ discussion.

To Do:

ESP32 (We have several ESP32s and ESP32 WROOM boards available) - Volunteer?

BeagleV-Fire (Has an SOC FPGA) - I have one board and have done a couple of projects with it, very beginner. The toolchain for this is mostly provided by Beagle online (though I do have the toolchain installed locally as well). - Volunteer?

Arduino Uno Q - I have one board and hope to have at least got blink done by the target date. - Volunteer?