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>A hackerspace is a place that generally needs to be accessed by a wide group of people, often at weird and unusual hours. Handing around keys and making sure everything is properly locked up can be messy, too. To make it easy for hackers to get in to [Peter]’s local hackerspace, a simple electronic system was whipped up to grant access. The basic components of the system are a keypad, a QR code and barcode scanner, a stepper motor, an Arduino Nano, and a Raspberry Pi. The keypad is read by an Arduino Nano, which is also responsible for talking to a stepper motor driver to actuate the lock cylinder.

Archive: https://archive.today/cbJOP From the post: >>A hackerspace is a place that generally needs to be accessed by a wide group of people, often at weird and unusual hours. Handing around keys and making sure everything is properly locked up can be messy, too. To make it easy for hackers to get in to [Peter]’s local hackerspace, a simple electronic system was whipped up to grant access. The basic components of the system are a keypad, a QR code and barcode scanner, a stepper motor, an Arduino Nano, and a Raspberry Pi. The keypad is read by an Arduino Nano, which is also responsible for talking to a stepper motor driver to actuate the lock cylinder.
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Yeah, though. It is called a hackerspace for a reason.

I had ran a "hackerspace" for a little while. We never could afford a real space so it was mostly meeting up at the library in one of the rooms we could book. I hope to have enough land in the future I can put in a building that can be used for a space like that.

Teaching people is important. Having useful skills is important. Many people don't have space or tools or cant afford it, I couldn't for a long time. Figuring out the LLC/Insurance will be a PITA but it will be worth it in the end. This is /s/whitepeoplethings and creating community.