What do you need for Makerspace? Many schools have Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and colleges have their own makerspace. But if your school or college does not have one, Not to worry. You can have your own makerspace either at school or home.
Below is the list of minimal components and tools which let you to establish a makerspace. So Happy Tinkering !
Basic Components List
S.No
Components
Quantity
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
Arduino Uno
1
450
3
Arduino Uno USB cable
1
50
4
Breadboard
1
100
5
Breadboard power supply
1
120
6
Male to female wire
40
1.5 per wire
7
Male to male wire
40
1.5 per wire
8
Female to female wire
40
1.5 per wire
9
LED (multicolor)
20
1 per led
10
Resistor (470 e, 1 k, 10 k)
20 Each
0.5 per resistor
11
5v Buzzer
2
10 per buzzer
12
10 k Potentiometer (with Knob)
2
10 per Pot
13
Push to on switches
10
2 per switch
14
RGB Led
2
5 per RGB
15
9v DC 1 A Adapter
1
100
Basic Tools List
S.No
Tool
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
Multimeter
500 to 2000
3
Soldering Iron 25 W
200 to 1000
4
Sn60Pb40 Flux cored solder wire (60-40 solder wire 20SWG)
100 per 50 gms
5
Desoldering pump (optional)
200
6
Screwdriver set
200 to 1000
7
Nose plier
150
8
Tweezer set
200
9
Stripper
150
10
Nipper
150
11
Mini Saw with blade
250
12
Glue Gun and glue sticks
500
13
Fevikwik and fevicol
100 each
14
Vero PCB
20 to 120 depending on size
Basic Sensors List
S.No
Sensor
Parameter
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
DHT 11 /22
Humidity and Temperature
120/220
2
LM 35
Temperature
60
3
Hall A3144
Hall Effect
15 onwards
4
BME 680
Temperature, Humidity, Atmospheric Pressure
700
5
BH1750
Light Intensity
200
6
DS182B0
Temperature
200
Basic Communication Modules
S.No
Module
Parameter
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
ESP-01
Basic WiFi Module
170
2
HC-05
Bluetooth Module
350
3
NRF24l0x
RF Module
75 to 1000
4
433 Mhz Tx and Rx
RF Module
100 for Tx & 200 for Rx
Basic Display Modules
S.No
Module
Parameter
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
16x20 or 20x 40 LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
120/260
2
128x64 OLED
Graphic Dispaly
250 to 400
3
TFT Touch Screen
Colored Graphic Touch Display
600 to 5000
Other Physical Computing Boards
S.No
Board
Feature
Tentative cost (Rs)
1
Node MCU ESP-12E
Development Board with WiFI Module
350
2
ESP32
Dev Board with WiFi and Bluetooth
350
3
Raspberry pi
Credit card size computer
2800
You can buy these components either from your local market or online stores. Some of the online stores links are given below:
https://robu.in/
https://hacktronics.co.in/
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thanks, it is now updated.
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What next? Are you speaking about arduino projects? Give some examples please.
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 14, 2019, 3:02pm
5
Coming soon! Do you have interest in arduino projects?
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Yes sir. I have tinkering lab.
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Welcome to community. We will be shortly releasing projects on tinkering. Stay Tuned !
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 15, 2019, 7:52am
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@Susanta_Tanti It will be good if you share some details about your lab. Where is it located, who are part of the lab, and is this lab open to citizens around your place or it is part of a college or school.
jtd
(Jude T Dsouza)
June 15, 2019, 5:21pm
9
If you live in a metro, you can also purchase components and tools at local electronic markets.
In Mumbai Bhadkamkar Marg, Grant road - formerly Lamington road - is the hub for components.
In Delhi Lajpatrai market.
In Calcutta Chandni market
In Banglore SP Road electronics market
In Chennai Ritchie Street.
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vcs
(sonawane vinodkumar)
June 19, 2019, 9:31am
10
Good information, Helpful…
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What will be the approximate budget we should allocate for to start a tinkering lb? How much these mentioned in the lists will cost?
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 20, 2019, 1:45pm
12
Very good input. @Ashish_Pardeshi can you add some approximate figure, may be for the entire set.
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jtd
(Jude T Dsouza)
June 20, 2019, 7:43pm
13
[quote=“Ashish_Pardeshi, post:1, topic:125”]
Basic Component List [/quote]
Prices of some components
S.No
Components
Quantity
Price
1
Arduino Uno
1
400-550
3
Arduino Uno USB cable
1
24-50 higher price is better
4
Breadboard
1
40-300 depends on size
5
Breadboard power supply
1
75-100
6
Male to female wire
40
1.5 each
7
Male to male wire
40
1.5 each
8
Female to female wire
40
1.5 each
9
LED (multicolor)
20
10
Resistor (470 e, 1 k, 10 k)
20 Each
0.25-0.5
11
5v Buzzer
2
10-50
12
10 k Potentiometer (with Knob)
2
13
Push to on switches
10
14
RGB Led
2
15
9v DC 1 A Adapter
1
Basic Tool List
S.No
Tool
Price
1
Multimeter
300-1700
3
Soldering Iron 25 W 230v
200-750 depends on accessories like solder sponge, stand spare bits
4
60-40 Flux cored solder wire
100-120 50gm. Tin 60% Lead 40%
5
Desoldering pump (optional)
170-300
6
Screwdriver set
7
Nose plier
8
Twieezer set
9
Stripper
10
Nipper
11
Mini Saw with blade
12
Glue Gun and glue sticks
13
Fevikwik and fevicol
14
Vero PCB
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We have updated this wiki and also added tentative cost for each component. Please go through it.
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 21, 2019, 4:43pm
15
You should also mention price in INR.
Can you help us for innovative projects using Arduino or raspberry pi
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 28, 2019, 5:24am
17
Can we make a programmable time-lapse camera using Raspberry Pi?
You can also make an IOT Micro Weather Station either using Raspberry Pi or Arduino. Please visit Invitation: IOT Micro Weather Station - MakerSpace Chat - ChatShaala
Some other innovative and interesting projects are building DIY Lab Instruments, We will be posting soon about them. Meanwhile for lab instruments you can also visit the following links:
http://www.gaudi.ch/GaudiLabs/?page_id=328
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Nice to know about that you are an incharge of ATL of your school, it boost me to write again.
I would like to encourage you , and your students to make an IOT Weather Station and Deploy it at the top of your school building and record the weather data. I have already shared link for it.
Building an IOT Micro weather Station will help students to explore and implement the concepts of mathematics and physics, brainstorming on design thinking, reading sensors and doing calibration, making hardware (electronics), 3D designing & 3D printing, writing code (software), Internet of Things (IOT) and analysis of data.
Please visit the following link to watch our deployed weather station and dashboard where it is publishing its data:
2019-06-25T07:10:00Z (UTC) Finally our IoT Micro Weather Station is deployed again, this time at the terrace (top of the lift room without nearby obstructions) at the main building of HBCSE. The public link to view the Micro...
Reading time: 3 mins đź•‘
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I hope you will find this project interesting and will look forward for your involvement in the project.
For any question, feel free to ask.
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GN
(Nagarjuna G)
June 28, 2019, 8:24am
20
I am trying to imagine if every ATL will have one IoT microweather station. What a day that will be.
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