Winter Hardware Wonderland

Kick of the new year with the Hack Club community with a ❄️ Winter of Making 🛠.

⛷ The rundown

Feb 14th - 23rd: 10 Days of Making

Come together with hundreds of other hackers in the #hardware-party channel on the Hack Club Slack to work on your electronics project. Whether you've never worked with hardware before or you've built CNC machines, there's a place for you. For 10 consecutive days, you'll work on your project while posting daily updates in your own scrapbook.

To help you build your project, Hack Club is offering grants of up to $250 per person! To receive a grant, make a pull request to this repository with your proposal.

🧤 Gear up for submitting your proposal

Guidelines

Make sure your document includes:

What you're building (a short description of what your project is about and any relevant information you'd like to include)
Plan (what steps you're going to take to build it)
Budget (with a list of components or tools needed, where you're going to buy them, and cost in USD; please include taxes and shipping)

👉 📝 Use this template for creating your document!

---
name: "@yourGitHubUsername"
project: "Your Project Name Here"
---

# Project Name

## Summary

What are you going to build? What does it do? Why are you excited to build it?

## Plan

What steps are you going to take to build it? What tools are you going to use? What will you do first, second, third, etc.?

## Budget

What materials will you need for your project? Where will you get them? How much does it cost? Please include all materials, including components you already own. Make sure to factor in shipping costs and sales tax.

| Product         | Supplier/Link                         | Cost   |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Pack of wires   | https://www.adafruit.com/product/1957 | $1.95  |
| 1.8"LCD display | https://www.adafruit.com/product/358  | $19.95 |
| Total           |                                       | $21.90 |

Get your $250 grant in 3 steps

Fork this repository.
Create a new file with your GitHub username, YOURGITHUBUSERNAME.md, and use the template above to create your project proposal.
Open a pull request, and someone will review your pull request within 48 hours on weekdays!

More detailed instructions can be found in the "how to submit" guide.

Ask in #hardware-party on Slack if you have any questions!

🤔 Not sure what to build?

💡 Make your life easier by turning your lamp, "smart"
🪞 Look into a smart mirror
👋🏼 Create the coolest beacon name card
Find more...

or check out these example Desk Lights for inspiration!

💰 What happens after your project is approved?

Once your pull request is accepted and merged, a member of the Hack Club Bank team will reach out to schedule a short 20-minute onboarding call. You'll open an account on Hack Club Bank to receive your grant. You'll then be able to spend the money to order components for your project using your own Hack Club Bank debit cards.

🔍 To recap

Receive a grant of up to $250 (per individual) to build your project.
Open to current high schoolers (& younger).
Spend the grant transparently, using Hack Club Bank.

Winter Hardware Wonderland is a project by Hack Club, a global network of high school hackers & makers.

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