Makerspace
We define a general Makerspace as "an environment that is conducive to engage and enable makers to design and create their maker projects". At MakerClubQUT, we take an interest in an Educational Makerspace, which we define as "a learning environment where learners (makers) are engaged and empowered to problem-solve during their design, creation, and sharing of their personally meaningful artefacts (maker projects with products/solutions)". We often use the term Makerspace Learning Environment (MLE) in education, and we think that an MLE has huge implications for STEM education and competencies of future generations.
KG-B428b - a.k.a. Makerspace or STEM Classroom at Kelvin Grove Campus
The room KG-B428B was refurbished in late 2020 and started as a teaching and learning space in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice in 2021. You can find B Block on this map, and the room is on level 4 (level 3 is in fact the ground floor when coming in from Victoria Park Road). Below are some photos of B428B taken in November 2021.
Facilities
Our Makerspace has a range of digital fabrication and multimedia technologies and equipment. Click on the collapsible groups below to find out.
3D Printers
We currently have 8 3D printers. Click on the printer to find out more.
TEVO Little Monster is a Delta printer. Here is the official site information.
2. Creality CR10S-Pro
CR10S-Pro is a Cartesian printer. Here is the official site information.
3. Creality CR-X
CR-X is a dual extruder Cartesian printer, which can print 2 colours. Here is the official site information.
We have 2 Ender 3 Pro printers. Here is the offical site information about this printer.
We have 2 Ender 3 V2 printers. Here is the official site information about this printer.
6. Creality Halot One
Halot One is a Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer. It prints with resin (UV wavelength 405 nm) and UV light. Here is the offical site information about this printer. We also have a Creality Washing and Curing machine (UW-01) for curing printed resin models.
Laser cutter
We currently have one laser cutter - the Emblaser 2 with F2000 Fume Extractor from Darkly Labs. This laser cutter with the air filter is suitable for indoor classroom use.
3D Printing software (slicer)
3. Slic3r
4. PrusaSlicer (looking forward to version 2.6)
3D Modelling software
TinkerCad (Online)
Sketch-Up (Online)
Onshape (Online)
Vectary (Online)
SelfCAD (Online)
Madeup.xyz (Online)
MeshLab (Off-line)
Blender (Off-line)
VRMath2 Editor (Online)
Microcontroller
Boards & Kits
Arduino UNO / Nano / Pro mini / Mega 2560
Micro:bit V1.5 & V2
ESP32 / ESP8266
Raspberry Pi / Pi Pico / Pi Pico W
Coding programs
Arduino IDE (For Arduino boards, Pi Pico/W)
Micro:bit Makecode (For Micro:bit)
Mixly v2 (For MixGo, Arduino, ESP32/MicroPython, ESP8266, STM32, Micro:bit etc.)
OLD: Mixly v1 (For MixGo, Arduino, ESP32/MicroPython, ESP8266 etc.)Webduino
a. bit.webduino.io -> only for Web:Bit
b. blocklypro.webduino.io -> supports Mark1, Fly, Smart
c. webbit.webduino.io only for Web:Bit, designed for K12 studentsKitsi Creator (For Kitsi)
Scratch - Support Micro:bit, LEGO EV3, WeDO
PictoBlox - Scratch 3 block programming, support Arduino UNO, Nano, Mega, ESP32 (By STEMPedia), for WIndows, macOS, Linux
mBlock - Scratch 3 block programming, support Arduino.
Piper Make (Block coding for Pi Pico)
BPIES (Online Block coding for a range of popular microcontrollers: arduino, ESP8266/32, Pi Pico etc.)
MindPlus.cc (Online block coding environment, Scratch clone, supports some hardware from China)
Thonny IDE (Python coding for Raspberry Pi, MicroPython for Pi Pico)
CircuitPython (Interpreter for Pi Pico) with MU Editor
Apps (mobile apps that interact with microcontroller maker projects)
1. Dabble - Support BLE 2/4, HC-05, HC-06, HM-10 (By STEMPedia), for both IOS and Android.
2. ArduinoBlue - Support HM-10 BLE 4, for both IOS and Android.