University of Newcastle Makerspace

University of Newcastle Makerspace
Status	closed
Country	Australia
State or District	New South Wales
City	Newcastle
Date of founding	2012/01/20
Last Updated	2020-05-09
Website	http://makerspace.newcastlelug.org
Snail mail	Newcastle Australia
Number of members	50
Membership fee	Free for staff and students, looking at creating an external space for non-university people.
Members
Location	32° 53' 27.11" S, 151° 42' 6.84" E
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Currently we have a room in the EE (EE102) building of the university that is restricted for use to only staff and students of the University of Newcastle. Passing an OH&S Quiz is required for admission to the space, due to safety rules that are in place by the university.

Resources

Our Makerspace is continually adding equipment and parts for the members to use, at the moment we have:

• Two oscilloscopes
• Soldering equipment
• Several power supplies
• PCB prototyping mill
• Computers
• Laser Printer
• Fridge
• Storage facilities and lockers.
• Projector
• Textbook library
• Whiteboard

Several high-end computers with dual monitors, additional testing equipment (such as function generators etc), are proposed to further expand the tools available to our members.

We have a mailing list for anyone not with the university as a point of contact for a external space.

See also

There is also a proposal for a public makerspace in Newcastle that will be accessible to the general public.