The Factory
New Maker Space Available in Willis Library
The Factory is a space that promotes the cooperative and creative use of technology. It offers UNT students, faculty and staff access to equipment and software that promotes innovative learning. This page describes the workspace and the equipment contained within it.
Because The Factory is very early in its development, please check back here for updates to our services, and to provide feedback and ideas to expand the space and make it useful! You can also follow us on Twitter @TheFactoryUNT and our Facebook Page!
Hours & Staffing
We are currently open Sunday through Thursday from 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM.
Printing & Replication
The Factory will provide the following items available for use or checkout after our opening when the space is open and staffed by an attendant unless otherwise specified:
- Student Funded printing as well as Pay2Print will be available in the space at all time that the Library is open, for more information please see Printing, Scanning, Photocopies.
- 3D Printing with Printrbot Go v2 Medium (this link is to the Large version) and Printrbot Simple Metal - Available for a charge of $2.50 per hour for your submitted print jobs.
- 3D Scanning with MakerBot Digitizer - Available at all times for no charge.
- Large Format Printing Epson Pro Stylus 7900 Large Format Printer (24”) - Charged at $5/sqft. of the document size printed. Will be available at all times like other printing resources in the library.
Electronics and Prototyping
Many of the following items will be available for checkout when The Factory is staffed by an attendant, for 7 days at a time. Other items may be reserved for building use only.
Arduino
"Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It's an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for writing software for the board." — arduino.cc
Arduino shields
- Wave Shield v1.1
- Ultimate GPS kit
- (2x) 16x2 LCD Shield
- CC3000 WiFi Shield
- NFC + RFID Shield
- Data Logging Shield
- (2x) Arduino Ethernet Shield
- 1.8" TFT Shield
Sensors
- ADXL335 Board v2
- MaxBotix LV-EZ1
- PIR Motion Sensor
- (x4) Sensor Pak 9000
- (2x) Membrane 3x4 Matrix Keypad
Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a small computer that "enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.... [It] has the ability to interact with the outside world, and has been used in a wide array of digital maker projects, from music machines and parent detectors to weather stations and tweeting birdhouses with infra-red cameras." — raspberrypi.org
- (2x) Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Accessories
LaunchPad
"Launchpads are microcontroller development kits from Texas Instruments" — ti.com
LittleBits Electronics
Using magnetic snap-together circuits and with dozens of inputs, logic, and output modules, the library of tools allows anyone, regardless of technical background, to prototype or build something new and interesting.
Makey Makey
Turn just about any physical object into a touch sensor and interact with your computer, games, etc.
Video, Photography, & More
Thanks to funding from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the UNT Libraries will be one of the few libraries in the country to make Google Glass available for checkout to students and faculty. The device can be used to record videos and photographs from a first person perspective, and can do a number of other tasks, hands free. We are also going to be making several DSLR cameras and other related photographic equipment available as well. As with other items in the Makerspace, we are still working out the circulation details on this equipment.
- Google Glass (1x) When available, will circulate for 3 days at a time.
- DSLR Camera(s), Lenses, accessories. Make, Quantity, Specific items, and circulation periods TBD.