October 2026: A Maker project with Mike McCaffrey

We have a special guest this month from the far north (Michigan): Mike McCaffrey!

Mike wowed the attendees at PyOhio 2026 with his Maker project, a beautifully-crafted display of dynamic lights, much wiring, single-board computers, and of course Python. He’s continued working on the project and is bringing it to us so we can experience it personally, and learn how he did it. He promises

A hopefully entertaining overview of challenges faced and lessons learned during the first two years working on my first big maker project. With code snippets, photos and short demos, discuss problems overcome while developing new features and integrating new devices into my humble animated sign, which now includes color LED lights, new sound and input devices, various interactivity, and some surprises.

Location: Innovation Hub

We meet in the Innovation Hub, a gorgeous new facility that’s part of the renovated Dayton Arcade complex.
Enter through the doors that face the Wright Stop Plaza bus hub.

Street parking is free in the evening. I usually park on Ludlow Street.

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if for any reason coming downtown doesn’t work for you (for instance, you’ve been exposed to COVID, or you’ve converted yourself to purely digital format and now exist as a set of cloud-hosted algorithms), we’ll be online as well!

Join us at 7 PM EDT on the PyFri Discord channel, discord.gg/9SgTh3T, and click on the General voice chat link. You may need to install the Discord desktop app rather than just using the web interface.