Ballarat Hackerspace
@ballarathackerspace.org.au
A non-profit, volunteer run, community Hackerspace located in Ballarat, Australia (Wadawurrung country)
🕸️ https://ballarathackerspace.org.au
⁂ https://hackerspace.au/@ballarat
🕸️ https://ballarathackerspace.org.au
⁂ https://hackerspace.au/@ballarat
Ballarat Hackerspace will be closed to casual members and visitors from December 17th to January 6th. Full-time members can continue to access the space themselves as desired.
Come in for our final open session of the year on Tuesday December 16th from 2pm-9pm!
Come in for our final open session of the year on Tuesday December 16th from 2pm-9pm!
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Ballarat Hackerspace will be closed to casual members and visitors from December 17th to January 6th. Full-time members can continue to access the space themselves as desired.
Come in for our final open session of the year on Tuesday December 16th from 2pm-9pm!
Come in for our final open session of the year on Tuesday December 16th from 2pm-9pm!
Ballarat Springfest 2025 is over, and it went better than we ever could have expected. Despite bucketing rain and wind threatening to turn gazebos into kites, we got through it intact and had an incredible turnout. Thanks for visiting if you did, and don't forget to drop into the space and say hi.
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Ballarat Springfest 2025 is over, and it went better than we ever could have expected. Despite bucketing rain and wind threatening to turn gazebos into kites, we got through it intact and had an incredible turnout. Thanks for visiting if you did, and don't forget to drop into the space and say hi.
Working on giving our robot workshop-vacuum a head with some personality... as well as the ability to see. Rough draft for now, rushing prep for Ballarat Springfest, but should be operational and driving around at our stall.
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Working on giving our robot workshop-vacuum a head with some personality... as well as the ability to see. Rough draft for now, rushing prep for Ballarat Springfest, but should be operational and driving around at our stall.
Teaser for a big LED project in the works for Ballarat Springfest, where we have a stall this year showing off some of our creations. This one is 2.2m high and almost 3m wide and will certainly grab some attention.
October 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Teaser for a big LED project in the works for Ballarat Springfest, where we have a stall this year showing off some of our creations. This one is 2.2m high and almost 3m wide and will certainly grab some attention.
September 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
We now have OutRun running on our gaming-PC-powered OutRun cabinet in the most roundabout way possible… Thanks to sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone
Still lots of bits and pieces to fix/replace but it’s playable and loads of fun.
Still lots of bits and pieces to fix/replace but it’s playable and loads of fun.
May 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We now have OutRun running on our gaming-PC-powered OutRun cabinet in the most roundabout way possible… Thanks to sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone
Still lots of bits and pieces to fix/replace but it’s playable and loads of fun.
Still lots of bits and pieces to fix/replace but it’s playable and loads of fun.
Over the last few days we converted the original high/low single-switch toggle shifter to a 2-switch sequential shifter so it works in modern racing games. Getting the mechanism working was a much bigger job than expected, but we finally got the right springs and switch-angles and everything sorted.
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Over the last few days we converted the original high/low single-switch toggle shifter to a 2-switch sequential shifter so it works in modern racing games. Getting the mechanism working was a much bigger job than expected, but we finally got the right springs and switch-angles and everything sorted.
Still a lot to do, but it "works" and we drove our first laps today. Assetto Corsa running in a 1986 Sega Outrun arcade cabinet. Original steering and pedals are now working and calibrated in Steam via an Arduino Pro Micro. Next we'll modify the shifter to work as a sequential gearbox.
March 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Still a lot to do, but it "works" and we drove our first laps today. Assetto Corsa running in a 1986 Sega Outrun arcade cabinet. Original steering and pedals are now working and calibrated in Steam via an Arduino Pro Micro. Next we'll modify the shifter to work as a sequential gearbox.
Steam and Assetto Corsa on an original Outrun arcade cabinet, using the original cabinet inputs? Don’t mind if I do…
Still lots to fix and tidy up but we officially have the gaming PC installed inside the cabinet and all the original pedals/steering inputs working in Steam.
Still lots to fix and tidy up but we officially have the gaming PC installed inside the cabinet and all the original pedals/steering inputs working in Steam.
February 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Steam and Assetto Corsa on an original Outrun arcade cabinet, using the original cabinet inputs? Don’t mind if I do…
Still lots to fix and tidy up but we officially have the gaming PC installed inside the cabinet and all the original pedals/steering inputs working in Steam.
Still lots to fix and tidy up but we officially have the gaming PC installed inside the cabinet and all the original pedals/steering inputs working in Steam.
Proud of our Blinken Lights Christmas tree this year!
December 20, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Proud of our Blinken Lights Christmas tree this year!
Our group project #Picocade is still moving ahead. We now have an info overlay working and the ability to do a clean shutdown by holding the menu button. We can also adjust the brightness #picocade #pico8 #retrogaming
November 22, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Our group project #Picocade is still moving ahead. We now have an info overlay working and the ability to do a clean shutdown by holding the menu button. We can also adjust the brightness #picocade #pico8 #retrogaming
Can for scale 😂
October 31, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Can for scale 😂