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Teardown 2025 Call for Proposals

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Teardown is amazing annual June event in Portland for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware. The call for proposals closes on Wednesday, January 15th:

Call for Proposals

Teardown 2025 is a great opportunity to spread your ideas, show off your work, solicit feedback, enrich the hardware community, and foster collaborations. Previous events have featured amazing talks and workshops on a wide range of hardware topics — FPGAs, DIY AI, KiCad, firmware, BOMs, covert blinkenlights, the DMCA, security, RISC-V, prototyping, and so much more. Installations and demonstrations have included circuit sculptures, modular synths, DIY satellite receivers, retro gaming computers, robotic arms, and electronic jewelry.

Would you like to participate? There are four general session formats:

  • Talk: 25 or 50 minutes
  • Workshop: the standard workshop slot is 80 minutes, hands on
  • Demo: show off your project in one of the common areas, attended
  • Installation: display your creation in one of the common areas, unattended
Teardown 2025 Call for Proposals

Challenge your soldering skills at Teardown 2024

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Ready to test your soldering skills?

Teardown 2024 begins today in Portland and Darcy has designed and kitted an exciting SMD soldering challenge!

Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge! (Round One)

June 21, 2024 12:00-12:50 PM

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure?


Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge! (Round Two)

June 23, 2024 2:00-2:50 PM

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test with this gorgeous Teardown-themed SMD Challenge board! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure?

This workshop is first come first serve, limited to 20.

Challenge your soldering skills at Teardown 2024

Teardown kicks off Friday in Portland

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Interested in hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware?

Teardown 2024 kicks off this Friday:

When?Friday 21st June to Sunday 23rd June 2024
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon at Lloyd Center Mall
What?Talks, workshops, installations, demos and space to hack – check out last year’s line up
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, educators or enthusiasts

The Teardown 2024 schedule is packed with two tracks of talks and two tracks of workshops. There will will also be dozens of demos and art installations, too.

You can get hands on with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) microscope and explore the nano world with Adam McCombs in the Microscopy Village on Friday afternoon. We are excited to hear the latest about KiCad from project leader Wayne Stambaugh on Saturday. Hardware hacking legend Joe Grand will kick off Sunday with an introduction introduction to fault injection.

OSH Park is proud to sponsor the Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge:

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure

Ever wonder how to get a bare die running?

OSH Park has also sponsored an exciting Die Rebonding Workshop

  • Learn decapping, x-ray inspection, and how to rebond dies
  • Get your own custom hardware badge
  • Hands on experience
Teardown kicks off Friday in Portland

Teardown begins in Portland on June 21

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Interested in hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware? Teardown returns to Portland June 21 – 23:

When?Friday 21st June to Sunday 23rd June 2024
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon at Lloyd Center Mall
What?Talks, workshops, installations, demos and space to hack – check out last year’s line up
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, educators or enthusiasts

Helen Leigh joined Make yesterday to preview Teardown 2024:

Teardown begins in Portland on June 21

Teardown 2024 coming to Portland in June

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Teardown, an awesome event for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware, returns to Portland this June.

When?Friday 21st June to Sunday 23rd June 2024
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon at Lloyd Center Mall
What?Talks, workshops, installations, demos and space to hack – check out last year’s line up
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, educators or enthusiasts

Teardown is about the practice and the art of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, hacking, testing, creating, disassembling, experimenting, and circumventing, all while having fun. Leave the marketing glitz and talk of venture capital at the door and come prepared learn, teach, and be inspired.

Tickets are currently available for sale.

Subsidized tickets for low-income attendees are available. If you would like to attend and feel you qualify, please email [email protected] for more information.

Free tickets are available for a limited number of volunteers who work at least two 4-hour shifts. Please email [email protected] if you would like to volunteer, including any schedule constraints.

A limited number of free tickets are also available for members of hackerspaces or makerspaces who want to come and represent their communities. Please email [email protected] with details about your space.

A limited number of full-price tickets will be available for sale at the door. Payment must be via credit card: cash is not accepted.

Have an idea for a talk, workshop, demo, or installation? We’re looking for a broad range of topics, participants, skill levels, and formats. Submit your Teardown proposal! Accepted proposals get free ticket(s).

Teardown 2024 coming to Portland in June

Teardown 2023 starts today in Portland

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Teardown 2023 begins today in Portland! It’s an awesome 3 day conference for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware organized by Crowd Supply. Check out the schedule of talks, workshops, demos, and installations which will be updated in real time throughout the event. We hope to see you there!

Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, students, teachers…
What?A three-day line up of talks, workshops, demos, and installations – see schedule
When?Friday – Sunday, June 23 – 25, 2023
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon on the campus of Portland State University
Why?Shipping great hardware to you is rewarding, but we miss seeing you in person
How?With lots of help from our friends, including our partner, CETI
Teardown 2023 starts today in Portland

Teardown returns to Portland in June 2023

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The OSH Park team had a great time at Teardown in 2018 and 2019. This conference for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware finally returns this June!

Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Leave the marketing glitz and talk of venture capital at the door and come prepared to learn and teach. See the full schedule of the previous Teardown held in 2019 or watch the recap video

Just the Facts
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, students, teachers…
What?A three-day line up of talks, workshops, demos, installations, and puzzles
When?Friday – Sunday, June 23 – 25, 2023
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon on the campus of Portland State University
Why?Shipping great hardware to you is rewarding, but we miss seeing you in person
How?With lots of help from our friends, including our partner, CETI

Head over to Crowd Supply to find out more…

Teardown returns to Portland in June 2023

Teardown 2020: hardware hacking con in Portland this June

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Teardown 2020, the hardware hacking conference organized by Crowd Supply, will be June 19-21 at PCC Cascade in beautiful Portland, Oregon!

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Teardown 2020

Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Leave the marketing glitz and talk of venture capital at the door and come prepared to learn and teach.

Helen Leigh wrote a great Hackaday post about what happened at Teardown 2019!

Teardown 2020: hardware hacking con in Portland this June

Teardown 2019 comes to Portland in June

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Hardware hacking con Teardown will return to Portland this June:

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Teardown 2019

Our second annual party for hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware
Who? Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, students, teachers…
What? A three-day line up of talks, workshops, demos, installations, and puzzles
When? Friday – Sunday, June 21 – 23, 2019 (call for proposals open now)
Where? Beautiful Portland, Oregon on the campus of the Pacific Northwest College of Art
Why? Shipping great hardware to you is rewarding, but we miss seeing you in person
How? With lots of help from our friends, including our partner, Make+Think+Code @ PNCA

What to Expect

Teardown is about the practice of hardware: prototyping, manufacturing, testing, disassembling, and circumventing, all while having fun. Leave the marketing glitz and talk of venture capital at the door and come prepared to learn and teach.

Recap of Last Year’s Teardown

https://player.vimeo.com/video/312038653?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&api=1

If you want to hear more about what Teardown 2018 was like, take a look back at our retrospectiveor talk to your coolest hardware friend.

Teardown 2019 comes to Portland in June