User Stories

User story: A guest wants water

There's someone visiting the space on an open hack night and wants water.

We should have the facilities to let them be able to drink water

• disposable/accessible cups
• functioning water

User story: A member wants to do microelectronics work

A member of the hackerspace has a microelectronics project they want to work on.

We should have a functioning workbench / workstation to enable them to do that.

the corner of room B has room for a 65x24 inch table.

there should be 2 x 1 feet of empty space for microelectronics.

At arm's reach:

• Digital logic analyzer
• Signal processor
• power supply?
• electrostatic mat
• multimeter
• oscilliscope
• chair
• soldering iron / grabby hands / magnifying glass
• appropriate amounts of lighting
• Amount of flat splace / clearable space to do work at
• A chair to sit

User story: A user wants to use the VR headset

A member wants to play a game on the VR headset.

We should have it set up and have an appropriate amount of space for a VR headset to be able to use it and a PC plugged into it set up with steamos and able to be logged in to by users.

User story: We want to install wall mounted fixture

We're trying to install a wall mounted fixture and need the appropriate equipment in a place easily locateable

User story: We want to host movie nights

We want to host movie night with 10+ people in attendance.

We should have enough sitting infrastructure to fit 10 people in a room comfortably with a screen for viewing and a reliable way to play media. We should have a media server with enough content to entertain people.

User story: We want to host a minecraft server

A member wants a minecraft server hosted at the space and accessible for other people to use including on the public internet relatively lag-free

bonus points if it shuts down / goes into hibernation when not used.

User story: We want to host a 15 person lan party

We want to host a 15 person lan party and have enough sitting space to have people set up PCs/laptops and a few spare computers for those who don't have functioning systems.

User story: I'm hungry at the hackerspace and I don't want to leave

We should have some soylent or boost in addition to snacks accessible to members sticking around for the long haul

User story: It'd be cool to have a space to prototype PCBs and microelectronic stuff

• reflow oven to add ICs to online-bought PCBs
• have breadboards, jumper cables, resistors.

User story: I want to be able to print my own PCBs

• UV light
• acid bath

User story: A member wants to 3d print things

We should have 3d printers that are functioning and configured to just be able to upload an SDL file and have them print things successfully.

• enclosures for their electronics project
• tabletop

User story: A user has blown a UART to usb adapter and doesn't want to wait for a new one

We should have a stash of tools used to interface with microcontrollers from PCs, when a user breaks one they should probably get a replacement but.