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Software is a collection of instructions that enable the user to interact with a computer, its hardware, or perform tasks. Basically, Software is a soul of a computer system. So what can we do with software? Well, the answer is we can do anything with the software. We just have to give the proper instruction for the work needs to be done. How does software relate to happiness? Everyone wants their life to be easier and every piece of software is to make life easier. When life gets easy you get happy.
Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) organized a BdOSN Career Talk with the title of A Journey Towards "Software" Happiness at 24th September 2017. Jhankal Mahbub moderated the seminar. The seminar was hosted by Daffodil International University and held at Auditorium 71. Jhankar Mahbub shared a lot of ways to get into programming and make themselves worthy of software engineer job.

Here's some instruction is given below:
1. You have to have a target plan. Where you want to see yourself after a specific time.
2. You need to have various types of source for learning. Like you are reading a PDF but it's not too hard to get bored by doing the same thing for hours when you get bored you can also learn by watching videos.
3. You have to hold yourself back when you are learning. When you are using Facebook or any kind of social network along with learning you can give your full concentration on learning.
4. You have to control a limited amount of your learning. It can be one hour or two hours. That moment you shouldn't let technology or anything outside control you.
5. Get help from the student who knows more than you. If they don't help you then do some work for them for growing the bonding between you and him.
6. Create a GitHub account and upload all of your code on GitHub. Almost all the jobs available on the market require Job experience. You might not have job experience at first, but you have your GitHub for showing them that you can do the work.
7. Last but not the least, You have to give yourself a prize for finishing a task.

Approximately 500 students attended the seminar. Munir
Hasan, General Secretary of BdOSN and Syed Maruf Reza, Associate Professor and Head of Faculty of Business & Economics was also present at the seminar.
Syed Maruf Reza said, "BdOSN is doing a fantastic working with organizing this type of seminar that inspires students to push their limits on learning."

Arduino is an open source electronics platform accompanied with a hardware and software to design, develop and test complex electronics prototypes and products. The hardware consists of a microcontroller with other electronic components which can be programmed using the software to do almost any task. A microprocessor, RAM and ROM and all the other elements need to run the system are embedded in an Arduino chip. College and university projects can be done by using Arduino easily. Therefore Arduino is very popular among students.

By the Initiative of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Science Popularization Society, Bangladesh (SPSB) and MASLab Basic Arduino Workshop were organized in 2 different universities in Khulna. 22nd September in KUET and 23rd September on North Western University, Khulna. A total number of 78 participants participated in The workshops. There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. 10 popular Arduino project was introduced to students. They were also introduced to Internet of Things (IoT). North Western University Vice-Chancellor Professor Tarapad Bhowmik, Registrar Shahidul Islam, Chief Professor of CSE and Professor Nowsher Ali Morol and many more were present at those workshops. Professor Tarapad Bhowmik at the workshop said: "The use of such technology is very important for the present generation because we have to keep pace with the world." He requested MASLab to expand this initiative.

In the end, 10 real life Arduino project was showed and explained how it works. There was a test before ending. Chief Mentor of IoT Fiesta Redwan Ferdous shared "We are trying to make Microcontroller more popular among students. Cause microcontroller is a great tool to work with then it's come to IoT."

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Arduino is a simple microcontroller board and open source development environment that allows you to make computers that drive both functional and creative projects alike. There's a vast community available for Arduino. Therefore information for Arduino is easy to get. Students are making a lot of new things with it to make life easier.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Society for the Popularization of Science, Bangladesh (SPSB) and MASLab organized Basic Arduino Workshop to make it more popular with students at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST). A total number of 85 students from MIST participated in the workshop.
The workshop started at 9:30 AM and continued until 5 PM.

Brigadier General Zakir Hossain, Colonel Humayun Kabir, Head of CSE Department, MIST., Lieutenant Colonel Mahboob, Lieutenant Colonel Amir Hossain, Lieutenant Colonel S.M. Anisur Rahman, Major Nazrul Islam and Captain Rejwana Sultana was present at the Workshop. Munir Hasan, General Secretary of BdOSN and Momluk Sabir, CEO of Computer Services was also present at the workshop. Besides researching on robotics students used the Arduino development kit to solve small electronic problems. The students were taught hands-on how to use the Arduino to solve problems.There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. 10 popular Arduino project was introduced to students. They were also introduced to the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) is working on improving the ICT sector in Bangladesh. The past few years, it got a big surprise on National Girls Programming contest 2017. The number of participation increased up to 300%.

Recently BdOSN signed an MoU with Daffodil International University (DIU). The purpose is to continue organizing sessions, events, and programs directly and indirectly to support the entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs inside and outside Dhaka.

Lafifa Jamal, Vice-President performed the sign on the half of BdOSN and Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, VC, DIU signed on the half of Daffodil International University. Maruf Reza, Associate Professor and Head Department of Entrepreneurship of DIU, BDOSN Munir Hasan, Joint Secretary, BDOSN, Sharmin Kabir, Program Officer, Jesmine Akter was present at the MoU signing ceremony. Promi Nahid, Sajjad Hossain, Asad Iqbal, Mirza Illuis of Chakri Khujbo na Chakri Debo was also present at the ceremony.

The Arduino is a cheap electronics board that allows you to make your own electronics without a ton of coding experience. The best part is its open source and easy to use. All the needed things to run a program is embedded in the small chip. An Arduino can be applied to solve many practical problems with the combination of different sensors.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Science Popularization Society, Bangladesh and MASLab organized A Basic Arduino Workshop in Rajshahi University on 25 August 2017. 40 students from different universities, colleges and schools participated the workshop. There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. They were also introduced to the Internet of Things (IoT). 

In the end, 10 real life Arduino project was shown and explained how it operates. A test was taken after the workshop to select 4 participants for Advanced Arduino Workshop.
Mishal Islam, Mentor of Basic Arduino Workshop said "Arduino is a very useful tool when it comes to solving real-time problem is a way. It's also useful is IoT. Therefore we are just trying to make people more interest in Arduino and IoT"
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Arduino is a mini computer that has a microprocessor, RAM and ROM are embedded in a small chip. An Arduino can be used to solve many practical problems with the combination of different sensors. Arduino is also popular to students for making science projects.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Science Popularization Society, Bangladesh and MASLab organized 3 Basic Arduino Workshop in a row in Chittagong. The workshop was sponsored by Bangladesh Services Limited. The workshops held in 3 different Universities of Chittagong. 11th August at Premier University, 12th August at the University of Chittagong and 13th August at International Islamic University, Chittagong. In total 120 participants participated in 3 workshops. There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of the digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. 10 popular Arduino project was introduced to students. They were also introduced to Internet of Things (IoT).Head of CSE Department of Premier University Dr. Towfiq Saeed, Teacher Tutton Mallick, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Professor of the Institute of Forests of Chittagong University, Associate Professor of Internation Islamic University, Chittagong Mahdi Hasan. 12 students will be selected from 3 different works for Advanced Arduino Workshop.

Head of the workshop facilitator Redwan Fesdous said that "This is being organized all over the country to introduce the students of the Internet of Things. Earlier this was organized in Dhaka and Comilla. In the workshop, students used the famous electronics kit Arduino to solve various small problems along with robotic research. Arduino development kit is very popular in the field of Robotics or program based project. The workshop shows you how this open source hardware works"

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Arduino is an open hardware development board that can be used by tinkerers, hobbyists, and makers to design and build devices that interact with the real world. A microprocessor, RAM and ROM are embedded in an Arduino chip. An Arduino can be used to solve many practical problems with the combination of different sensors.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Science Popularization Society, Bangladesh and MASLab organized A Basic Arduino Workshop in Daffodil International University on 28th July, 2017. In total 40 participants participated in The workshop. There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. 10 popular Arduino project was introduced to students. They were also introduced to Internet of Things (IoT). Munir Hasan, General Secretary of BdOSN was present in the workshop.

In the end, 10 real life Arduino project was showed and explained how it works. There was a test before ending. 4 students will be selected for Advance Arduino Workshop.
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Arduino is getting more popular among students day by day. The main reason behind it is open source and the community of Arduino. Information about Arduino is very easy to get from online. Students are making a lot of new things with it to make life easier.

Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), Society for the Popularization of Science, Bangladesh (SPSB) and MASLab organized Basic Arduino Workshop to make it more popular with students at Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology. A total number of 33 students from different schools, colleges and universities of Comilla participated in the workshop.
The workshop started at 10 AM and continued until 5 PM. Col. A.H.M. Kamal, Register of BAIUST, Jahidul Arafat, Assistant Professor, Department of CSE, BAIUST and Meskat Jahan, Lecturer, Department of CSE, BAIUST was present at the workshop. Besides researching on robotics students used the Arduino development kit to solve small electronic problems. The students were taught hands-on how to use the Arduino to solve problems.

There were taught Arduino pin configuration, microcontroller, Basic Electronics, controlling LED lights, use of digital pin, Pulse width modulation (PWI), temperature sensor, sonar sensor, servo motor, push button and potentiometer. 10 popular Arduino project was introduced to students. They were also introduced to the Internet of Things (IoT).
The Workshop ended with an exam. Though that exam, participants for IoT fiesta will be selected, Mosaraf Hossain Tipu, Program Coordinator of BdOSN announced about IoT fiesta.