User:Opticron
From Makers Local 256
Experience
- bachelors in EE
- programming (my hobby, D, C++, C, perl, etc.)
- 4 years of FIRST robotics in HS (and helping out here and there otherwise)
- hardware debugging (generally atmel based, soldering)
- driver debugging (PCI or PCI-E device drivers)
- minor work with GCC internals
- weapons effects simulation/modeling
Projects
My projects....many and varied (and many scrapped or cancelled)
| Project Name | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Binary Clock | What it sounds like, blue LEDs | Planning |
| Wifi Antennas | Highly directional helical antennas | Implemented, Scrapped |
| Custom Ceiling Fan | ceiling fan made of industrial 12cm case fans | Implemented, Scrapped |
| Asterisk DSP | needs heavy improvement, should be little work | Cancelled |
| Helicone Antenna | exploring its properties, may build one later | Initial research complete |
| Serial IP Control | Set and view the ip address of a server w/o a monitor | Planning |
| Recipe Wizard | takes ingredient list and gives a list of stuff to cook | Planning |
| Homemade Laser | fun with laser diodes | Cancelled |
| Reactive Firewall | firewall that bites back | Research |
| Electrodye Coatings | change the color of something at will | Research (time and resource limited) |
| LED Lighting | the xxxmas lights need to be replaced with something better | Initial Prototype Complete and Operational |
| The Tranquilizer | a potato gun with hockey pucks | Research Phase |
| KXML | An XML parser in D | Late Implementation |
| libxmpd | An XMPP client library in D | Mid Implementation |
| libackis | An Ackis2.0 component interface in D | Late Implementation |
| LED Tiles | Can you say LED mood wall? | Research |
| Cordova | A four prop helicopter type vehicle | Prototype Implementation |
| Protocom | An electrically driven land vehicle | Research |
| Air Filter | A design for a portable air filter | Implemented |
| Shop Table | A design for all shop tables | Implemented |
| ProtocolBuffer | D code for Google's binary serialization format | Mid Implementation |
| Libdjson | A JSON parser in D | Late Implementation |
| Filtwit | A twitter filter/forwarder client in D | Late Implementation |
| LuftWaffle | An automated waffle maker | Early Implementation |
Contact Info
| Nick | Real Name | Phone | Emergency Phone | Jabber | Other IM | Callsign | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| opticron | nyphbl8d@gmail.com | nyphbl8d@gmail.com | opticron |
