Category: Electronics
One of my projects this summer was an autopilot system for my dad’s home-made catamaran. The cat is very fun and easy to steer, but extended length journeys…
My 2018 summer project was a prototype electric bike. I converted an inexpensive mountain-bike to electric by adding a relatively small brush-less motor, a VESC controller, a 111Wh…
Admiral Trackbar is an autonomous robot that navigates using 3D printed treads, avoids detection by detecting infrared signals, and rescues Ewoks through servo powered arms. It was build…
Here’s a quick schematic project I built for the UAS design team. They needed a 24V Power over Ethernet injector for a mission-critical antenna. My solution was to utilize…
One of my tasks for the autonomous robot project was to design and build a IR sensor array that could “sense” ewoks, gaps, black lines, and obstacles on the…
This is the Draco control board, a rocket guidance/steering system that could in theory be used to stabilize as well as record and transmit the flight of model…
When it comes to necessary lab equipment, a lab-bench power supply is a must. I managed to get through the early days of my hobby by using salvaged…
So I recently needed some lights for a boat, but all of the options online seemed to be too expensive, or not “efficient” enough. So I decided to…
In order to interface with the autopilot side of the boat IoT system which I am currently developing, I decided it would be a good idea to make…
Throughout this ENPH 259 lab, a servo-motor controller was constructed, which could accurately control the speed of a brushed motor. I learned how several components operated, including a digital-to-analog converter…
The times have escaped me. Turns out the electric skateboard community has been using the open-source VESC controller for their electric skateboards for quite some time, and they…
Some electric skateboard ESC’s, particularly the VESC, do not feature a switch for turning your board on and off. They typically rely on an external switch, like the…
The PCBs I ordered for my electric skateboard controller are finally here! I reworked the previous design by removing vias, making the traces thinner, and placing the components…
Following the end of the construction of the fifth prototype electric skateboard, I decided to enter my project into the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair. The experience was absolutely…
My personal project for my Drafting and Design 11 class was a solar powered, automatic weather station. The goal was to design a small, compact weather station with…
Around mid-summer, my ThinkPad laptop began to show major signs of wear-and-tare. The screen was slowly, but surely, falling off. The performance was not up to par either….
The Small Weather Station is a battery-operated, wireless, weather station. I have been working on the project for almost a year now, and now I have an unshielded…
Introducing my third prototype electric skateboard: the Banana Board! It’s lighter, cooler-looking, and has a longer range than the second electric skateboard. This board features a CNC cut deck,…
This is the story of a failed weather station upgrade attempt. About a week ago, I looked at my main weather station and I made a list of…
This article is now outdated! The autopilot has been finished and installed. Read the full write-up here: https://www.instructables.com/id/Boat-Autopilot/ There were many problems with my previous autopilot, the biggest of…