Electronics Projects
I've tinkered with electronics since childhood, with my first Hello-World-LED doubtless at a single-digit age[1]. I had various fantasies about projects involving circuits, and many cargo-cult circuit diagrams that would not possibly ever have worked.
In recent years, however, I have finally acquired something approaching a true understanding, largely through intensive self-study. I have been rapidly learning through a series of projects, some of which appear here[2].
Past and Current Projects
Lightning Staff
A staff with an actual tesla coil on top!
Six-Teeny
An LED composite display for displaying hexadecimal digits, now a platform capable of driving whole projects. Also its companion programming board.
Mohmmeter
An ohmmeter for mom (also, a voltmeter) styled steampunk-like.
Relay Logic: A Better Memory Cell
Building a better memory cell out of relays for relay-logic computing.
Relay Logic: Mr. Clicky-Clack
A long-running project to build an 8-bit CPU entirely out of relays, with an ultimate goal of raytracing in electromechanical logic.
Relay Fidget / ASMR Toy
A simple relay oscillator to celebrate the clickiness of relays.
Proto-Tile
Finally, a proto board that doesn't suck.
'Backburner' Projects
Sunrise Alarm Clock
Produces an artificial 'sunrise' wake-up sequence, which helps people (not me!) who have trouble waking up early in the winter. (Backburnered for lack of interest from client.)
Guitar LED Kit
An LED kit that lights up each string of each fret when you press it. (Backburnered for evaporated interest from collaborator.)
DIY Oscilloscope
A DIY oscilloscope aiming for affordability and capability. (Backburnered because I need to learn more, and I have a real oscilloscope anyway.)
Soil Moisture Monitor
Solar-powered remote sensor for monitoring soil moisture for my desert plants garden. (Backburnered because I don't live in a desert.)