Old Projects
Disclaimer
First and foremost, I'd like to ask everyone to cut me some slack on the documentation and professionalism demonstrated in my past projects. Most of these projects were built when I was in high school and barely had a grasp on Ohm's law.
A few of these projects are ones that I originally had posted on my first website (no longer with us.) In the past, I would video record my projects as documentation, however, I've found that to be far more work than it is worth. I do not have plans to update the documentation on these old projects, and consequently, most of these projects will be under-documented and supported by only a video or two. If you would like support with anything that I have previously done here (beyond that which I have posted,) feel free to let me know by shooting me an email.
Finally, there is risk associated with building anything presented on this website. In particular, I have a few tesla coils presented in this Old Projects section that can be dangerous to operate. I am declaring now that with these projects and anything else on my website, you assume the liability of anything that happens as a consequence of you building these projects in my footsteps.
Musical Tesla Coil - 04/15/2016
PIC - SD Card Interface - 02/20/2014
Musical Tesla Coil - 04/15/2016
Here I built a dual-resonant tesla coil with a 170 volt IGBT half bridge. The primary current peaks at about 400 amps.
BE CAREFUL
Not-Musical Tesla Coil - 2015
PIC - SD Card Interface - 02/20/2014
Musical Tesla Coil - 04/15/2016
This coil was the first I have ever built. I wound the secondary by hand :( It is based off of Steve Ward's Mini SSTC.
Great Build!
PIC - SD Card Interface - 02/20/2014
PIC - SD Card Interface - 02/20/2014
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
Who doesn't want unlimited storage for their microcontroller projects. Well here's how. If you're creative, I'd like to see you store program for the micro to run on the SD card.
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
After trying to produce printed circuit boards using a CNC machine, I decided to make an ultraviolet lithography unit. This photoresist method proved to be quite successful.
Spinning POV LED Display - 11/06/2013
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
Spinning POV LED Display - 11/06/2013
This project was really cool for me in that it required delicate interplay between a mechanical spinning structure and a computer with some LED's.
8-Bit Computer - 08/28/2012
Ultraviolet Exposure Unit - 01/06/2014
Spinning POV LED Display - 11/06/2013
Before I was comfortable using microcontrollers, I wanted to know how they worked. This project is an 8-Bit computer built from 74 series logic.
MIT Class Projects
For 8.223, I built a Kapitza pendulum with a friend who is now doing bigger and better things. For 6.013, my group and I designed and built a rudimentary network analyzer.