For my mechanical engineering capstone design project, I designed an automatic game piece sorter. I am interested in entering the field of mechatronics and automation after graduation, and this was the perfect project to practice relevant skills. This device sorts game pieces from the board game Ticket To Ride: Rails & Sails. There are 5 […]
I worked during summer 2020 at Ocean Networks Canada, a company that streams real-time data collected from instrument arrays placed on the ocean floor. They have a backbone underwater cable that all the arrays connect to through a series of nodes. During recovery of one of the instrument arrays, staff noticed that the platform’s legs […]
During the Covid-19 pandemic, I’ve had extra time for hobby electronics. I ordered some ESP8266 microcontrollers and decided to use the skills that I had developed for my digital clock and Google Calendar automation task. I made a box that lights up an RGB LED to the colour of a currently-occurring calendar event, and a […]
A lot of people expressed interest in my shortcut keyboard from an old cash register, there were even a few articles written about it! I decided to make another one for a gift, but this time made with parts that anyone could buy online. If you’re looking for information to make one of these yourself, […]
This spring, as I was perusing the engineering building’s “free” pile for goodies, I found a gem – an all-in-one cash register! It had all sorts of great stuff in it: A keypad with mechanical switches, Vacuum Flourescent Displays, and even a turnkey switch. I just had to have it, so I lugged it to […]
I’ve learned that the best way to learn something you don’t know much about is to take on a project. I wanted to learn how to do more things with electrical circuits, so I decided to design and build a digital alarm clock with full functionality. While this project seems relatively simple, much was learned […]