Current Projects

Robot

An educational robot project, involving my children, wireless serial link and a mini-ITX PC.

Robot

A system to simplify the sharing of my home content and media with others.

Home Control System

The ongoing struggle to perfect a home control system.

Home Power System

The ongoing story of my low voltage (12V) home power system.

1-Wire PCB

A multi-function printed circuit board to simplify 1-Wire installations.

1-Wire Twilight Sensor

Part of my Home Control System, to detect dusk and dawn.

1-Wire PIR Sensor

Part of my Home Control System, to detect room occupancy.

Future Projects

Completed Projects

Solar Pool Heater

A solar collector and pump to heat my swimming pool.

1-Wire Network Tester

A simply device to terminate the network and show that all the connections are working along the length of the 1-Wire Network.

Jave Database

Extremely light-weight database with java API.

1-Wire Network Power Injector

Introduces 12Vdc and 5Vdc into my 1-wire network to support a wider range of devices.

1-Wire Weather Station

The addition of an AAG V3 (TAI8515) 1-Wire weather station to monitor wind speed, wind direction and external temperature.

1-Wire Temperature Sensors

Part of my Home Control System to monitor the temperature in each room.

1-Wire Network

My 1-Wire network installation around my home.

In-Car Video

640 x 480 pixels, 30fps, stereo sound, solid state digital video recorder with hour recording time (at max resolution with a 2Gbyte MMC card).

Fisher Fury R1 Kit Car

My biggest project so far. It passed the SVA test in March 2007 and is on the road and under going further developments and improvements.

Java Web Site Builder

A Java coding project to write my own tool for managing and uploading my own web sites.