Current Projects
This a list of my current projects that I've managed to document or start to document ...- Home Power System
- The ongoing story of my quadricycle build has moved to this new web site
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- Robot
- An educational robot project, involving my children, wireless serial link and a mini-ITX PC.
- Home Control System
- The ongoing development of my home control system has moved to this new web site .
- Home Power System
- The ongoing story of my low voltage (12V) home power system has also moved to this new web site .
- 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.
Completed Projects
- USB Cycle Charger
- Dynamo power used to charge my iPhone and other devices on my bicycle via USB ports.
- In-car PMR radio
- Interface box to allow in-helmet microphone and headphones to drive PMR radio.
- Solar Pool Heater
- A solar collector and pump to heat my swimming pool.
- 1-Wire PCB
- A multi-function printed circuit board to simplify 1-Wire installations.
- 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.
- Java 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.