Christmas tree 2020 demo
I uploaded the code for both the tree and the controller to GitHub (https://github.com/jamisonderek/ArduinoWS2812). I plan on designing a...
Silent Night
I was able to replace my clicky relay with a BTA24-600B Triac and a few components I had laying around the house (resistors,...
Controlling the Christmas tree star like it was a WS2812
I ordered some ATtiny85 chips from Amazon. They are an Amtel 8-bit AVR microcontroller, with 6 I/O pins. They have an internal clock, so...
I got my OSH Park 4-layer PCB
I got my 4-layer board back from OSH Park! This board is different in that I decided to use surface mount components, so I could...
OneWire devices on an Azure Sphere via UART
Last summer we had a few interns that were working on the Azure Sphere IoT device. One of the sensors they integrated with the Azure...
I ordered a 4-layer PCB from OSH Park
I created a surface mount design 4-layer board. Below is the computer 3d visualization of what it will hopefully look like when it comes...
A new brain for the traffic light (ESP32 + .NET nanoFramework)
The original traffic light used a Netduino Plus 2, https://www.adafruit.com/product/1104, which runs the .NET Micro Framework...
I got my OSHPark PCB
I got the PCB, soldered the components, and it worked! Now only one traffic light can be turned on at a time. My goal was to learn the...
OSH Park order placed
I submitted the kicad_pcb file to OSH Park for creating a 2 layer PCB. This board is a more compact than my first attempt and the inputs...
Finally had some time to play...
Kyle left for boot camp two weeks ago, prior to that I was busy playing video games with him (or was I watching him play video games?) ...
Traffic Light - "hello world"
I installed Visual Studio 2015, .NET Micro Framework, Netduino SDK & .NET Framework 3.5. I've successfully made a blinking traffic light!
Traffic Light
Wes gave me an IoT enabled traffic light! It came with a few wires disconnected and a Netduino as the brains. There is some kind of...








