I’ve been scrolling around and I’m wondering what sort of projects everyone here is working on? I have not worked on anything in awhile but I wanna see more projects and maybe that’ll change haha
I’m now getting more into embedded system design. I’m doing a project where i’m building a robot in embedded C for my processor design class. It is really fun because it combines what I’m learning in circuits with digital logic.
I love systems design, I hope it goes well for you
Open Phone (currently on hold, the webpage deteriorated over time) a Nokia phone as if it was made today. (usb-c, arm processor, 5g, 1tb sd, rss reader, podcasts, 2fa, web radio, fediverse client, offline lexicon, offline translator, weather, music, maps only showing a compass with directions, signal messenger)
An Arcade Machine built on top of a sensible Linux base running on a raspberry. The goal is to bring indie games in cafés and bars as I am super bummed out about arcades not being a thing anymore :(
those are both really cool projects, I’m always happy to see people make hardware that’s actually a positive to humanity
Yea, im kinda sick of what the tech industry has become. I do believe that tech and even the internet can have a net positive for humanity and I don’t mean it in the early silicon valley “making the world a better place thanks to my compression algorithm” sort of way. It does have the power to bring humans together and not stand in between as well as be an extension of your brain and not a replacement.
Professionally or hobbywise?
Hobbywise I’m pretty dead lately cause I left all my embedded gear at my parents when I moved.
Professionally I am trying to optimize software on a microcontroller to minimize power consumption for my master thesis. Currently I’m sitting at an average power draw of 70 uA at 3V. If all goes well I might get it even lower
what kind of microcontroller are you using for your thesis?
I doubt you’ve heard of it honestly. It’s an ADuCM355 from Analog Devices. Internally it uses an Cortex-M3.
