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An Update (Christmas 2009)

27th December, 2009

Here is an update on some bits and pieces I have been doing since starting my new job way back in October now.

Descending Fog (Steps to Work)

Misty winter morning steps to work.

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Arrival of the massive box for my new PC.

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Because there was a video on YouTube of the PC game Witcher’s strange monkey creature, or Mamune which has subsequently been removed I decided to record my own and upload it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQlT8WVhVs

http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Mamune

New Car

2nd November, 2009

New car for the purpose of travelling between home and work and more.

Me and my new car (New Car)

A Couple of Graduation Day Photos

13th October, 2009

These and several more have been available on facebook for a while now but here is a proper blog post with shots from my graduation day.

University of Plymouth Graduates (Plymouth Hoe)

Family (Plymouth Hoe)

University of Plymouth Graduation T-Shirt (Plymouth Hoe)

A T-Shirt for sale with everyone’s names printed on it!

Bee Photography

27th August, 2009

While out the other day I managed to take a few shots of a variety of summery, garden-y things including spending time trying to get closeups of bees. Here are a couple of the results:

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Baby Doves

22nd July, 2009

Had an opportunity to put my camera to use again, this time taking some photos of a newly hatched dove up in the dovecote.

Baby Dove 1

Baby Dove 2

Finished Final Year Project

30th May, 2009

Presented in the last half hour of the first day… Here are a couple of photos I took while waiting after setting up in the middle room of Babbage floor 2.

Projected Desktop {Project Presentation} (Babbage Building)

Wires and Bits {Project Presentation} (Babbage Building)


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Electronics

12th May, 2009

Although I’m still waiting to find out if the PCB I requested a week ago is ready I have been able to get on with trying to produce the remaining electronics.

I’ve found out that the Analogue-to-Digital-Converter of my USB board is pretty sensitive and simply connecting my circuits resulted in extreme noise rather than a smooth stable reading. So in order to solve this I’ve placed some beefier 1uF (rather than the 0.1uF on my GSR circuit) capacitors between the output and the ground which seems to stabilise it perfectly.

Powerful LEDs

Blue and Red Ultra Bright LEDs

Hopefully they will illuminate the centre of my handle, which now has acrylic beads glued into the holes in order to catch the light. I took this photo with my light on, not in the dark…

Thermistor Circuit

Testing My Temperature Circuit

Note the purple capacitor across the thermistor. Without it the circuit gives out a perfectly stable current, but the ADC doesn’t seem to think so.


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A Few More Production Shots

6th May, 2009

Just a couple more photos I’ve taken along the path of producing my biofeedback interface handle.

Simple biofeedback measurement and amplification:

Circuit Board

Handle

After I had started making finger grooves:

Handle

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