This was the very first project which helped me start my company, M1 Interactive Inc. It was designed to teach kids and adults (but mostly kids) how to properly use a fire extinguisher using the acronym PASS. The client, Underwriters Laboratories, in Northbrook, IL wanted us to create a simulated environment, which would catch on…
Workbenches
Workbenches I have known over the years. This is a random compilation of photos I’ve taken in the midst of projects I’ve done. I am not always good at documenting the whole process, more of the mess each one creates before turning into something worthy. Or not. [robo-gallery id=589]
Autodesk Eagle
I have been wanting to create my own PCBs for years. I tried many times to do this by etching my own, but with anything more complex than simple circuits, it requires a minimum of a two sided board. This requires a lot of work and planning to etch, which for me was not in…
Crypto Currency Meter
I jumped on the crypto bandwagon awhile back and for fun, wanted to build a cryptocurrency analog meter to gauge how much money I was losing every day. Using my past experience with the 8266 chips in my LED Cloud project, I thought this would be EASY. Not the case, it seems. As usual, working…
Alexa Activated LED Cloud
For my Grandson, I set out to build an LED cloud, mostly based on this Sparkfun tutorial. It was overall pretty easy to build as I had some Chinese lanterns, LED strips and an extra Arduino. The most difficult part of the project was attaching the pillow stuffing to the Chinese lanterns. The first…