Wireless

  • The Collection Wall
    An iPad at a docking station using the Collection Wall at the Cleveland Museum of Art

    I’m privileged to work for Zenith Systems, LLC as a software developer for A/V automation systems. We provided the design, installation, and technical support for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Gallery One.

  • OpBot - The Robotic Game
    OpBot at a Robotics Conference

    Our founder, Russ Martin, has been called a cross between Jimmy Buffet and Albert Einstein. Along with his wife Fay, he founded Florida Robotics over 20 years ago. As a life-long fan of all types of gadgets electrical, mechanical, and electronic, Russ decided to start a robotics business focusing on using technology to create fun.

  • Tumbleweed
    NASA Researcher with Tumbleweed Unit

    The Tumbleweed Rover, a completed project from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is a large, wind-blown, inflated ball, which carries an instrument payload in its interior.

  • Wireless Vineyard Monitor
    Dr. Singh with his Wireless Vineyard Monitor.

    The Vineyard Monitor is shown below. It consists of a weatherproof box that houses the electronics mounted on a PVC support pipe. The pipe is intended to be driven into the ground. The soil temperature is measured by a sensor located at the bottom of the pipe.

  • WatchDuck
    The WatchDuck Pool alarm system.

    The WatchDuck is an accelerometer-based low cost wireless pool alarm. While the summer is coming, everybody knows how unsafe personal pools are for children: accidents happen so quickly.

  • RFiDJ
    RFiDJ project.

    While I enjoy a good diversity of media, I tend to gravitate towards a few albums, radio stations, and podcasts. For this project I will attempt to simplify and enhance how I interface to these common media types as my submission to the 2010 RF Design Contest by Parallax and Linx Technologies.

  • Remote Video Control System
    Remote Video System. Photos courtesy Megan Van Kooten of Four Seasons Photography.

    The user's control interface consists of a development board with one joystick and six buttons to control the remote system. The joystick allows the camcorder system to be controlled with 2 axes: pan (Left/Right) and tilt (Up/Down).