Connecting you in ways you never thought possible
I planned ahead and made sure I was one of the first people to make sure my ChipKit Design Challenge application was in the day registration opened. The initial intent was to work on an improved beer brewing controller for the recent 240V 15 Gallon brewery setup I have built. I am looking forward to the design challenge and getting things going in the development IDE.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to play to on as many fun electronic projects as I used to, now that my PhD is really ramping up. The good news is I have plenty of work related projects to keep me busy and luckily they are all panning out well. With that said, here’s a quick feature on some of what I have been doing as reported today on “All Things Considered” on NPR - http://www.npr.org/2011/08/16/139651358/air-force-eyes-artificial-birds-bugs-that-can-spy
A carbon fiber tobacco hawkmoth wing created by Maj. Ryan O'Hara flaps 30 times per second and was photographed using a strobe
I have thought about adding a 3-axis accelerometer to the SD Datalogger for quite awhile now. I have recently received a set of 3 prototype boards from Laen to do some testing on this concept. Overall things seem to be working very well. I am now considering adding the ability to do AHRS in addition. The question is whether to do this on board using accels, gyros, and a magnetometer or to use a OSH IMU board like the ARDU-IMU.
