Projects

A list of selected projects follows. Smaller efforts not listed here can be found on GitHub.

Lighting and Visual Displays

ACRIS - Advanced, Controllable Room Illumination System — an end-to-end room lighting system
glowscape - a simple audio VU meter implemented with illuminated glowsticks
CEREBRO - a brain activity visualizer implemented on an 8051

bt - a probabilistic tempo estimator implemented in RTL
hkir - a device to emulate Harmon Kardon's IR protocol for computer control of HK stereo receivers
peq - a parametric equalizer implemented in RTL

bcard - an inexpensive interactive PCB business card
lpctrl - a framework for using the Novation Launchpad as a reactive user input device
hdctrlr - a scroll wheel implemented with a hard drive platter
Prox Sensor Scroll Wheel - emulating a scroll wheel with a proximity sensor
Numark TotalControl Scroll Wheel - a utility to enable Numark TotalControl to be used as a pair of scroll wheels

chanem - a multipurpose channel emulator for airborne network communications (Master's thesis)

My vim configuration - my (mostly) modular vim configuration
My zsh configuration - my (mostly) modular zsh configuration
vim-instant-wavedrom - a live-updating WaveDrom renderer
vim-todo - syntax highlighting for simple TODO lists
vim-vdb - syntax highlighting for simple human-readable key:value databases
vim-logcp - syntax highlighting and macros for logcp
vim-jsim - syntax highlighting and tags configuration for 6.004's JSIM HDL
vim-pandemic - a utility to manage Vim bundles
color-control - a utility to build Xresources/TTY-configs from an SVG color palette
eclipse - a color scheme for KDE4

This site - sources for the content and build system that renders this site
filedump - a lightweight utility for displaying and managing files from a web interface

logcp - a semi-user-interactive tool to bulk-copy modified files in a source directory to a destination directory
flacsync - a utility to transcode FLACs to MP3s while preserving as much tag and image information as possible
knocker - a lightweight port-knocking client
irc2sms - a service to forward IRC messages to a phone via SMS
gvcall - a command-line utility to aid with VoIP calling
icsy - I can't Sleep Yet — a simple alarm to help its user up from naps

Spartan 3-AN On-Board ADC/Pre-Amp Controller - lightweight RTL block for controlling the Spartan 3-AN's LTC6912-1 pre-amp and LTC1407A-1 ADC
Seven-Segment Display Control in RTL - an RTL block for controlling seven-segment LED displays
ubbcom - an inexpensive breakout board for adding USB serial communication to a breadboard