August 2014

• Universal SMS Conversion Tool

  August 07, 2014 — tools, github, python

  Edit: Now available in pip, just pip install smstools. Working on a project at INQ Mobile I started this tool to convert downloaded Google Voice...

July 2014

• Talk on Drones at the IFTF

  July 29, 2014 — youtube, talks, flying

  I gave this talk at the Institute for the Future back in January. It’s on drones / UAVs / sUAVs, their past and what they...
• Web Design

  July 28, 2014 — projects, web

  Here’s a look at some old web projects I’ve built in the past. Some I’ve built for fun, some freelance, some for family. The second...
• Starting Over (this site)

  July 27, 2014 — meta, web

  My web site, t413.com, has been down for 6 months. It’s time I fixed it. What happened? My server was a intel atom nettop running...

March 2012

• Senior Designing: Robot Arm Style

  March 13, 2012 — github, projects, embedded

  For my ECE senior design project I’m building a robotic arm for the NCSU Terrestrial Robotics Club as they take on the University Rover Challenge.  Ever wanted a high-strength...
• Flying at Dorathea

  March 13, 2012 — youtube, flying

  The NCSU Aerial Robotics team went out to Dorothea to fly a few weekends ago, and RJ brought his 18 pound 88” wingspan 60cc Extra 300. Add...

September 2011

• New video: slow motion quadcopter flying in EB2

  September 08, 2011 — youtube, flying

  This was taken on my friend Hardik’s Canon 60D. Music is from the band State Radio and the song: Wicker Plane. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/year-of-the-crow/id395632644 I used ffmpeg extensively...

January 2011

• ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote

  January 29, 2011 — projects, youtube, flying, embedded, xbee

  Also take a look at the DIY-drones post I made, (it made it to the front page!). Using an Phillips NXP LPC20148 ARM7 processor, a...

December 2010

• Quadcopter: New photos and video

  December 23, 2010 — projects, youtube, flying

  Video: Photos:
• RTOS quadcopter flight computer

  December 21, 2010 — projects, flying, embedded

  Update: firmware, remote, and packet library all now on github. The advent of the modern Chinese manufacturing empire has fueled an explosion of high performance,...

November 2010

• mp3 player design

  November 19, 2010 — github, projects, embedded

  Recent edit: The project is now on github! with all the original svn commit history included. Background I’m participating in a national student exchange this...

October 2010

• Lightweight C MP3 ID3v2 Reader

  October 29, 2010 — github, projects, embedded

  Super lightweight MP3 ID3 metadata tag reader made for embedded systems. Now on GitHub! Background I’m writing a full-featured mp3 player for the SJSU class...

March 2010

• Fast 2-way XBEE series 2 data

  March 18, 2010 — projects, xbee, embedded

  Say that title out loud. It’s a mouthful– any yet it’s not enough. There are so many names for these modules and a better title...

December 2009

• Wireless Wii Robot

  December 23, 2009 — projects, youtube, xbee, embedded

  Physical computing -> wireless two-way data -> physical control. This is a intuitive, durable, and fun way to control almost anything. Here I’ve built a...