Tim O'Brien - tim o'brien @ t413.com

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Web Design — July 28, 2014
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...
Senior Designing: Robot Arm Style — March 13, 2012
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...
ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote — January 29, 2011
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...
Quadcopter: New photos and video — December 23, 2010
Video: Photos:
RTOS quadcopter flight computer — December 21, 2010
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,...
mp3 player design — November 19, 2010
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...
Lightweight C MP3 ID3v2 Reader — October 29, 2010
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...
Fast 2-way XBEE series 2 data — March 18, 2010
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...
Wireless Wii Robot — December 23, 2009
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...

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Talk on Drones at the IFTF — July 29, 2014
I gave this talk at the Institute for the Future back in January. It’s on drones / UAVs / sUAVs, their past and what they...
Flying at Dorathea — March 13, 2012
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...
New video: slow motion quadcopter flying in EB2 — September 08, 2011
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...
ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote — January 29, 2011
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...
Quadcopter: New photos and video — December 23, 2010
Video: Photos:
Wireless Wii Robot — December 23, 2009
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...

xbee —Articles by tag

ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote — January 29, 2011
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...
Fast 2-way XBEE series 2 data — March 18, 2010
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...
Wireless Wii Robot — December 23, 2009
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...

embedded —Articles by tag

Senior Designing: Robot Arm Style — March 13, 2012
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...
ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote — January 29, 2011
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...
RTOS quadcopter flight computer — December 21, 2010
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,...
mp3 player design — November 19, 2010
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...
Lightweight C MP3 ID3v2 Reader — October 29, 2010
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...
Fast 2-way XBEE series 2 data — March 18, 2010
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...
Wireless Wii Robot — December 23, 2009
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...

github —Articles by tag

Universal SMS Conversion Tool — August 07, 2014
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...
Senior Designing: Robot Arm Style — March 13, 2012
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...
mp3 player design — November 19, 2010
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...
Lightweight C MP3 ID3v2 Reader — October 29, 2010
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...

flying —Articles by tag

Talk on Drones at the IFTF — July 29, 2014
I gave this talk at the Institute for the Future back in January. It’s on drones / UAVs / sUAVs, their past and what they...
Flying at Dorathea — March 13, 2012
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...
New video: slow motion quadcopter flying in EB2 — September 08, 2011
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...
ARM7 mini quad with xbee remote — January 29, 2011
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...
Quadcopter: New photos and video — December 23, 2010
Video: Photos:
RTOS quadcopter flight computer — December 21, 2010
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,...

meta —Articles by tag

Starting Over (this site) — July 27, 2014
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...

web —Articles by tag

Web Design — July 28, 2014
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
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...

talks —Articles by tag

Talk on Drones at the IFTF — July 29, 2014
I gave this talk at the Institute for the Future back in January. It’s on drones / UAVs / sUAVs, their past and what they...

tools —Articles by tag

Universal SMS Conversion Tool — August 07, 2014
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...

python —Articles by tag

Universal SMS Conversion Tool — August 07, 2014
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...