Wed 18 Apr 2007
I received the formal letter today notifying me that I passed the ESM candidacy exam consisting of six hours of written exams, a written research proposal and an oral defense of the written research proposal. With the semester winding down, I can start thinking about working on some electronics projects in my spare time again. The ones that come to mind, in no particular order are:
- telnet to RS-232 bridge using msp430
- custom code on the NES using reprogrammable cartridge
- adding useful features to Fonera Linux distro
- changing the firmware on some DSL/WIFI routers I have around
- iPod control with msp430/AVR
- something interesting with a Peltier device
- wind-powered battery charger
Comments/suggestions are welcome!
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April 18th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Your post on the NES being a good embedded system has lead me to think twice about the local thrift store’s collection of decrepit consoles.
More info on this would probably help propel me down the line into picking one of these things up and finally getting started with embedded electronics development, since it seems to have all the video hardware I’d need.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Hi ravuya,
I would suggest checking out Kevin Horton’s NES page here: http://www.tripoint.org/kevtris/nes/index.html . There is plenty of documentation on hardware and software modifications.
April 30th, 2007 at 4:05 am
Congrats!
April 30th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Thanks Alan!
June 28th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Congrats! Any thought on the wind-powered battery charger!
June 28th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Thanks. I am looking into making an efficient conversion from low RPM off the propeller to a higher RPM for the dynamo. Also, I am thinking of a clever way to build the propeller from things I have available.