Projects

The Adafruit 1484 is an absolutely fantastic 32x32 LED matrix. Each one of the 1024 LEDs is an individually controllable RGB LED that allow us to display beautiful pixel art. First Robotics Competition team number 296, The Northern Knights, obtained this display to spruce up our robots. As a mentor on this team, I worked with students in order to develop a system with an Arduino to read images off a MicroSD card and display them on the LED matrix. Join us to learn the system inside out.

Computer monitor backlights are cool. Solutions such as Philips Ambilight are available, but many people opt to design their own system. I wanted to see just how much you can save and what you can get by making the cheapest backlighting system possible. By salvaging parts from previous projects and getting free samples, all I need to buy where some RGB LEDs for only $4.00. Join me as I experiment and create the most basic computer ambient light solution.

Here is a video demoing my latest project called Audio VR. Virtual Reality is quite a hot topic nowadays and many devices aim to augment the experience of content on your computer. My idea was to augment the experience of the computer itself by moving the computer into your actual reality. Audio VR works by measuring the head's position and adjusting the audio output channels of the computer accordingly to simulate the location of the computer with respect to the head. By modifying the channels in the left and right ears of your headphones, you get a similar experience to using speakers. Read on to learn more about this project.

Here's my latest school project that I worked on with some friends, the Arduino Entertainment Multimedia Device. It's a completely portable Arduino powered LED matrix with a bunch of bells and whistles allowing it to live up to its name. Checkout my video above or continue on for more information and a gallery of shots.

Hello everyone! I'm Michael (aka Netopya) a university engineering student from Canada and this is my blog. I have a few projects I work on that I'd love to share with you along with other discoveries I make from the work of technology and science. Whats that device in the picture? Stay tuned and I'll get to that and more as my blog comes to life!