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hardware

Compact Tube Hybrid (CTH) Headphone Amplifier

June 27, 2009

I recently finished my Compact Tube Hybrid (CTH) amp for my K702 and it turned out great. This project improved my skills troubleshoot a complex circuit on a small board, there were some mistakes while building this amp but for the most part it turned out great. So, when I placed everything on [...]

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Electromagnetic Rover

June 8, 2009

In second year, two friends and I created a rover for a project. We designed a rover that will follow a wire with a certain signal going through it. Our rover is programmed by an 8052 microcontroller and runs on two motors; one for turning and one for running. The inductors at [...]

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Inclinometer

June 7, 2009

During my second year at UBC, one of the projects we had to do was an Inclinometer. The idea behind this was to design a capacitor using a petri-dish and aluminum foil covering half the petri-dish and using water as the dielectric. Because the capacitor had only half the water to fill it [...]

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Walking Robot

June 27, 2008

My last completed project in High School was pioneering a walking robot for my teacher. This was a robot that walked straight until it hit something in front of it, detected by the antennas, which then it would walk backwards and sideways a few steps, and go forward again. The way the antennas [...]

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