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Hackaday DC event recap
Giving a talk to the packed roomAs some of you might have seen, I recently attended the Hackaday DC event and gave a talk on the rocket stabilization system while there in addition to explanations and...
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Rocket stabilization system debugging update
Debugging the system on a cheap logic analyzer clone (review coming up soon) Ever since I implemented the new control code this system has been plagued with a pair of bugs that frustrated me to...
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Holiday update and gift exchange postmortem
Happy Hackerdays readers! Since the last update it's been busy with the first semester of school finishing up, finals and the holiday season quickly approaching. In that time I've made a better...
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Q1 2016 Rocket stabilization system update, now with fins, nose cone and a...
With 2016 well underway it's time for the first update on the state of the stabilization system!First off, apologies for the massive delays this post has had, was originally slated for mid-Jan launch...
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How to theme and change the font of the Arduino IDE (Tutorial)
You've probably had this problem before; Writing code late at night trying to get new features to work but the bright white of the default IDE is burning your eyes and giving you a headache even with...
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Side projects update: Optical/radio telescopes, CAD, new rigs and custom...
Apologies for the radio silence on this blog, work has been continually crazy and some projects have been sidelined for temporary holds due to funding reallocation, however the backlog of completed...
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Q3 2016 Rocket active stabilization system update, complete hardware redesign...
The old and new designs, massive improvements to the overall designUpdate time has rolled around again now that a good chunk of progress is completed on the Arduino based rocket stabilization system....
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Holiday season 2016 general update and MAGFest panel announcement
Happy Hackerdays readers! Since the last update I've been absolutely slammed between life and projects which had a drastic balance change that took more time and energy away from the blog than I'd have...
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Prograde burn; I quit my day job to work at NASA
Yes you read that right, as of January 30th I am working at NASA Goddard as a student researcher in the earth sciences wing, specifically on the 4U Laser Hetrodyne Radiometer cubesat as a...
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Q1 2017 Rocket active stabilization system update; Finally have working PID...
After nearly 4 and a half months of late nights, caffeine fueled jam sessions, one livestream(more on that later!) and more frustration than anticipated I FINALLY figured out implementation of PID for...
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Upcoming appearance at DEFCON 25 in Vegas
You read that right, this year I'm going to be at the one and only DEFCON in Las Vegas!!!! Since this year I'd had a mutual friend of W1NST0N and I's offer some space in his penthouse suite, we ran...
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I'm not dead! Updates and teasers.
Radio breaking squelch Is this thing on? Oh good!It's been a LONG time since the last update and that's my fault, apologies for the delays in posts but oh the things that have happened since the last...
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