User:Msemtd

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Hi my name's Michael Erskine and I'm a recovering software engineer. Please sponsor my efforts to move into the world of hardware where I can't just allocate an array of ten thousand objects to do my bidding. I can't even find the right capacitor!

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What on earth is "msemtd"?

• Michael
• Stewart
• Erskine
• Mapping
• Technical
• Development

In the late 80's I began working as a software engineer at my first real job out of college. At this particular company each employee's Unix username was made up form their initials and their job description. My role as a software developer in the Geographical Information Systems department defined my first real email address, IRC nick, etc. and has become a handy, generally easy to use identifier for life on the interweb waves.

Areas of interest and/or skill

• I'm a qualified First Aider and I head up the Safety Team
• Debian GNU Linux
• Computer languages: C, Perl, Java, C#, Assembler
• bicycles
• 1980s arcade machine culture
  • Arcade Talk Resources
• skateboarding
• twisty puzzles and speedcubing
• tattooing
• memorising pi

Projects

Category:Michael's Projects

• Michael's MAME Machine
• Non-smokers' Pipe
• Small Arduino Equivalents
  • Breaduino to stripboarduino to own-PCB-duino
  • paperduino
  • paperftdi
  • FTDI-board
• LCPxpresso - poor man's TCP/IP "shield"
• STM32VLDISCOVER - STM32 ARM micro evaluation board usage
• Cheesoid - a comedy robot with sensory and existential issues
• Poor Man's CNC
• AwesomeShield
• U-Boat
• Rubik's Cube Footrest
• HackSpace Opening Party Organisation
• Waste and Recycling Initiative
• HackSpace Instrumentation I seem to have taken on the role of "cheap-talker" :)
  • who-is-in I'd like to know who (if anyone) is in the space at any particular time
  • Nanode -- ethernet capable Arduino project
• Home Instrumentation
• Component Sorting
• Mini VFD
• Minimus USB AVR
  • http://www.minimususb.com/
  • http://www.minimususb.com/minimus_v14.pdf
  • Minimus Joypad
• Ti Chronos watch
  • http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/EZ430-Chronos
• Electric Bike Repair
• Small Amplifier
• Arduino SD Card
• TagTool
• Raspberry Pi Small LCD
• Raspberry Pi Arduino Buffer
• Line-following Robot
• Hackspace BMX
• Arduino Rotary Encoder Menu System
• Party Speakers
• Safety Team
• AEG LCD Clocks
• BMO
• Numberwang
• Skateboard Banjo
• Point-One Inch Ruler
• Skateboard Fiddle
• Banjo Bag
• Big Batteries
• Arduino Due
• ATX bench PSU
• Arduino MGLS24064 LCD
• Hacker Rations
• Golden Toilet Roll Holder
• NEPTR
• Salt n Pepa
• Virtual Norm
• Mechanical Jerk
• Mouse's BarBot
• Stigmata Sauce
• Laser Acrylic Shelving
• TiLDA Balance
• Bartop Arcade Machine
• I have taken ownership of the knitting machines (abandoned by Craft Team Luddites :) )
• MLRS Control Panel
• Coin Sorter
• HDPE Processing
• Freestyle Skateboard Skidplates
• Skateboard Deck Reshaping
• Memorising Pi
• Cast Polyurethane Freestyle Skateboard Bushings
• NodeMCU v2
• Status Boards
• Laser Etching Stainless Steel
• Hackspace Public Address
• Small CRT MAME Cabinets
• Mahjongg Tiles
• speffz BLD tools
• Michael's Microcontroller List
• RoboTub10000

Wish List

• USBtinyISP AVR Programmer Kit (USB SpokePOV Dongle) - v2.0 http://www.adafruit.com/products/46

Laser tests

• http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:89745/#files

Parts Box

F-F jumpers or just the headers:

• http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/headers-pcb-receptacles/2304900/
• http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=199

Sources of robot parts

• http://www.solutions-cubed.com/Solutions%20Cubed/products.cfm
• http://www.active-robots.com/motors-wheels/wheels/2-75-wheel-4-pack.html
• http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/motor-control
• http://www.active-robots.com/sensors/object-detection/ultrasonic/srf02-high-performance-ultrasonic-ranger.html
• http://www.vexrobotics.com/products/accessories/motion

Lightake compelling items

• http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.Audio_Artist_Hamburger_Mini_Speaker___Black-41485
• http://lightake.com/detail.do/sku.Pre_Order_Amazing_2_Channel_Remote_Control_Air_Swimmers_Inflatable_Flying_Shark__4xAAA_-46508

Relays - switches, etc. http://www.pickeringrelay.com/pdfs/105.pdf

Philips stepper motors

• ID35
• 9904 112 35114
• Step angle 7.5 deg
• http://in.rsdelivers.com/product/philips-compnts-bv-mecatronic/994-112-35014/unipolar-75-deg-stepper-motor-12v-53w/0332953.aspx

Tools etc. for loan

• Wallpaper Steam Stripper

• Black & Decker PowerFile
• Hedge Trimmers
• Extending Loppers
• Tattoo Machine (!)

I Can Be Found At...

• https://profiles.google.com/msemtd#msemtd/about
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/msemtd
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/msemtd
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21085792@N00/
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/msemtd

My domains: -

• tecspy.com
• mickapedia.com
• vebug.com
• ukcubemasters.com
• halfpipeandslippers.com

IRC

• msemtd on freenode etc. #rubiks #nlug
• irssi in Poor Man's Service

Email (do people still use that?)

• msemtd@googlemail.com
• msemtd@yahoo.co.uk
• mick@tecspy.com

Forums

• Middle Age Shred
• SpeedSolving.com