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

• bicycles
• 1980s arcade machine culture
• C, Perl, Java
• Debian GNU Linux
• skateboarding
• twisty puzzles and speedcubing
• tattooing

Current 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"
• 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
• Saloon Indicator

Wish List

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

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

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