Matthew Tran's Blog!

May 7, 2019 / School

Micromouse DeCal

A class on the MicroMouse competition. Map out a maze, solve it, then speed through it.

April 20, 2019 / Uncategorized

A retelling of my adventures in lock picking during the school year. Of course, I made sure I didn’t do anything illegal.

March 22, 2019 / School

A little board I designed for CalSol.

January 31, 2019 / School

A brief overview of the power distribution board I designed for our sub.

December 5, 2018 / School

An excellent crash course on the circuit board design process. It’s also the perfect intro to my favorite EDA software KiCad.

August 10, 2018 / Projects

All the power, convenience, and GPIO of a Raspberry Pi in the compact form factor of a USB stick.

July 31, 2018 / Projects

A cute little STM32 based Xbox controller. Perfect for on the go gaming.

July 23, 2018 / Projects

A functional and fun Pi Zero powered Gameboy to relive some nostalgic memories.

July 17, 2018 / Projects

A fun little keypad mostly used to make sure I don’t break my keyboard with how much gaming I do.

May 20, 2018 / Projects

For the SciOly 2018 season, I tackled the numerous challenges involved in making a device for the Mission Possible event and placed 2nd at Nationals.

May 19, 2018 / Projects

For the SciOly 2018 season, the numerous rule changes for the Hovercraft event proved a fun and respectable challenge.

April 20, 2018 / School

Ergonomic, economical, and manufacturable – these were the design goals of the cardboard chair for our final project in IB Design Tech.