TODO

Going into industry and college, I did not expect the sheer number of things that I wanted to try learning. Rather than tossing everything onto a poorly organized sticky note, I figured it’s probably best to put it in a publicly visible less poorly organized page. Full disclosure, I still use a sticky note.

High-Priority Projects

Projects I’ll get to next.

• hardware
  • solder dispenser - level up from the tweezer and hand-squeezed syringe
  • word watch - inspired by those word clocks
  • wireless solar keyboard - full size, swappable keys, ch32 w/ nrf24, solar powered, usable in UEFI/BIOS
  • Linux board - probably an NXP or STM32 chip, maybe a Zynq
• software
  • autodbconv - LDF/DBC parser built in Rust
  • JABI mobile apps - built in Flutter for cross-platform deploy
  • ePaper Zephyr support - made a breakout board a while ago, try adding to Zephyr
  • CAN/LIN DFU for Zephyr - perhaps build it on UDS or devise custom protocol
  • MCUboot FSBL - updatable bootloader!
  • bootloader dynamic linking - app calls functions provided by bootloader to save flash
  • acoustic keylogger - lots of articles online, seems interesting

Future Projects

Projects I’ll get to once I finish the others.

• CNC v2 - do it properly this time, make sure it can cut metal
• 3D printer - silent, fast, use linear rails
• Nerf Gun - precise, magazine fed, mountable and electric
• Auto Nerf Turret - become a Jedi with a reobot deliberately shooting at your lightsaber
• Robotic Actuator - improve the one I designed in 2017
• Sine Wave Encoder - worked with these before so document it
• Solder Station - try doing what GreatScott did and make a cheap good one
• Solder Paste Dispenser - auto squeezing, maybe throw it on a 3D printer and integrate with KiCad
• Pick and Place Machine - auto placing, deep integration with KiCad
• Closed Loop Current Clamp - http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/tidu674/tidu674.pdf
• Isolated Differential Oscilloscope Probe
• Phased Array Receiver - basically a compass for radio signals
• Drone - make one, make autonomous, make many
• Haptic Touchpad - basically a Macbook trackpad
• Expandable Cellular Automata - Conway’s Game of Life, infinitely expandable, configurable init states
• Self-balancing Robot - super simple but I’ve never done it
• Hacked Labelmaker - hack Dymo and make it print whatever we want with a proper desktop app
• Microphone Triangulation - like the EE16A lab but an actual product
• Component Storage System - storing a bunch of bags in a box is not a solution
• Zynq breakout
• Intel SoC breakout
• CAN Sniffer - no cutting wires, https://www.csselectronics.com/products/cancrocodile-contactless-can-adapter, inject a signal too?
• Zephyr USB Rubber Ducky - make a USB HS board first
• Pi Zero Cluster - got lots of them lying around, no SD cards
• SDR - deploy the BLE/802.15.4 Chisel code you wrote (zero IF?)

Stuff to Learn

Things I have to come up with a project for.

• Linux
  • Buildroot
  • Yocto
  • kernel drivers
  • mmap
• AI/ML
  • Tensorflow Lite
• app dev
  • Android - Kotlin
  • iOS - Swift
  • Flutter - Dart
• web
  • WebUSB
  • WebSockets
  • WebAssembly
• high speed
  • DDR, Gigabit, PCIe
  • RF front-end design
  • QAM
• digital design
  • VHDL
  • FPU design
  • DRAM driver
• controls
  • FOC motor control
  • Kalman filters
• protocols
  • SIM card
  • PCIe
  • POE
• other
  • embedded Rust
  • lwIP
  • LVGL