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Revision as of 16:48, 27 January 2013
About Me
Name: Steve Upton
Location: Warboys, Cambridgeshire
Family: Wife and 2 daughters
Work
I started as a programmer and now run a successful consultancy company. We specialise in Service management and I manage large scale helpdesk implementations for customers.
Interests
I've always loved making things and learning how things worked. As a dedicated generalist I've never learnt everything about anything but have dabbled in lots, including:
- Woodworking
- Wood turning
- Welding
- DIY
- Electronics
- Programming
- Web development
Projects
I have loads of ideas but I'm going to start at Makespace with projects that help me learn (re-learn in some cases) basic skills. These will then form building blocks for bigger projects in the future.
Current Projects
- Jeeves - An Arduino based monitoring and control system for my home office
- Basic use of an Arduino
- Building shields
- Using sensors - temp, light
- Mains power control to set the office temp
- Weatharduino - an Arduino based weather station
- XBee for remote sensing
- Sensors: wind speed & direction, temperature, light, pressure
- Designing for long battery life of remote unit
- PiKeys - a keyboard with embedded Raspberry Pi - a modernised C64
- Raspberry Pi starter project
- Fabrication in plastic
- Raspberry Pi connections, power requirements
- Aim is to finish with a self contained unit
Completed Projects
- Coat rack
- Now installed in the entrance to Makespace
- LED Cube
- Arduino powered 4x4 LED cube
