User:Ste5eu

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. Most of my work time these days I spend managing 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