Posted by carltonstedman in ece, ideas, school.
Had my presentation for my MQP today. It went well. Emanuel and Cyganski were in the audience and I was worried that their godly knowledge of ECE would make me look bad, but, I was able to successfully field their questions. Now, just need to get the hardware finished working, finish the software and write a ton of paper!
The PCB has been quite an experience. Learned quite a bit, most notably how to use PADS and the reason you give components clearance/relief, especially from planes (oops!). Tons of errors, which isn’t that surprising, since it’s a first rev, but still, a little discouraging. Feel like it’s more of an art project, what with all the scoring and cutting with the X-Acto I’ve been doing! Bah, I’ll get it working.
Had a neat idea of using an old NES case to house a media PC. Thought it’d be funny and cool. Could have an antenna for 802.11 coming out of the case, which would be funny too! Use a Mini-ITX motherboard and DC/DC PSU (with some wall wart or something) and hook it up to a TV, maybe replace the controller ports with USB. Definitely would be a fun project.
A new blog
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Posted by carltonstedman in job, metal, school.
Listening to: Maximum the Hormone – Rei Rei Rei Rei Rei Rei Rei Rei Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma [link]
So, I’ve started up a new blog. Why? Mainly because this is the new and improved Blogger, using my Google account. I will post Interesting and Relevant information regarding my Life, for those who are so interested (or have nothing better to do).
My previous blog, by the way, can still be found here.
So, right now, I’m finishing up my undergraduate studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mainly, this means I need to finish my senior project in the next few weeks. Besides that, I’m done and I’ll have my B.S. ECE ASAP IMHO BTW.
This band, Maximum the Hormone, is wicked good. Love this CD, Rokkinpo Goroshi. [wikipedia entry] They’re really interesting. Japanese band with aspects of punk, hardcore, death metal and even pop at times. Nice growls and breakdowns. They definitely don’t take themselves completely seriously, and are a fun time. Good stuff.
Speaking about metal, went to a concert last Friday. Saw Scar Symmetry (who we really went for), Into Eternity and Dark Traquillity (didn’t bother to stay for The Haunted, seen them a few times and not overly impressed). Good stuff, DT put on a great show. Into Eternity wasn’t bad either, decent pit too. Course, there’s always a good pit at the Palladium. Scar Symmetry was awesome, but they only played 6 songs, since they were a warm up band. Still, first time in US (they’re from Sweden), and they rock. They’re a melodic death metal band, and their latest CD (from 2006), Pitched Black Progression, really kicks. Definitely one of the best CDs I’ve listened to in quite a while.
Also, I’ve got a job. I will be an Applications Engineer in the Analog Automotive group at ON Semiconductor in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, where I interned over the summer and winter breaks previously. Pretty good money, nice benefits and a great bunch of folks to work with; plus, it’s close to “home” for Jillian and I (nearly two and a half years dating now! Love you, hon!).
