When getting back into electronics, one of the projects I had in mind was to revamp our stairwell lighting system. In 2010, we renovated our stairwell. I took the opportunity to design in a foot-lighting system that was motion controlled. It has worked faultlessly for the last six years. But who can stop at revision … Continue reading Stairwell Foot Lighting System
Back to the Drawing Board
Well, not exactly back to the drawing board for everything... What has developed since doing the actual schematic is that the display module was treated as a black box. Now it is time to open this up and understand how this is to work. The beauty of this approach is that not knowing anything about … Continue reading Back to the Drawing Board
Wired for Action – almost
In the last post, I presented the initial ideas for powering the project. Now it is time to move on and start looking into the individual modules. I was impressed as to how quickly this part progressed since I had done the up-front thinking of the pin and port allocation. So much so, that before … Continue reading Wired for Action – almost
Modelling First
I have mentioned about the re-working of an old alarm clock. In this post, I will be kicking the project off and introducing my efforts to model the requirements and project organisation in SysML. I will be using Systems Architect from Sparx Systems. Project Organisation The project organisation shows the directory structure of the project … Continue reading Modelling First
Rebooting Electronics 