I just got back from the Twilio Signal Conference and all participants got the Hackpack v.3. It features a 3G enabled Particle Electron along with a 4×4 WS2812B RGB LED Matrix and a 2000mAh LiPo battery. I been thinking how to actually use it for something useful and came up with the idea to use … Read more
Recently I had the privilege to work on the Ultimate Clipper Cars – a Clippers inspired Lexus RC-F. It’s currently being raffled off to one lucky fan on NBA.com. My involvement was the hardware and software design of the basketball game clock that replaces the Lexus factory clock. The clock is driven by a 32Bit … Read more
The Pioneer 2016 CES Car featured over ten thousands RGB LED’s and Pioneer’s latest technology in car audio system including three powerful Pioneer subwoofers. It was build specific for the 2016 Consumer Electronic Show. I built the custom LED controller hardware and firmware. It uses a special designed audio channel splitter circuit to create a … Read more
I had the privilege to work on one of the three themed Scion iA’s that Toyota used during the launch of the Scion iA in North America. The Scion iA is a micro four door sedan that is built on top of the Mazda 2 (Demio) platform. It was the first licensed platform used by … Read more
Toyota promoted the new Prius-C at the County Fairs across Southern California with two gamificated Prius-C’s. I was responsible to build the custom game and control system. The game involves that the player rocks the car and the game engine would determinate a win or loss scenario. The “rocking” is detected by an magnetometer that … Read more
Last weekend I had a crash with my TBS Discovery and I have no idea why. I assume that the plastic arm was just to weak and snapped in mid air. I decided it’s time to upgrade and why spent the money if I can design it myself. Using Adobe Illustrator I designed an compatible … Read more