Savo's Site

Falcon Aircraft

Page Last Updated: February 12, 2024

Status: Assembly

Started: January 2021

Client: HPVDT

Tags: AR embedded HPA HPVDT

Building a human powered aircraft (HPA) with the goal of flying a marathon’s distance (42 km) in under an hour

Contact Sensor

Page Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Status: Complete

Period: August 2023 - September 2023

Client: EDL (Engineering Design Lab)

Tags: 3d printing embedded

Designed and programmed a custom contact sensor for use in a prototype 3D printer. My first freelance contract!

TITAN 2022

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Completed

Period: September 2020 - September 2022

Client: HPVDT

Tags: embedded HPVDT KiCad python rpi

My successfully deployed, much revised video bike system for HPVDT’s speedbike TITAN

ESC V5

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Complete. Revision needed.

Period: August 2021 - April 2022

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

Newest revision to the ESC. Largely designed to use the available MOSFET drivers.

Composite Oven Control System

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Needs board revision.

Started: June 2021

Client: HPVDT

Tags: embedded hpvdt user experience

Made a complete general oven controller for properly curing composites in our team’s hand-made oven. The project I think would most likely get a bomb squad called if left unattended.

TTC Check Board

Page Last Updated: January 8, 2024

Status: Feature Complete. Might add new features though.

Period: May 2021 - March 2022

Client: My roommate and I

Tags: embedded ESP32 SSL wifi

Developed a dedicated embedded system to serve me predictions for when buses would arrive at selected stops.

ESC V4

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Revised. Ran out of parts for testing.

Period: September 2020 - August 2021

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

Another major revision to the BLDC ESC, mainly changing to the modern ATtiny family of microcontrollers.

ESC V3

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Completed design, never assembled

Period: August 2020 - September 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC

A revision of ESV V2 with the voltage regulator removed

Rebreather Monitoring

Page Last Updated: June 29, 2024

Status: Assembled, in testing

Period: May 2020 - August 2020

Client: HPVDT

Tags: analog axios embedded HPVDT

Led the design of the rebreather monitoring system for our submarine project

ESC V2

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Complete

Period: May 2020 - September 2020

Tags: BLDC embedded ESC KiCAD

My first actual attempt at building an ESC. A shrunk down revision of the first.

ESC V1

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Assembled, Never Used

Period: May 2020 - May 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC KiCAD

My first attempt to make a sensor-less ESC for my drone

Drone ESC

Page Last Updated: January 6, 2024

Status: In Progress

Started: May 2020

Tags: BLDC drone embedded ESC KiCAD

Making a custom electronic speed controller for my drone’s motors

  • ESC V5 - Newest revision to the ESC. Largely designed to use the available MOSFET drivers.
  • ESC V4 - Another major revision to the BLDC ESC, mainly changing to the modern ATtiny family of microcontrollers.
  • ESC V3 - A revision of ESV V2 with the voltage regulator removed
  • ESC V2 - My first actual attempt at building an ESC. A shrunk down revision of the first.
  • ESC V1 - My first attempt to make a sensor-less ESC for my drone

Scoreboard

Page Last Updated: January 4, 2024

Status: Completed

Period: January 2020 - February 2020

Client: Blue and Cold Committee

Tags: Arduino EAGLE embedded

Made a small display board to keep score of a game

Telemetry

Page Last Updated: December 29, 2022

Status: Complete

Period: Febuary 2020 - March 2020

Client: HPVDT

Tags: embedded wireless

Developed a general purpose wireless communication system to be used in future projects for HPVDT

Prototype Bus Stop Checker

Page Last Updated: January 8, 2024

Status: Finished

Period: January 2020 - April 2020

Client: My roommates

Tags: embedded ESP32 wifi XML

Proof of concept to check for busses around my home. Base for TTC Check board project.

Blueshift

Page Last Updated: March 4, 2024

Status: Completed, never used.

Period: October 2019 - March 2020

Client: HPVDT

Tags: c++ embedded HPVDT rpi

Created the electronics system for what would have been our ASME 2020 race bike entry. A combination of TITAN and Zephyr.

gameBOI

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Completed

Period: May 2019 - May 2019

Tags: Arduino EAGLE embedded toy

A small handheld capable of offering several user selectable games to be played using the two buttons and 32 LEDs that form a display. Created in under two weeks!

TITAN 2019

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Completed, Revised

Period: May 2019 - August 2019

Client: HPVDT

Tags: EAGLE embedded HPVDT python rpi

My first attempt at building a ‘steer by video’ system from scratch for one of our speed bikes

Zephyr

Page Last Updated: December 29, 2022

Status: Completed

Period: January 2019 - April 2019

Client: HPVDT

Tags: Bluetooth EAGLE embedded HPVDT mobile vehicle

Designed the electronics system for Zephy, HPVDT’s entry to ASME 2019

Arbiter Lighting

Page Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Status: Completed

Period: January 2018 - April 2018

Client: HPVDT

Tags: analog EAGLE embedded hardware HPVDT

Prepared a hardware-only lighting system based on what was planned for the team’s previous vehicle, Tempest. My first PCB!

Demo Show Seat

Page Last Updated: December 29, 2022

Status: Complete

Period: May 2017 - May 2017

Client: IGB Automotive

Tags: embedded hack IGB LabVIEW prototyping

Revised the existing show seat used at demos to have its set points easily reconfigured with software. My first embedded electronics project!