Personal Projects
Here is a list of some personal projects that i want to do just for fun but lack the time/initive to get them done:
- Computer Controlled Christmas Light Display
- Open Source Theme Park Admissions System- Tollbooth system, Register System, Turnstile System and various applications and servers to support it
- Credit Card Reader
- RFID Tag and Reader to unlock/lock a door
- Spud Gun
The first one is my main focus right now… i want to get that done and get a minimal display going… its kinda hard to decorate an elaborate display being 4 hours from home and not getting home until the 16th… hopefully ill have the system ready to deploy as soon as i get home, atleast the electronic side… the high voltage side will take some work too as i need to make a lot of break out boxes… and the relays will ned A LOT of work unless i decide to just go ahead and buy them which would save a lot of time and hassle… I need to completely redesign the controller card and re wire it… hopefully i can do that while i am here at school so itll be ready in time… gotta go home and pick up all of my misc. chips, wires, tools, and stuff to get this project rolling…
As far as the Open source theme park admissions system or OTIS as i call it, that just programming work which would require relearning java and learning some other components to java… and then i would have to plan out this entire system becuase all the pieces have to talk to each other and stuff… and plan out someother features that would one up the system i used to support and may again this summer support…
the credit card reader, spud gun, and rfid reader to unlock/lock all came from Make, a geek magazine… which include plans and everything… just require money and a lil time… so those may get done before the summer…
Well i need to work on a school related programming project… need to write a copy contructor for a linked list interface class… oh the fun…
Later
-Jason
