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So you've stumbled upon my site somehow. It's mainly a place that I use to host my hobby projects that I have completed, which are viewable in the projects section of the site.
Please take the time to have a look at some of the cool things I've done and feel free to get in contact with me with regards to any queries you might have.
Projects
Lantern LED retrofit
May 2012
Retrofitting an inefficient incandescent lantern with more efficient LED technology for a friend, overcoming some fundamental hurdles along the way.
... more informationSwitchmode supply
October 2011
A brief preview for a bigger project I'm working on, this handmade board was designed to test the capability of the LT1370 chip at the heart of this switching regulator.
... more informationFord Laser Hotwiring
August 2011
After a respectable gentleman tried to break into my friend's car and turn the ignition with a screwdriver (unsucessfully), my friend was left with an unworking ignition.
He still needed the car, and until he could get the ignition replaced we decided to try hotwiring the car.
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May 2011
This website was designed by myself and written from scratch in notepad. It utilises the jQuery javascript library for all the fancy animations and ajax stuff. Social media icons licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA from Komodomedia.comIt is fully WC3 standards compliant.
HTC headphone controller
December 2010
Dissatisfied with the standard headphone quality that shipped with my HTC phone, but not wanting to leave the ability to control the media application behind I designed and build an adapter which allowed any headphone to be plugged in to a custom controller.
... more informationFinal Year Project
March-November 2010
For my final year project I worked on developing the hardware and software of a "Smart Power Meter".
The hardware is based on an current clamp, Atmel microcontroller, ZigBee wireless module and Linksys WRT54G router while the software leverages the Google Powermeter API to record measurements for users.
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November 2009
A simple program created for fun (It doesn't have much use other than looking cool). When given a reference image the program attempts to recreate it sequentially, getting better and better as time goes on.... more information
Digital bar fridge thermostat
March 2009
An electronically controlled thermostat designed to keep the insides of a 240 volt bar fridge at a constant temperature while fermenting home brewed beer.... more information
About me
Bio
I am a recent graduate of a Bachelor of Engineering (ECSE) from Monash University, currently working as a Systems Engineer for an Australian telecommunications company. During my time at Monash, I studied both at their local Clayton campus, as well as participating in the intercampus exchange program to Malaysia.
I have helped out on open source software development in my spare time, and have completed many of my own hobby projects, listed under the projects section of this website.
On the less geeky side of things, I'm also a massive fan of music, particularly live. I've attending heaps of concerts and festivals over the past few years. Check out my hype machine page or last.fm account if you like.
Contact and social media
- Email: will.r.robertson@gmail.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/will.r.robertson
- Hypemachine: hypem.com/aliask
- Last.fm: last.fm/user/aliask