David McDaid
Embedded systems engineer, sharing some hobbyist project experiences.
WORK 0x05 (Posted January 2024)
IOT Squirrel House
Designing and building a custom enclosure for wild squirrels, providing remote video monitoring with alerts via connection to a Home Assistant OS.
WORK 0x04 (Posted August 2023)
Rube Goldberg Machine
Combining alcohol and engineering… creating kinetic art from a Harris Gin bottle.
WORK 0x03 (Posted January 2023)
Custom 3D Printer Enclosure
Creating a cheap, homemade alternative enclosure an Ender3 v2 3D printer.
WORK 0x02 (Posted August 2022)
Stewart Platform Head Massager
Creating a wall-mounted, automated head massager using a 6DOF (six-degrees-of-freedom) robotic platform.
WORK 0x01 (Posted February 2022)
Electromechanical 7-Segment Display
Creating a “digital” clock using 28-stepper motors, with TMC2208 silent stepper drivers and a single Mega2560.
WORK 0x00 (NOT POSTED)
Automated Cryptocurrency Trading Bot
Creating a private server trading bot using real-time market data from Binance, integrated with a Discord bot as a front end user interface and alert system.


















