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)

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.


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