My project partner and I have been working together to create a audio loop device that can record and playback audio samples that are live or per-recorded. Back in fall term, we were tasked with choosing and ranking a total of five project options and ideas. I forget the exact order I ranked our, but…

I’ve always been interested in working with, troubleshooting, and repairing PCB boards since I’ve been a teenager or so. While I have built a few machines since, it was mainly just an expensive Lego set. The repair side is what really interested me. Soldering components to board for either development or repair. Our project requires…

Clean Code I would like to start keeping functions more easier to read, better commented, and shorter. I can think of many times where I have these long functions that are written out, that eventually do what they are supposed to, but are long and sometimes hard to read. We can see in this example…

For testing we are using a breadboard, which is a common piece of equipment that is used for electrical hobbies and to prototype electrical circuits. When I first installed the Teensy onto the breadboard and connected it to my computer via usb, I had nothing. A small LED operating light was left un-illuminated and I…

Since my last post my teammate and I have made substantial progress for our senior project. We have been meeting weekly to discuss project requirements and how to tackle them. There has been quite a bit of research within our project. Discussing things like what type of hardware we would use and how we would…

Hey everyone! This is my first ever blog post, so here we go. My name is Brahm Rifino and I’m currently a student at Oregon State University. I live in Eugene, Oregon which is about an hour’s drive south of OSU’s campus. I have grown up in the pacific northwest my entire life. Born in…