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== Completed projects ==
=== Electronics ===
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{{!}} [[Image:VU Meter board.JPG|100px|USB RGB LED VU Meter|link=USB RGB LED VU Meter]]
{{!}} [[USB RGB LED VU Meter]]
{{!}} A project to create a USB driven RGB LED VU meter demonstrating communicating audio information to USB devices as well as a new TLC5940 library for the PIC18F
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{{!}} [[Image:Encoder.JPG|100px|Rotary Encoder Demonstration|link=Rotary Encoder Demonstration]]
{{!}} [[Rotary Encoder Demonstration]]
{{!}} This article shows a demonstration of using rotary encoders with a feedback display on the PIC18F2550 Microcontroller.
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{{!}} [[Image:UPMtitleshot.jpg|100px|USB Performance Meter|link=USB Performance Monitor]]
{{!}} [[USB Performance Monitor]]
{{!}} A project to create a USB driven performance meter which shows the computer's current performance levels on 2 analogue meters and a RGB LED for hard drive activity.
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{{!}} [[Image:LED PWM titleshot.jpg|100px|Controlling LED brightness using PWM|link=Controlling LED brightness using PWM]]
{{!}} [[Controlling LED brightness using PWM]]
{{!}} A tutorial on controlling LED brightness and fading using PWM
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{{!}} [[Image:UsbHIDheader.jpg|100px|C# framework for USB HID|link=Open Source Framework for USB Generic HID devices based on the PIC18F and Windows]]
{{!}} [[Open Source Framework for USB Generic HID devices based on the PIC18F and Windows]]
{{!}} Open Source Framework for USB Generic HID devices based on the PIC18F and Windows including reference applications, a generic HID communication class library in C#, reference hardware and reference firmware
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{{!}} [[Image:USB A Type plug.jpg|100px|C++ Class for USB HID|link=Open Source Visual C++ Class for USB Generic HID Communication]]
{{!}} [[Open Source Visual C++ Class for USB Generic HID Communication]]
{{!}} An Open Source Visual C++ Class for USB Generic HID Communication for the creation of Windows applications that communicate with Generic HID USB devices (such as the PIC18F) with example application
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{{!}} [[Image:18F4550.jpg|100px|A PIC18F4550 USB device|link=Building a PIC18F USB device]]
{{!}} [[Building a PIC18F USB device]]
{{!}} This article shows how make your first PIC18F based USB device for the generic HID interface standard along with example source code for both the device and the host
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{{!}} [[Image:C64 VICE front-end.jpg|100px|C64 VICE Front-End|link=C64 VICE Front-End]]
{{!}} [[C64 VICE Front-End]]
{{!}} In this project I take an old Commodore 64 and interface the keyboard and joystick to a USB interface.  Based around a PIC18F4550 this project builds the perfect front-end to the VICE C64 emulator and works with both Windows and Linux.
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{{!}} [[Image:Frontview with TAC2s.JPG|100px|Atari Joystick USB Adaptor|link=Atari Joystick USB Adaptor]]
{{!}} [[Atari Joystick USB Adaptor]]
{{!}} This project uses a PIC microcontroller to interface old Atari style joysticks to a modern USB interface, it's very simple and uses very few components to make it as easy and cheap to build as possible.
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{{!}} [[Image:PICDEM FS Mini RS232C Addon wiki.jpg|100px|PICDEM FS USB board|link=PIC USB Development Board]]
{{!}} [[PIC USB Development Board]]
{{!}} If you want to make and develop your own PIC based USB devices it's a good idea to have a reference board.  In this article I show how to make a simple but flexible full-speed USB reference board.
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{{!}} [[Image:4-bit computer wiki.jpg|100px|A 4-bit computer made from transistors|link=4-Bit Computer]]
{{!}} [[4-Bit Computer]]
{{!}} This article shows how to build a simple 4-bit computer entirely from transistors and includes a simple introduction to the theory of how logic gates work and how they can be combined to count numbers.
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{{!}} [[Image:P1100431.JPG|100px|A 16x8 LED Matrix display|link=16x8 LED Matrix Display]]
{{!}} [[16x8 LED Matrix Display]]
{{!}} This project was to build a unique looking clock for my office.  It features a 16x8 LED matrix with a real-time clock and a thermometer.
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{{!}} [[Image:UltimateSIMON game.png|100px|The UltimateSIMON Game|link=UltimateSIMON]]
{{!}} [[UltimateSIMON]]
{{!}} This article shows how to create a new mainboard for the MB Electronics SIMON game complete with custom programming and new features.
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{{!}} [[Image:Processor board.JPG|100px|The Simon18F processor board|link=Simon18F]]
{{!}} [[Simon18F|Simon18F]]
{{!}} In this project I build a simple PIC18F based processor replacement for the Simon game allowing me to program the game myself
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{{!}} [[Image:MB Simon.png|100px|An MB electronics Simon game|link=Reverse engineering an MB Electronic Simon game]]
{{!}} [[Reverse engineering an MB Electronic Simon game]]
{{!}} Technical information about the MB Electronics Simon game including lots of information about how it worked and the original programming
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{{!}} [[Image:RGBlamp.jpg|100px|RGB Luxeon Star Mood Light|link=RGB Luxeon Star Mood Light]]
{{!}} [[RGB Luxeon Star Mood Light]]
{{!}} This high-brightness RGB mood light was originally created as a present for my sister, but all the details are included so you can build one too.  A great decoration for any room.
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{{!}} [[Image:Box internals.JPG|100px|An internal view of TOMTE|link=LED Colour Organ]]
{{!}} [[LED Colour Organ|PIC18F Powered LED Colour Organ (TOMTE)]]
{{!}} This project lights up the Christmas tree in time to music.  Pointless, but great fun for Christmas.
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{{!}} [[Image:6 pcbrepair.JPG|100px|The underside of the PCB with the components removed|link=PCB Repair]]
{{!}} [[PCB Repair]]
{{!}} This article shows how to repair broken, cracked and snapped PCBs
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{{!}} [[Image:Beagle II.JPG|100px|Beagle II|link=Beagle II]]
{{!}} [[Beagle II|Beagle II]]
{{!}} Information on the simple floor roving robot I built 
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=== Arcade Machines ===
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{{!}} [[Image:12retro.jpg|100px|My retro arcade machine|link=Retro Arcade]]
{{!}} [[Retro Arcade|Restoring an old arcade machine]]
{{!}} I took an arcade machine and restored it back to fully working order complete with a new computer running MAME
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{{!}} [[Image:24.jpg|100px|My own arcade machine|link=DIY Arcade]]
{{!}} [[DIY Arcade|Building my own arcade machine]]
{{!}} Pictures from my epic project to build my own MAME based arcade machine
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=== Miscellaneous ===
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{{!}} [[Image:10 textured.png|100px|An accurate 3D model of my house|link=3D House]]
{{!}} [[3D House|Making an accurate 3D model of my house]]
{{!}} As a crazy Christmas time project a friend and I decided to build an accurate 3D model of my house using Google Sketchup.  I never did get round to completing the model of the grounds around the house, but the house was completed and turned out to be a pretty good likeness of the real thing.
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