MIT Mechanical Engineering
A backpack-sized personal vehicle I got another project grant to build a tiny little skateboard. Longboards, especially electric ones, are long for good reasons. I knew this in my heart and yet I was entranced by the allure of a small and portable personal transport vehicle. Carrying around or having to find a place for …
A bit of fun with sound and structures One of the assignments in my design studio class this semester was to develop a single-person-scale enclosure of some sort. I’ve been kinda interested in sound ever since I started that portable synth projects, so I decided to pursue something in that area. Background and Concept The …
A Quickie! I had my radiator turned up a little too high the other day, and I ended up having a weird little fever dream where I was screwing around with some colors. I figured this would be a nice thing to have in real life Design So I needed something small-ish that could change …
17 November 2020 Update The boards are here, and they look awesome! Let’s start soldering. Power Supply First I always start with the power supply section first (as should you) so I can make sure all the voltages being delivered around the board are correct. This is to avoid potentially damaging the microcontrollers and other …
Funky fresh tech 20 October 2020 Update So it’s been a while… I got a little busy with school for a couple of months but my schedule has lightened up a little so I’m hoping I can jump right back in. The functional prototype from the last two parts served its purpose in helping me …
Let’s get this party started This page focuses on the physical hardware and software development of my first working prototype of this Teensy-based synthesizer. If you want to know more about the specifics of the device I’m developing here and the design process up until now, check out Part 1 of this project! 8 August …
(Eventually) Open Source! This project will be a little different than the other ones on this site, because I expect this to be an ongoing, experiment-driven exploration rather than a more directed build like I usually do. On this page, I’ll keep track of the progress of the development of this device from an idea …
Coilgun! Pew Pew! Remember these? If you don’t, you should go check out my Bigger Arcs with the DRSSTC page. To be honest, that page is not actually relevant to this post at all aside from those capacitors, but I still think it’ll be a cool read. Anyway, I didn’t end up using these caps …
A robot dog! uwu Praj’s editorial note: This is an older project and the information on this page may be a little sparse. I like to leave these early pages up because there’s always a chance someone may find something useful in here and because I think every project, even a small or unfinished one, …
A much needed upgrade to my first EV project.