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- project1989 Fox Body Mustang Build
My Foxbody Mustang runs again after a custom harness, battery relocation, Microsquirt setup, electrical debugging, and early tuning.
- post1989 Foxbody Mustang Introduction Post
My 1989 Foxbody Mustang became a hands-on classroom for engine rebuilding, wiring, ECU tuning, and automotive electronics.
- projectCenterfuge: A Science Museum Exhibit Controller
For my engineering class we built an exhibit for the Eureka science museum. I wrote the Arduino firmware that runs its motor safely, with a speed knob, attract mode, session timers and fault handling.
- projectCOSGC Autonomous Tank
The follow-up to our competition rover: a tracked robot with six ESP32 operating modes, a nine-layer motor safety system, IMU-based terrain handling and self-righting, plus a Raspberry Pi vision stack.
- projectCOSGC Planetary Rover
A skid-steer planetary rover built for the NASA-sponsored Colorado Space Grant Consortium Robotics Challenge. Our Colorado Mesa University team won Best in Class in the under 1.5 kg category in 2025.
- postCOSGC Rover Robot Project
I detail our COSGC planetary rover, from design reviews and a skid-steer chassis to power, sensors, software, and field testing.
- projectCOSGC Wearables: Speech on an ESP32-S3
Offline speech-to-text on an ESP32-S3 wearable, built on the open Oído models. I added the PlatformIO build for an ESP32-S3 board with an INMP441 microphone and an OLED.
- postCustom Car Stereo with Tuning Integration
I built a Raspberry Pi system for my Foxbody Mustang that combines OpenAuto, TunerStudio, audio, a rear camera, and safe shutdown.
- projectCustom ESP32-S3 Robotics Controller PCB
I designed a four-layer ESP32-S3 robotics controller PCB with motor drivers, sensor interfaces, a display, and expansion headers.
- postDigital Logic with FPGAs: A Semester of Verilog Games
Everything I built in EECE 235 Digital Logic Design on a MAX10 FPGA: a reaction timer, a number-guessing game, an LED-matrix driver, Whack-A-Mole and a prime-flagging adder, with demo videos.
- projectDigital Logic: FPGA Games in Verilog
Course projects for EECE 235 Digital Logic Design: a reaction timer, a number-guessing game, an LED-matrix Whack-A-Mole and an adder display, all written in Verilog for a MAX10 FPGA board.
- postFirst Custom PCB Project
I designed a four-layer ESP32-S3 robotics controller PCB with motor drivers, sensor interfaces, a display, and expansion headers.
- postFirst PCB Update: Firmware
I developed modular firmware for my ESP32-S3 robotics board, adding motion control, sensors, a TFT interface, Wi-Fi, and BLE.
- projectFox Body Smart Taillight Controller
I moved my 760-pixel Foxbody taillight system to a custom ESP32-S3 PCB with isolated inputs, CAN, web controls, and safety logic.
- postFoxbody Taillight Controller Update: Custom ESP32-S3 PCB and Firmware
I moved my 760-pixel Foxbody taillight system to a custom ESP32-S3 PCB with isolated inputs, CAN, web controls, and safety logic.
- postFrogDash: A Digital Dash I Built for My Foxbody Mustang
A Raspberry Pi digital instrument cluster for my turbo Foxbody, and the engineering behind it: a shared CAN contract, MLG logging, trial-and-rollback updates, ignition power handling and firmware over CAN.
- projectFrogDash: Digital Dash for My Foxbody Mustang
A custom 12.3-inch, 1920×720 Raspberry Pi 4 dashboard with live CAN data, GPS, GPIO, data logging, TunerStudio, UPS power protection, and purpose-built water/meth and knock monitoring.
- projectHomelab and OpenClaw
A private operations platform built from repurposed PCs, Tailscale, Docker, local AI, monitoring, verified backups and an OpenClaw assistant reached through Telegram.
- postHomelab Journey Introduction
I trace how my self-hosted website grew into a homelab for dashboards, media, cloud storage, automation, security, and IoT monitoring.
- postHomelab Update: OpenClaw, Local AI and What Changed
What changed in my homelab since the first post: Tailscale, separated machine roles, an OpenClaw assistant I run it with from Telegram, local AI models, verified backups and a website that now builds from Markdown.
- projectIEEE Student Branch at Colorado Mesa University
I'm president of the CMU IEEE student branch. We run technical projects, hands-on workshops like our soldering sessions, trips and outreach events, and the COSGC rover is the club's flagship build.
- postIts Alive!
My Foxbody Mustang runs again after a custom harness, battery relocation, Microsquirt setup, electrical debugging, and early tuning.
- projectMaximum Power Transfer and Thevenin's Theorem
My EECE 225L Circuits I formal report, presented in its original submitted format with its calculations, measured data, MATLAB figures, analysis and references intact.
- postMulti Processor Automotive Control Network
I describe a distributed CAN network that links dedicated ESP32 controllers for my Mustang's dashboard, engine systems, and lighting.
- projectMulti-Processor Automotive Control Network
I describe a distributed CAN network that links dedicated ESP32 controllers for my Mustang's dashboard, engine systems, and lighting.
- projectMusic as httpsavery
I recount producing hip-hop, lofi, and ambient beats as httpsavery while learning FL Studio, Ableton Live, mixing, and collaboration.
- postMy Early Graphic Design Journey
I look back at creating logos, banners, and 3D renders as Raven Arts, and how those design skills carried into engineering work.
- postMy Sound Experiments as httpsavery
I recount producing hip-hop, lofi, and ambient beats as httpsavery while learning FL Studio, Ableton Live, mixing, and collaboration.
- postMy Video Editing Origins
I share how gaming edits and channel intros taught me motion, timing, typography, transitions, and visual storytelling.
- postProject Update: Building, Leading, and Getting Things Running
I update my work leading IEEE, refining the COSGC rover, testing power and sensors, and getting my self-tuned Mustang driving.
- projectRaspberry Pi Car Stereo
I built a Raspberry Pi system for my Foxbody Mustang that combines OpenAuto, TunerStudio, audio, a rear camera, and safe shutdown.
- projectRaven Arts Graphic Design
I look back at creating logos, banners, and 3D renders as Raven Arts, and how those design skills carried into engineering work.
- postSmart Taillight Controller for a 1989 Fox Body Mustang
I built an ESP32-S3 controller for 760 programmable Mustang taillight LEDs with isolated factory inputs, CAN, and thermal protection.
- projectTerrarium Monitoring System
I built a networked terrarium monitor with ESP boards, a Flask API, live charts, data logs, and alerts for unsafe conditions.
- postTerrarium Sensor Active Monitoring System
I built a networked terrarium monitor with ESP boards, a Flask API, live charts, data logs, and alerts for unsafe conditions.
- projectVideo Editing
I share how gaming edits and channel intros taught me motion, timing, typography, transitions, and visual storytelling.
- postWe Won Best in Class at COSGC 2025!
Our Colorado Mesa University rover won Best in Class under 1.5 kg at the 2025 COSGC Robotics Challenge after intensive final preparation.
- postWelcome to the Workshop
I introduce my engineering portfolio and logbook, covering robotics, terrarium sensors, a Foxbody Mustang, and self-hosted infrastructure.