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Pixels Dice Box

I made an IoT dice box to combine two of my favorite open source LED projects, Pixels Dice and WLED.

Jonathan
06 Aug 2024

A Sun Following Chair for my Cat

I wanted to do a quickish project over my time off for the holidays. I had a recently broken a coffee grinder, and it inspired...

Jonathan
29 Dec 2020

Icosahedron Travel Globe

Well it’s been awhile since we’ve been able to travel, so to feel better I decided to make a memento to the big trip Maria...

Jonathan
21 Jun 2020

Building a TIS100 Node for an FPGA

It’s been awhile since I used an FPGA toolchain, so I was looking for a good project to use as a refresher.

Jonathan
24 Feb 2020

Fire Emblem Lights

As gift for my wife’s birthday I wanted to make something to celebrate our shared time with the game Fire Emblem Three Houses. I was...

Jonathan
14 Jan 2020

Fog of War Game

I made a tactics game with a gimmick of espionage in the LibGDX Java framework. This is probably the most complete game I’ve put together....

Jonathan
17 Dec 2019

Wreath Pixel Display

This idea was based on the concept of making a “Sound Catcher” pixel display. I’ve been wanting to make this for a long time, but...

Jonathan
04 Jul 2017

Gwyndolin Costume

My 2016 Halloween costume. I made the mask, and Maria made the dress! Almost everything was handmade except for one layer of the skirt, the...

Jonathan
17 Jan 2017

All Projects

Profiling ESP32 UDP Sends

With my new profiling setup, I decided to test efficiently sending UDP data logs.

Jonathan
29 Jan 2026

Making an Embedded Profiler 3: ESP IDF Tools

I want to settle on the tooling I’ll use for a large ESP32 project. I gave the raw ESP-IDF Espressif tools (without the Arduino wrapper) a try for the first...

Jonathan
27 Jan 2026

Making an Embedded Profiler 2: Minimal Logging Library

I prototyped an embedded logging library. It focuses on flexibility, low resource usage, and compile-time configurability.

Jonathan
13 Jan 2026

Fatal Core Dump Game

I decided to make a somewhat educational murder mystery game, with debugging a core dump as the main piece of evidence.

Jonathan
07 Jan 2026

Traffic Costumes

For Halloween this year, my family went as traffic controls. In particular, I made a traffic light costume that changes color based on my daughter’s movement.

Jonathan
11 Nov 2025

Eye Chart With Hidden Message

A wedding gift for my brother. I wanted to make something that didn’t rely on electronics, but was still an original idea. So I made an eye chart that folded...

Jonathan
02 Oct 2025