Category Archives: Personal

Back from vacation. Will start to post again

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

I was on a sailing vacation in Maine for the last two weeks. My type of sailing is small boat sailing that leaves you bruised and sore, no the Margarita sipping type. Need to get ready to teach a class … Continue reading →

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Another break

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Having to take another short break. Time to take a small vacations and to get the kids off to college. I had been working on a gyroscope calibration table but that will all have to be put aside for a … Continue reading →

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Offline for a while

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

I have not been posting recently nor do I expect to be active for the next few weeks. My son had a significant surgery last week. The procedure went very well, but he has a long recovery ahead of him. … Continue reading →

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Imagine RTI 2012 edition

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Just came back this weekend from Imagine RIT. Imagine RIT is a huge science fair like event at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York. 30 thousand people come to look at exhibits from individual students, classes, graduate students, … Continue reading →

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Twitter notification

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

For those that may wish notification when I update my blog, you can follow me (SkyeSweeney) on Twitter.

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Adjusting the timing of an industrial sewing machine

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

My wife has an industrial sewing machine used for quilt making. Over the last few days it has started to act up. Last night and tonight I have been working on the machine adjusting the timing rather than doing any … Continue reading →

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NIOS2 FPGA work

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

At work I got assigned to write a very simple control system for a device we are making a prototype of. For various reasons, the designers choice to use an FPGA with a soft-core processor. What this means is that … Continue reading →

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Finding an old friend

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Skye Sweeney

Went to the dump over the weekend to drop off an old PC and hoped to find a better one to run in my home lab. As I approached the electronics area, something jutting out of a box caught my … Continue reading →

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A crazy few weeks

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Skye Sweeney

I have been unable to work on home projects for the last few weeks due to a huge push at work to meet a year end sales quota. We had numerous units unable to sell due to a communication error … Continue reading →

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Robolab for FLL

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Skye Sweeney

Last night I had the chance to work with a local FIRST LEGO League team using Robolab on their NXT robot. It was a very enjoyable experience especialy after the miserable day I had had at work. In the few … Continue reading →

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