My name is Skye Sweeney and I am a self described geek. I am an engineer by day and play with various hobbies at night. These include but are not limited to:
- LEGO Robots (FIRST LEGO League or FLL)
- Electronics
- Woodworking
- Programming
- Stop action animation (using LEGO)
Current projects I am or have worked on:
- A robotic DVD burner used to backup my Linux file server. (Mostly complete 2010)
- A lightning detector to shutoff my computers as a storm approaches. (In progress. 2011)
- A sailboat race start timer (Hung up on a problem. 2010)
- A whole house energy monitoring system (In planning. 2011)
My policy towards comments is as follows. All comments will be posted unless they are in bad taste (language, hateful, …) or a self promoting zero value post (“Great post! Long signature with website address).
I can be reached by email at Skye at FLL-Freak dot com.
Hi Skye,
Just a few corrections
…Woodworking, Programming…
…bad taste (language, hateful or a self promoting…
Great website. G’luck!
Ah hahaha.. Screwed that comment up. Feel free to delete both whenever.
Fixed.
great site- very cool projects.
i found your site while searching for info re: ADE7763. i am hoping to start monitoring my home this year. how did your design finalize? are you collecting data???
thanks!
keith
I have not finalized the project. I started trying to lay out the board in Eagle and got lost. Then work started to ramp up, then things happened at home, and before I knew it, I was in Siberia shaving a yak.
I did have a prototype system running on one branch circuit in the house. It matched the data provided by a Kill-A-Watt almost perfectly. So I think the concept is sound. I just need some time and the cash to buy all the sensors I need.