Project Categories: Electronics

  • LED Dimmer

    LED Dimmer

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    JoLau
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    Project Duration:July 2021 – May 2022 When I built my super-bright Möbius strip light, I had difficulty finding a suitable dimmer. These devices work by switching the light rapidly on and off. While the switching is invisible to the human eye, they would introduce an annoying high-pitched noise in the power supply. Increasing the dimmer’s switching…

  • Data Acquisition Tools

    Data Acquisition Tools

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    JoLau
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    Project Duration:February 2020 – July 2020 The drone startup Wingtra needed data acquisition (DAQ) tools for measuring various quantities while flying. Usually, such data acquisition tools are too big for mounting on a drone – therefore, I had to find ways to miniaturize them.During my internship at Wingtra, I’ve developed three different DAQ tools measuring…

  • QlockTwo DIY

    QlockTwo DIY

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    JoLau
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    Project Duration:February 2017 – February 2019 The QLOCKTWO is an iconic time piece. But it also wears a hefty price tag, which Frederic Letsch and I could not afford. There are many QLOCKTWO replicas around, but most of them are not able to recreate the lean design of the original. Over the course of two…