Zane Cochran

Status: Completed
Summary: Blackbox is a home automation system that focuses both on hardware and software to control various electronics throughout the home.
Demo: Player goes here

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Hardware: Blackbox

DIY K74 | $39.95 | Qty. 1
Attaches to a PC's parallel port to control 8 solid-state relays.

M/F Printer Cable | $9.00 | Qty. 1
6 foot cable connects the Blackbox unit to the user's PC

Power Outlets | $0.53 | Qty. 3
Allows devices to be plugged into the unit

Faceplates | n/a | Qty. 3
Houses all components

IR Reciever

Serial Connector Hood | $1.79 | Qty. 1

9-Pin F Connector | $1.79 | Qty. 1

38kHz IR Receiver | $3.69 | Qty. 1

4.7 uF Capacitor | $0.99 | Qty. 1

5V Voltage Regulator | $1.59 | Qty. 1

4.7K ohm Resistor | $0.99 | Qty. 1

Silicon Diodes | $2.59 | Qty. 1
Software: WinLIRC | WinLIRC interprets the IR signals from the serial port and stores button programming

Status: Completed
Summary: Tetrad Shelves, is a collection of modular shelves that mimick the pieces found in the popular game Tetris. Because the pieces remain separate, the shelves can be assembled and reassembled in a number of different configurations allowing for a variety of systems depending on one's living space.
Demo

Status: Completed
Summary: 42x45 is a diffusion screen grid (9 units x 5 units) placed over a high definition screen with the express purpose of downgrading that screen to a very low resolution image. Using a light-diffusing material, each cell within the grid averages the color values of its area to produce a single color value.
Demo: Player goes here
Hardware: Foamboard | $4.95 | Qty. 2
Used to build the 9 x 5 grid. Hot glued together for sturdiness

Backlight Sign Foil | $10.00 | Qty. 1
Placed on top of the 9 x 5 grid to diffuse the light from the TV

Faceplates | n/a | Qty. 3
Optional. Used to hang the diffusion screen in front of the TV

Status: In Progress
Summary: Naptar Planners allows college students (primarily Freshman/Sophomores) to have a personalized day planner that comes preprinted with their class schedule and significant university events.
Demo
Resources: Soft 6x9 B&W Perfect Bound | $5.49 | Qty. 1 * 48 pgs
Soft cover planner w/ color covers.

Hard 6x9 B&W Perfect Bound | $14.96 | Qty. 1 * 48 pgs
Hard cover planner w/ color covers

Google Calendars
Software to input and layer student schedules and general calendars (school, holidays, etc.)

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