Derek Bever

AKA loans on the IRC

I come from a stage lighting background. I currently work at a small lighting equipment rental company in the service department. I'm certified by both Vari*Lite and Martin for moving light repair, and have a lot of experience with conventional and LED fixtures as well.

Things I do and could probably teach someone about

General Electronics
Soldering
Arduino development
3D Printing
Welding
Basic woodworking
Stage lighting
Live sound reinforcement
Sound recording
Electronic music production
Photography

Things I'm learning about

Machining
Linux
Desktop programming, mostly Python

My active projects

Front Burner

3D Printed cameras
An arduino-based Open DMX Controller
An arduino-based multi-channel PWM controller with a super-simple user interface
Python based, command line equipment tracking software

Back Burner

Developing a basic electronics curriculum
A guitar with built-in DSP and subtractive synthesis

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