User:Dbever
Derek Bever
- AKA loans on the IRC
derek.bever (at) gmail.com
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
- Electronics troubleshooting and repair
- 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
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
Back Burner
- Developing a basic electronics curriculum
- A guitar with built-in DSP and subtractive synthesis
- Python based, command line equipment tracking software
- Machining gyroscopes for experimentation
- Casting of precious metals