User:Earthshine

Mike McRoberts. Known as 'earthshine' on the Hackspace IRC channel.

Arduino guru (or likes to think so).

Author of "Beginning Arduino" from Apress. Available on Amazon and in all good bookshops.

Runs Earthshine Electronics which specialises in bits and bobs for Arduino enthusiasts.

Other hobbies include motorcycling, sailing, astronomy, astrophotography and video production.

Email: mike@earthshineelectronics.com

Twitter: TheArduinoGuy

Available for Arduino Workshops.

Arduino Workshops so far:

London Hackspace - 22nd & 23rd January 2011

London Hackspace - 19th & 20th February 2011

Currently Working on....

High Altitude Balloon Project - Flight Computer, RTTY Transmitter, Temp & Pressure Sensors, GPS transmission and logging, photography and video.

Project Wishlist

Here are some things I want to stark work on when time permits:

Quadcopter for Aerial Photography

UAV (winged) for Aerial Photography

All Terrain Segway

Some kind of autonomous robot

Balancing robot using single ball (no wheels)

DIY Laser Tag game

LED astro constellation 'artwork'

Layzor cut version of my "Skyline Lamp"