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Topic starter
2026-09-03 6:22 pm
Pleased to meet you all ;-)!
I am a retired Navy Officer with a university degree in electronics. Didn’t do much engineering with my knowledge, I was basically the kind off general manager type. However….I recently got myself an oscilloscoop, a signal generator, bench power station and I am studying electronics once more. I like to keep my brain working. I am a licensed HF radio operator, but not very active.
Presently I am really into the microcontroller stuf, got a lot of Arduino Nano’s and due to stupidities I have short circuited a lot of them. Learning by doing, studying and youtube offcourse, that’s how I got here! Just finished a small weather station and a real time clock with 8 led matrices. Gosh…..so many matrices destroyed due to wrong wiring ;-). But it is finally working.
The next project will be a GPS with TFT module. As a navy person and mountain guide I am very interested in navigation! I want geographical coordinates, UTM coordinates and local coordinates on one screen. Its not really practical, but I like the math that’s involved ;-).
And finally I would like to be able to make my own PCB’s.
I am absolutely not a pro, just a beginner in this microcontroller domain. I am looking forward to benefit from all the wisdom in this community. And sincerely hope I can contribute too.
Kind regards
Michel
2026-09-08 10:27 pm
Welcome to Bill's Dronebot Workshop forums.
Have you placed weather station and real time clock projects online?
Topic starter
2026-09-09 12:09 pm
Hi there robotBuilder,
No I haven't...yet....:-).
I can do that in the upcoming days, once I've found out how to that properly.
Lot's of instructions to read!
Are you interested in a particular aspect?
Kind regards
Mike
2026-09-09 8:03 pm
I just have had a general interest in electronic projects for decades but I have only ever played with electronics as a self taught hobbyist no university degree. However it can be fun I think to document and explain your projects even if it just works to cement your own understanding of what you are doing. I often take an interest in electronic projects (like Bill's tutorials) even if I have no time or intention of doing the same. What I learn is transferable to my own particular interests.
Topic starter
2026-09-10 7:37 am
Got it robotBuilder!
I will post the projects upcoming week.
Kind regards,
Mike