Projects

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Click on the Read More link under each project to see a detailed description.

Nick's Flicks Movie Reviews
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No longer will you need to look at IMDB movie scores! Come check out Nick's Flicks Movie Reviews, my newest site, where I post movie reviews and scores. Users can submit their own reviews to be featured on the site! Visit Site

Relevant skills: JavaScript, JQuery, HTML/CSS, SEO

ASCEND Spring 2021 Launch
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a weather balloon carrying the UArizona SEDS payload into near-space! For this project, I worked to design a compact payload to gather data from 100,000 feet of altitude, as well as get some awesome GoPro footage. Read More

Relevant skills: Circuit and PCB design, power delivery, soldering, C++, memory management, I2C and SPI

Web-based RGB Controller
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Blue, Red, Green, or White? You get to choose! Use my web-based GUI to control the LED strip hanging in my living room. Read More

Relevant skills: HTTP/HTTPS, MYSQL, PHP, Python, Linux, GPIO, wiring

Arduino Weather Station
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'I wonder what the weather in Tucson is like...' Well, wonder no more! This Arduino-based weather station reports live temperature and relative humidity directly to my website. Read More

Relevant skills: HTTP/HTTPS, MYSQL, PHP, C++, I2C, wiring

Spotify Interface
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Ever thought that the Spotify desktop app was just too well designed? Too good-looking? Too easy to use? Introducing spotify_player.py, a Python script that implements the functionality of the Spotify app but is worse in just about every way. Read More

Relevant skills: Python, PHP, MYSQL, exception handling, using an API

Homemade Taser
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Even though it looks like a piece of pipe that I stole from my apartment's plumbing, this project is actually a high voltage taser built using a transformer/pulse generator from eBay. Read More

Relevant skills: Soldering, reading datasheets, circuit design

C++ Graph Search
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Solve any maze (or any depth-first-search problem) quickly and easily with my C++ Graph and DFS algorithm implementation. Read More

Relevant skills: C++, data structures, graphs, algorithms, file I/O

Ascend Fall 2020 Launch
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My first launch with the UArizona ASCEND! team. Read More

Relevant skills: Circuit design, PCB design, soldering, wiring, C, C++, microcontroller, memory management

LED Lights
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Custom LED lights that are able to flash to the beat of any song. But how? This is an arduino based project that utilizes a near 8-pin IC called the MSGEQ7. Read More

Relevant skills: Circuit design, PCB design, power delivery, digital and analog signal processing, C++

nickyblanch.xyz
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nickyblanch.xyz, my own personal website that is helping me learn JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP, and more. Read More

Relevant skills: web design, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP