Nexus 7 NFC Extender

Design files for this project can be found here

Here’s a project that I worked on a few years ago that I keep forgetting to publish. At the time, the old card swipe entry system to my graduate lab was getting in pretty old, so we wanted to revamp it with modern technology. Instead of granting entry via the magnetic card on the student ID, we wanted to have a wireless solution that could easily be updated in the future. The solution involved a Nexus 7 mounted in the window of the door, connected to a wireless router that controlled a solenoid within the door, and individual NFC tags to grant access for each user.

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Roadtrip to Seattle

Now that I have my degree, the next step was to plan the logistics for my move to Seattle to work at Microsoft. I budgeted a week and a half for the trip itself, but it turns out I only needed a week to drive across the country. Luckily for me, the weather was pretty much perfect for the entire trip. The only rain that I encountered was in Texas, and there was more than enough of it there to make up for the rest of the trip.

As for this site, I’ll continue to post some projects that I’m currently working on as well as some stuff that I built in the past that I haven’t gotten around to posting. My developments in 3D printer upgrades, however, have been halted as I no longer have access to the 3D printers that I used for my projects. As such, don’t expect any further updates in that field unless I manage to somehow get my hands on another 3D printer. I have some other interesting projects in mind though, so keep an eye out on this site for more interesting stuff.

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