DELAND CRAVEN

leds make everything better

Things Electronic

I know just enough to potentially be a bit dangerous. I know what hot electricity smells like (you know what I'm talking about) and have seen the dreaded blue puff of smoke from expensive components. Despite the setbacks, I still love creating weird and random things with Arduinos, LEDs, sensors, motors, and whatever miscellaneous components make it into my YouTube feed.

A few of the custom PCBs I've designed

Breadboarding the DFPlayer Mini

Breadboarding a spectrum analyzer

Vactrol board prototyping

"I really should know Ohms Law by now!"
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Deland Craven

I enjoy making electronic things that act in organic and unpredictable ways and am always pleasantly surprised when the code actually works! I'm a firm believer that LEDs make everything better. I also know just enough to not stick forks in sockets and generally avoid mains electricity. I've made a few custom PCBs, love surface mount soldering, and started dabbling with LTspice to up my electronics game... gotta figure those op amps out!

LED Grid LED Grid

LED Grid

Some LED strips, 3D printed grid, a microcontroller, and FastLED equals LED pixel madness.

It's all COTS

It's all COTS

I love Frankensteining together off-the-shelf components. Why reinvent the wheel?

Diorama Audio

Diorama Audio

I helped one of my subscribers cobble together LEDs timed to some audio for a class project.

LoFi Loopuh Control

LoFi Loopuh Control

Bashed together PWM speed controller and reverb module with a custom power isolation board.