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Title: Hand of Ozymandias
Date: 2012-03-23
Category: Projects
Summary: A withered hand I welded out of scrap metal.
I was visiting my cousins in Radium, BC and decided to learn stick welding at
their shop. I wanted to create a sculpture, so with pieces of scrap metal I
welded together this hand. The beads are far from perfect. Working with small
pieces of rusted metal made it difficult.
![a rusted metalic hand]({static}/images/hand-of-ozymandias/hand1.jpg)
## The Name
One of my favourite poems is [Ozymandias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias)
by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It's about the inevitable complete decline of all
rulers and the empires they build, however mighty in their time. This is the
hand of Ozymandias sticking out from the sand, grasping for life after he has
been reduced to dust.
## Construction
I eyeballed the joint angles and my cousin cut them to spec with an angle
grinder. It was made in a machine shop with no real planning done ahead of time.
In between welds, I used my own hand as a reference. Below is a picture of me
adding a bead to it.
![me welding the hand causing a very bright light]({static}/images/hand-of-ozymandias/hand2.jpg)

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Title: My First Review
Date: 2010-12-03 10:20
Modified: 2020-05-09 5:12
Category: Review
Summary: test
[TOC]
Following is a review of my favorite xyz.
asdfasdfasdfasdf
## header
test test
```
this is a code block
<html>
</html>
```
### smaller header
hello world
#### Tiny header
paragraph
##### mini header
paragraph
### how to install
update packages:
```
sudo apt update
```
install packages:
```
sudo apt install qot
```
clone the repo:
```
git clone https://example.com
```
all done!

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Title: LED Dress
Date: 2016-03-18
Category: Projects
Summary: A dress made out of LEDs that twinkle like stars
A friend of mine was attending a stars and constellations themed ball. She
wanted to wear a dress that was lit up with LEDs acting as twinkling stars.
Seven of the 28 stars are aligned to resemble the Big Dipper constellation and
twinkle differently than the rest, which twinkle in a random pattern.
![a blue dress with a number of LEDs shining through the fabric]({static}/images/dress/dress1.jpg)
## Construction
The LEDs came from that strip that was cut up and soldered together with very
small wires. Each of the LEDs can be controlled individually.
![the controller circuit board on the left, and the soldered together LEDs on the right]({static}/images/dress/dress2.jpg)
21 of the stars are light magenta in color and twinkle by fading randomly. The
seven LEDs that form the Big Dipper continually scroll through a gradient of
three colors. Instead of calculating the values of each color in the gradient as
the program runs, a lookup table is used.
<center>
<video autoplay muted loop>
<source src="{static}/videos/dress/dress3.mp4" type="video/mp4">
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
</center>

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Title: Remote Control Light Switch
Date: 2014-10-09
Category: Projects
Summary: A device to toggle my lights remotely.
I wanted the ability to toggle my bedroom light remotely for convenience. I
designed a circuit that allows me to control my light with any
device that can load a webpage.
I still wanted to be able to control the light manually, so I bought a metallic
face-plate and turned it into a capacitive touch sensor. The slightest touch
anywhere on the plate is enough to toggle the light. I had to electrically
isolate the metal screws from it because they screw into a grounded switch box.
![a rusted metalic hand]({static}/images/light-switch/light1.jpg)
## Function
I have a Raspberry Pi ($35 computer) on my home network that runs a web server.
When you connect to it in your web browser, a page loads with buttons to turn
the light on or off. When you press a button, the server executes a command that
sends a message over Bluetooth to the light switch. The Bluetooth module in the
wall receives this message and forwards it to the microcontroller, which
processes it and toggles the relay. The whole circuit is also powered from mains
by an AC-DC converter.
This entire process happens quicker than half a second, so it feels instant.
![a rusted metalic hand]({static}/images/light-switch/light2.jpg)
![a rusted metalic hand]({static}/images/light-switch/light3.jpg)

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Title: Man’s Reach Exceeds His Grasp
Date: 2012-04-11
Category: Projects
Summary: My first attempt at painting with acrylic.
The painting is called “Man’s Reach Exceeds His Grasp”. I've always wanted to
try painting and thought I had a good idea, so after a couple of drawings I
attempted to paint it. I eventually got it framed at Michaels. Many thanks to my
friend Laura for the opportunity to do this, I couldn't have done it without her
help.
![a painting of water pouring out of a vase and into a hand]({static}/images/painting/painting1.jpg)
## The Meaning
It’s hard to see in the photo, but the moment the water touches his hand it
turns into sand and is taken by the slight breeze. The title is a quote from
Andrea del Sarto, a poem by Robert Browning. It is also said by Nikola Tesla’s
character in my favourite movie, [The Prestige](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/).
“I, painting from myself and to myself,
Know what I do, am unmoved by men’s blame
Or their praise either. Somebody remarks
Morello's outline there is wrongly traced,
His hue mistaken; what of that? or else,
Rightly traced and well ordered; what of that?
Speak as they please, what does the mountain care?
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?”
– Robert Browning from *Andrea del Sarto*
## Creation
I started with the background, trying to make it blurry and out of focus, then
slowly progressed to the foreground. The hands were drawn in pencil and painted
in. It was quite difficult to get the blending and shadows perfect, but I had
Laura to tell me when things didn't look right. Below I am trying to figure out
what a hand looks like in a mirror.
![me looking at my own hand in the mirror]({static}/images/painting/painting2.jpg)

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Title: Automatic Plant Waterer
Date: 2014-06-05
Category: Projects
Summary: A device that automatically waters plants.
One day I decided watering my lone plant was too much work, so I automated it.
It's also great for when I'm on vacation. The plant is a year old now and
doesn't look as good as when it was younger (kinda like you). So this machine is
like its life support.
Update: this plant died long ago.
![the device and pump on a 2L pop bottle with a tube running to a flowerpot]({static}/images/plant-waterer/waterer1.jpg)
## First Attempt
The design was very simple and soldered together on perf board. A
microcontroller turns the pump on for 20 seconds, then waits 24 hours and
restarts. The pump ran way too fast so it was slowed down to 10% power.
This design suffered from a fatal problem. After running, there was a chance
that the tube would stay full of fluid. If the water level in the pop bottle was
too high, it could siphon out. I woke up with a flower pot overflowing with
water a couple of times.
![a new version feeding into a different plant]({static}/images/plant-waterer/waterer2.jpg)
## Second Attempt
I liked the idea so much that I made a second iteration. This one used a custom
printed circuit board with a lot more features. The pumping duration could be
adjusted with a screwdriver. This was useful as the plant (now a
[Ming aralia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyscias_fruticosa)) grew.
Another feature was the ability to run the pump backwards. This completely
eliminated the siphoning problem from before. After pumping for a set duration,
it would run backwards until the tube was cleared of water.
![the new version beside a big Min aralia plant]({static}/images/plant-waterer/waterer3.jpg)

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Title: Solar Car
Date: 2013-04-27
Category: Projects
Summary: About my time volunteering with the University of Calgary Solar Car Team, where I designed a maximum power point tracker.
I joined the University of Calgary Solar Car Team in my first semester for a
chance to learn things, gain practical experience, and meet people that share my
interests. The car was the top Canadian team in a 3000 km race from Darwin to
Adelaide, Australia in 2011. We met up at a shop on campus every Saturday
morning to work on the new Generation IV of the solar car.
![the MPPT device, a printed circuit board with components]({static}/images/solar-car/solar1.jpg)
## The Helianthus MPPT
I was in charge of designing and assembling the MPPTs (maximum power point
trackers) for the new generation solar car. An MPPT extracts as much power out
of the solar cells as possible. The solar array operates less efficiently
without them. The Generation IV car, Schulich Delta (pictured below) uses seven
of them: one per section of solar cells with similar lighting conditions. Andrei
and I designed the MPPT above.
![our team of 30 standing behind the solar car which is covered in sponsor logos]({static}/images/solar-car/solar2.jpg)

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{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
<p>
Hi, I'm Tanner! I do firmware design and web development, although I majored
in electrical engineering.
</p>
<h2>Contact Info</h2>
<p>
Email: <a href="mailto:site@tannercollin.com">site@tannercollin.com</a> <br />
Telegram: @tannercollin
</p>
{% for article in articles_page.object_list %}
<h2><a href="{{ article.url }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h2>
<h3><a href="{{ article.url }}">{{ article.title }}</a></h3>
<p class="metadata">
{{ article.locale_date }}
{% if article.modified %}

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font: 1.2rem/1.0 Lato,sans-serif;
background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);
background-color: white;
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text-align: center;
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height: auto;
}
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visibility: hidden;
}
.toclink::after {
color: #999;
content: "\00B6";
margin-left: 0.5rem;
}
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