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--- people:garethedwards [2013-08-19 13:39] – [About] add pikchur gde
+++ people:garethedwards [2020-06-04 14:55] (current) – [Things that are stuck/stalled:] gde
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-My day job is as an engineering manager developing IP for [[http://www.xilinx.com|Xilinx]] but I'm also interested in audio and music electronics, sound design and post-lunch naps.
+My day job is as an engineer for [[http://www.xilinx.com|Xilinx]] but I'm also interested in audio and music electronics, RF, sound design and post-lunch naps.
+I used to be on IRC but forgot my nick recovery password so now I'm not.
+I've been licensed as a radio amateur since 1996 with the callsign GM7WFT. I'm learning CW and would like to get properly started with SOTA.
+I'm a Civilian Instructor with the RAF Air Cadets, with roles as Wing STEM coordinator, Squadron Radio officer and Adjutant.
 =====Hacklab Projects=====
-Things I've finished:
+==== Things I've finished ====
-  * Safety socket for reducing the danger of working on high voltage power supplies
-Things I'm working on just now:
+  * Safety socket for reducing the danger of working on high voltage power supplies
-  * Stuck node tracer
+  * [[http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com/product_info.php?products_id=936|RIAA Valve Phono Preamp]]
-  * 5W power-scaled class-A guitar amp head
-Things that are stuck/stalled:
+==== Things I'm working on just now: ====
-  * Reflow Oven (with AlBennett)
+  * An overdrive pedal for guitar that's knocked off from a well known design.
+  * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/|HP34S Calculator mod]]
+==== Things I'm thinking about working on: ====
-Things I'm thinking about working on:
   * 25W class-AB power scaled guitar amp head
   * TI SN76477 + SID-based synthesiser module
+===== Did You Know? =====
+  * I was the third person in Dundee to see Halley's Comet in 1986
+  * I am tenuously related to Tim Burton.