Hay peeps!

It's been a wild ride, but it's finally over... for now.
After months of designing, testing, wretches falling into the works, loads of stress and several returns to the drawing board, my capstone project is complete!

The main issues that I had were actually with the case design and not the actual electronics. Originally I wanted to have the case made out of metal, and mounted on my old shotgun frame, using the trigger to activate the device. However, the welder that I was promised to get access to never showed up, so i had to come up with something else. So I spent a few weeks trying to find a way to weld metal together without a welder, and as it turns out, it's not freakin' possible...
Also, at the same time, I had to come up with a radiation containment cage in order to safely demonstrate the device. After discovering that RF shielding cloth was insanely expensive and impossible to find, I had to, again, improvise. So I made a cage out of aluminum screening, that actually worked pretty well.
As for the case design, I ended up running out of time, and resorted to the crude wood design that you see in the picture.
I also had to rewire everything when I mounted it all in the case, making sure to manually connect ground wires to each component since the case was not metal.

In the end, everything seemed to work out, and I was able to give my presentation of my microwave ray last night at my college, and traumatize everyone in the room as I did it! >;P
(They were generally terrified of my project, and even refused to approach the device, even when it was unplugged! Which I found immensely amusing )

Anyway, there is only one small thing i have left to do for my school, and that will complete my school career for an Associate's Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology!

I'm actually done! My graduation is scheduled for the 30th of next month! I'm a college graduate! Woooh!


As for the microwave ray gun, (did I ever say what my project was?) Which I named the "EMRR1300," I am planning to make a video of the device in action, and upload it to YouTube, and show you guys! And when I do, you guys will probably be able to see what I look like! O.O
Plus I'll be blowing up cell phones and doing other cool stuff, so you won't want to miss that! ;D


So, after I finish up the few things I gotta do for my school, which i should have done by this Tuesday, or maybe Wednesday, I'll be out of school for three months before my Bachelor's Degree program begins, in which I will be searching for a job and trying to get some art stuff done. Hopefully I can get a job that pays well enough that I'll be able to rent a house or something, and get out of this dang trailer that I have been living in for the last two years!

Also, I'll try to come back online again ;D