Life Update
It has been a very long time since I last posted to my website, so I thought an update was overdue. The last time I posted was about the PrioVR Utility and my starting work on rewriting the 3-Space Suite. A lot has happened in my life since then. I finished the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters at Shawnee with perfect grades, and I started designing and building my own hardware. I have designed several boards at this point, and I’m still going strong. I’ve gotten good enough to where I feel capable selling my built products on the market. Of course, I am not selling sensors, since I still work at Yost Labs. A conflict of interest could arise if I did such a thing. I’m going to sell breakout boards and general consumer electronics. I’ve founded a company for this purpose: Reborn Logic LLC. I will have a website for it soon enough. I am only waiting on the state of Ohio to process the papers and get back to me. I plan on having four products at the start, and I have one fully designed, while the other three are only waiting on finishing touches. Below are all of the boards I have designed and built by hand so far. I also went through the interview process for Google, did interviews, and almost got a job there. I just fell short, but that does not bother me, I always have next Summer.
The 3-Space Sensor Suite
The Suite is 99.99% complete at this point. Features are all there, and it all works pretty well. No software is perfect though, so bugs may still exist, but most users should have no issue. There are tons of windows and features, it does almost anything a general user could want. It can be found: here. Not that anyone can use it, you need a 3-Space Sensor for that! Most of our sensors are expensive for hobbyists like myself, but we have a couple new sensors on the way that will change that. The LE and LX sensors are shiny, new, fast, and cheap! The picture below highlights the appearance and major features of the new Suite.
Future at Yost Labs
My time at Yost Labs has lasted longer than I ever thought, and I’m so happy that I could help make such useful software. I’m not sure what assignment I’ll be working next. It might be reworking the PrioVR Utility to have more stability and a better user experience. I learned a lot from making the Suite, and it is now the biggest software I have ever made. It surpasses even the PrioVR Utility! I could also work on research, or some hardware design. This Fall, when the college semester starts back up, I might have to stop working at Yost Labs. I have an extremely busy school schedule this Fall and finding the time to work will be difficult. But who knows? I might be able to still squeeze in the time.
General Future
My company was founded to give myself an excuse to design and build more boards, while also maybe making money on the side. If it does turn out to be profitable, that money will go towards my college funds and more parts. This Fall semester will be busy and unique to me. I am taking DC Fundamentals to cement my self-taught knowledge of electronics. I am also getting some general classes out of the way, like Ethics. I’m still working towards a dual major in Computer Engineering and Video Game Software Development, so I have still have classes like AI and Automata. Overall, I’m going to stay a busy person for the foreseeable future and I wouldn’t have it any other way.