Electronics Development

I can design and assemble electronics projects for people.
I have been interested in electronics since I was about 6 years old. My parents bought me several kits, which I assembled. And I have soldered kits before I was 10. I'm particularly skilled with the Arduino platform. I also know AVR, XMega, STM32, ESP430.
I have worked on several projects in the last few years, including PCB design and microcontroller programming.

Examples of work

• CSIRO GPS tracker - I programmed the chip and designed the circuit board
• Arduino robotics - I made an obstacle-avoidance robot
• Raspberry Pi telepresence robot - As featured in my projects
• LED strober - Flashes LED strips at different frequencies. Bluetooth control.

Pricing

I am fairly relaxed with pricing, due to low competition. Pricing is negotiable, depending on the project.
Base rate:

$50 per hour (plus electronics costs) *(see note below)

(Pictured above is a WIP project that I made for someone)

Electronics skills

• Ohms law - voltage, current, resistance
• Schematic symbols
• Knowledge of most components - resistors, capacitors, transistors, ICS, regulators, LEDs, coils, photodiodes, etc
• PCB design with KiCAD
• Prototyping with breadboards and protoboards

PCB Design

Yes, I can design PCBs! I use KiCAD. It's free and open source, but it's used by CERN so it's definitely powerful enough.
For manufacture, I usually use one of the cheapest providers available. I can also use an Australian/NZ service if you need the PCBs sooner.

Electronics Equipment I own

• Good soldering iron (temperature adjust)
• Multimeter with capacitance, frequency
• Digital signal analyser - Saleae Logic 4
• Various components - resistors, capacitors, buttons, protoboard, wire, LEDs, transistors, regulators, displays, and more
• Breadboards and lots of breadboard wires
• Solder sucker (Desoldering)
• Good wire stripper

Equipment I have access to (via Hackerspace/makerspace)

• Oscilloscope
• Variable power supply
• SMD rework station
• Small 3D printer
• Laser cutters

Microcontroller Development IDEs experience

• Arduino IDE
• STMCubeIDE for STM32 (Eclipse)
• Atmel Studio for AVR
• CCStudio for MSP430
• PlatformIO for Arduino, AVR, etc

Further pricing notes

If you work for a business or organisation with limited funds (eg. CSIRO) I can offer my services at a lower rate.

*Why charge so low?

• I really enjoy electronics projects
• I don't get a lot of them, so they don't pay the bills
• No local competition - don't feel bad for undercutting anyone's services
• A lot of electronics is soldering, cutting wires, and usually a quick bit of programming, so the work is rather spaced out.