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Some better images and a clip of the system in action will be added soon.
I love tinkering with smart LEDs and have been taking on a growing list of lighting projects. One big issue, however, is the persistent need to transfer power and data
using separate cables which, I find, creates a lot of visual clutter. To address this I developed the idea of an embedded system that could accept power as well as data over
ethernet using the IEEE PoE+ standard. To realize this project, I mentored two JHU Electrical Engineering undergraduates whom I've taught the basics of embedded systems
design and who designed this circuit for me.
This board was my first venture into mentorship, flyback transformer design and building interfaces for Ethernet.
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