Stay on target!

OK so I'm now into the implementation phase of my MSc project - see my previous post on the fuzzy transform for what I was doing a while ago. Because my end-result is for a device to go into a vehicle I need to work in an embedded environment (my target environment) to accurately determine the capability of my system.  If you're interested the target platform I'll be using it's called the Olimexino-STM32 and it's made by Olimex.

Over the last few weeks I've found that there's an active community developing small systems using this and other devices, which is useful since it means there are other people doing things that I can learn from and also ensure that I don't inadvertently replicate anything that's already being worked on.

As part of my project I need to do some prediction work, one way of doing this is the method of least squares, and I've described an approach to it in the linked PDF:  Using least squares with a linear system

Whether this is the approach I'll end up with is debatable, as the fuzzy transform may still have a few treats in store for me!


'Using least squares with a linear system' by Iain Cunningham is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Ohai2u!

Hello there!


So here we are... I have no idea where this is going to go, or how it will get there, but it should be interesting to find out.


I suppose the first thing I should tell you is a few things about me, for those too lazy to read my account; I live in Warwick in the UK and I am in the middle of a few things, I'll probably write about them now and then:

1. A part-time MSc in Control Engineering.  This came about after an argument with a (now ex) girlfriend where we split up for a while, I decided that I would need something to do, and decided, for want of a better expression, to "improve myself" in a way that might make me more useful at work (q.v.).  At the time of writing I have about 9 months left to go (which will be taken up with my project, this will involve some Matlab and the report for which will have to be written in LaTeX).
2. Teaching myself to play the guitar (this has been going on for about 6 years), one day I expect I'll get around to paying someone for a lesson.
3. Relearning to play the cornet (I first learnt at school, a few years ago now).
4. Running a photography business.
5. Sitting on the board of a high technology company that is in the field of electric vehicle design and engineering.  Primarily I'm responsible for all electrical and electronic systems activities, but I also have some input into other areas, such as customer service and information systems.

Something I'm planning to add to the above is that I want to work through, "The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles" by Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken, which is freely available at: http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/ so feel free to join in if you'd like to.