Soli Deo Gloria
Hardware project
A remote-controlled water-spraying turret I built as a gift for my father, combining a physical launcher, custom control box, ESP-NOW communication, and hands-on electronics work.
Evidence
What I built
The project was a remote-controlled turret that could fire a spray of water. It was built as a practical gift for my father and forced the mechanical, electrical, and control pieces to work together outside of a classroom setup.
Hardware
This was my first serious hardware build. I soldered components, wired the control system, packaged the electronics into a remote-control box, and learned how small wiring mistakes can break an otherwise reasonable design.
Wireless control
The controller and turret communicated with ESP-NOW, which gave me a direct introduction to microcontroller-to-microcontroller communication, pairing, message handling, and debugging embedded systems without a normal web or app layer.
Learning
The build taught me the basics of wiring discipline and PCB design: how to move from a prototype layout toward something cleaner, how to think about connectors and power, and why physical packaging matters as much as the schematic.