======Gareth Edwards======

=====About=====

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My day job is as an engineer for [[http://www.xilinx.com|Xilinx]] but I'm also interested in audio and music electronics, RF, sound design and post-lunch naps.

I used to be on IRC but forgot my nick recovery password so now I'm not.

I've been licensed as a radio amateur since 1996 with the callsign GM7WFT. I'm learning CW and would like to get properly started with SOTA.

I'm a Civilian Instructor with the RAF Air Cadets, with roles as Wing STEM coordinator, Squadron Radio officer and Adjutant.
=====Hacklab Projects=====

==== Things I've finished ====

  * Safety socket for reducing the danger of working on high voltage power supplies 
  * [[http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com/product_info.php?products_id=936|RIAA Valve Phono Preamp]]
 

==== Things I'm working on just now: ====

  * An overdrive pedal for guitar that's knocked off from a well known design.
  * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wp34s/|HP34S Calculator mod]]



==== Things I'm thinking about working on: ====

  * 25W class-AB power scaled guitar amp head
  * TI SN76477 + SID-based synthesiser module

===== Did You Know? =====

  * I was the third person in Dundee to see Halley's Comet in 1986
  * I am tenuously related to Tim Burton.