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carter-howell/README.md

Carter Howell

I'm an electrical engineering student at Tennessee Technological University building toward embedded systems, PCB design, robotics, product development, power electronics, and engineering automation.

My projects focus on real hardware systems: ESP32-based robotics, custom PCBs, battery protection, EDA automation, and software tools that support physical products.

Current Focus

  • Embedded systems and ESP32-based hardware
  • PCB design, power distribution, and battery protection
  • Robotics and electromechanical product development
  • AI-assisted EDA workflows with Codex, MCP, and EasyEDA Pro
  • Practical engineering documentation with schematics, test results, and revision history

Featured Engineering Work

I use status terms carefully: Active means I am currently developing it, Prototype means an implementation exists or is being assembled/tested, and Design means the engineering design work exists but validation may still be in progress.

DIY Wall-E Robot

Status: Active robotics platform

I am building this as a multidisciplinary robotics project using ESP32 control, servo and motor systems, Bluetooth gamepad input, 3D-printed mechanisms, audio, sensors, battery power, and a path toward a consolidated custom controller PCB.

Repo: wall-e-robotics-platform

AI-Assisted PCB Design Environment

Status: Active engineering automation work

I am experimenting with Codex, EasyEDA Pro, MCP tooling, and local models to explore how AI agents can inspect, reason about, and assist with electronics design workflows.

Low-Voltage Cutoff PCB

Status: PCB design / electrical design project

I designed this board to practice battery protection, voltage thresholds, schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, and practical power-electronics documentation.

Repo: low-voltage-cutoff-pcb

Dual Robotic Arms

Status: Prototype robotics project

I built this robotics project around servo control, 3D-printed mechanisms, embedded programming, and multi-axis hardware integration.

Repo: dual-robotic-arms

Web-Controlled RC Car

Status: Prototype embedded vehicle project

I built this ESP32-CAM vehicle to combine live video, browser control, Xbox controller support, L298N motor drive, soldered wiring, power conversion, and 3D-printed chassis work.

Repo: web-controlled-rc-car

Supporting Software

My software background supports my engineering work. I build utilities, web tools, cloud-connected systems, and automation when they help hardware projects, documentation, testing, or product workflows.

Recent examples include:

  • Word-Math: Windows tray utility for evaluating arithmetic directly inside Microsoft Word with a global hotkey.
  • Macro: Desktop tray utility for opening frequently used folders with custom global hotkeys.
  • wchowellarchive: Firebase-hosted engineering portfolio and project archive.
  • College Choice Hub: Student college-preference web app archive originally built with PHP, SQL, and AJAX, then migrated to Firebase.
  • CashCamel: Firebase web app archive for friend-group contracts, deposits, withdrawals, and agreement-based workflows.

Earlier Projects

These are earlier projects I still like keeping visible because they show how long I have been building things, experimenting with tools, and finishing playable or usable work.

  • Hollow Clock: 3D-printed magnetic clock using an RP2040 Zero and stepper motor.
  • Platformer UE4 Game: Early Unreal Engine 4 platformer project.
  • GameCentralCS: Firebase-hosted Unreal Engine HTML5 game collection archive.

Portfolio

Project archive and portfolio:

wchowellarchive.web.app

Direction

I am building toward roles in consumer electronics, product development, embedded systems, PCB/electronics design, robotics, R&D, and power electronics.

My long-term goal is to become the kind of electrical engineer who can design, prototype, debug, document, and improve complete real-world products.

Popular repositories Loading

  1. Macro Macro Public

    My desktop tray utility for opening frequently used folders with custom global hotkeys.

    Python

  2. Word-Math Word-Math Public

    My Windows tray utility for evaluating arithmetic directly inside Microsoft Word with a global hotkey.

    Python

  3. carter-howell carter-howell Public

    My GitHub profile for embedded systems, PCB design, robotics, and engineering automation.

  4. web-controlled-rc-car web-controlled-rc-car Public

    My ESP32-CAM web-controlled RC car with live video, WiFi control, L298N motor drive, soldered wiring, and 3D-printed chassis notes.

  5. dual-robotic-arms dual-robotic-arms Public

    My ESP32 Bluetooth dual robotic arms project with Bluepad32 input, PCA9685 servo control, 3D-printed mechanics, and calibration notes.

  6. low-voltage-cutoff-pcb low-voltage-cutoff-pcb Public

    My comparator-based 3S battery low-voltage cutoff PCB with LM393, TL431 reference, MOSFET switching, and prototype evidence.