Bob Bond's Project Page

Weather

My Davis weather station is now online The page displays the weather at my home in Beaverton, Oregon. It is updated every 10 minutes.

Comets

Here is a view of upcoming bright (well, brighter than 12th magnitude) comets for the coming year.

Woodworking

Pictures of various woodworking projects.

Stepper Motor Controller

Look here for a stepper motor controller using a PIC16C73B driving some Allegro 3955 H bridge chips. The circuit controls two bipolar stepper motors. I use it to drive the RA and Dec on a German Equatorial Mount I built.

Platinum Thermometer

Look here for a platinum thermometer inspired by a series of articles in Scientific American. A note giving more details about the tin cell is here. A companion project is a circuit used to measure the resistance of the thermometer and send it to a computer over a serial line.

Predicting the Dewpoint

Here's an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to calculate the dewpoint given the current relative humidity and temperature.

You can reach me at r.bond@verizon.net.