Technical Theatre Widgets
For Huronia Players Theatre Group - Midland, Ontario (www.huroniaplayers.ca)

Theatre and specifically technical theatre has been a passion of Jonathan's for a long time. He has applied his skills in computers, design, and electronics to develop several 'widgets' over the years for use in various productions.

Firecracker simulator - safe explosion sound triggered by a real match (You Can't Take it With You)		Red flare simulation - light flickers to simulate burning flare (You Can't Take it With You)		Firefly simulator - DMX controlled unit flashes LEDs to mimic fireflies (The Curious Savage)
Custom handles for a 'printing press' (You Can't Take it With You)		Meccano ship built from hand made aluminum panels (You Can't Take it With You)		Custom DMX to Analog converter for older lighting board (Huronia Players Studio)

Controller Design
For Queen's University MAST - Kingston, Ontario (www.qmast.ca)

While in university, Jonathan was a co-founder of the Mostly Autonomous Sailboat Team. This team competed in SailBot which is a race for autonomous model sailboats. Jonathan and the team built custom hardware and software to accomplish the event tasks. The controller monitored GPS position, wind speeds and direction, compass heading, and vessel attitude to control the sail winches and rudder position.

2nd generation vessel on display during open-house		2nd generation vessel under sail in Kingston, ON		Main controller (HC12 based) in water-tight enclosure
Internal layout showing controller, winches, and sheet routing		Custom wind sensor (direction and speed)