As promised, another page on the GT Theremin.  This time I’ve discussed the operation principles of Theremins in general, as well as overviewed some of the design goals and choices at play for our particular project.  Hopefully this will provide useful background information for future posts on the GT Theremin.  My next post on the Theremin will contain some more detailed information on the circuitry design and operation.  I will be in Seattle for ten days starting Monday, so another update will come sometime after I get back.

I’ve written an introduction for my ECE senior design project, a fully-analog vacuum tube driven Theremin.  We designed and built it over the course of a semester, trying to incorporate the spirit of the device’s history into our design while adding some personal modern touches.  What is a Theremin, you ask?  Read on!  If you like what you see, stay tuned as I’ll be writing a lot more details about the project.  Next time I’ll talk about the circuit design in general and the methodology used for testing and development.  Later I’ll add detailed information about the circuit operation, the physical design, and guidance for anyone who wishes to construct a similar design.

Wow, what is this shiny Web2.0-approved new corner of the global blogosphere?  We are synergizing and transmogrifying in a manner never before beheld, nor indeed likely to be seen again! Seriously though, I am loath to be writing a blog now, but it just looks too spiffy for me to be too upset.