Evan Widloski

Software Projects

TomoSphero - differentiable tomographic projector for spherical grids (2025)
SMS LLM - Trolling Spammers with Ollama (2025)
picklecast - WebRTC screencast receiver (2022)
expsweep - Monte-Carlo experiment framework with parameter sweeping (2022)
nanpa_lookup - look up robocall phone numbers from NANPA database (2020)
legoman - minimalist static website generator (2019)
remarkable_keyboard - use reMarkable tablet as a touch keyboard/mouse (2019)
remarkable_mouse - use reMarkable tablet as a drawing tablet (2019)
ipython-cells - Jupyter-like cell execution for ipython shell (2019)
remarkable_pdflets - dynamically generate PDFs from bash (2019)
ATtiny85 Quadrature Divider - ATtiny85 quad divider for motor encoders (2017)
passhole - KeePass CLI tool inspired by pass (2017)
redrum - Reddit wallpaper changer (2016)
cereal - my weird static website generator from undergrad built on yaml (2015)

Vibe-Coded

Need for Madness Web Port - A WebGL port of an old Java 6 racing game. (2026)
syncthingtui - TUI for configuring Syncthing on headless machines (2026)
Unapicker - adds graphical file-picker support to non-graphical apps (2026)
MdInventory - Markdown-based inventory system (2026)
WebGuessr - GeoGuessr for the web (2026)
Dice - Just a simple DnD dice roller (2026)
Android Paste - Pasting in apps without clipboard support (2025)
AnkiPrint - Convert Anki Deck to Printable Sheet of Cards (2025)

Hardware Projects

PCB Ruler - PCB ruler for UIUC students (2021)
RapidAlarm - UIUC's COVID19 emergency ventilator monitor (2020)
Chaos Plotter - Hardware chaotic system implemented with Chua's circuit (2018)
Multi-day Flight Tethered Drone (2018)
Radiation Chamber H-Bridge (2016)
DIY Aluminum casting (2016)
High Altitude Balloon Radio - HAB comms node for Purdue rocketry team (2016)
Binary Clock - wooden binary clock from scraps (2015)
Purdue IEEE Application Board - application board for Purdue ROV team (2015)
IEEE Motor Controllers - thruster motor controller for Purdue ROV team (2015)
Powerline Transmission Prototype - powerline comms for Purdue ROV (2014)
Drawbotio Drawing Robot - hackathon drawing robot (2014)
DAS - Dorm automation system (2013)
Go-kart Timer - Go-kart lap counter. (2011)
Dumpster Diving - Scores from the dump

Research/Publications

Carruthers Geocoronal Observatory (2023)
Low SNR Multiframe Registration for Cubesats - IEEE ICIP (2022)
RapidAlarm Ventilator Monitor [PDF] - IEEE BioCAS (2020)
Optimal Measurement Config. in Computational Diffractive Imaging [PDF] - IEEE ICIP (2020)
Subpixel Multiframe Registration for Formation Flying Spacecraft [PDF] - Master's Thesis (2020)

Posts

Can Spinners (2024)
Technology Wishlist - Things I wish were different in the world of technology (2021)

Notes

Arduino CLI (2022)
Git Notes (2020)
Python Packaging Notes (2025)
Latex Notes (2022)
Numpy/Pytorch/Matplotlib Notes (2023)
Linux Notes
ECE321 - Electromechanical Devices
MA279 - Real Analysis
ATTiny - ATTiny85 Examples