01 / INTRODUCTIONTHE DESK
UCSC / ROBOTICS ENGINEERINGFILE 001
BRADEN
MONROE.
ENGINEER / BUILDER / STUDENT
Ideas, prototypes, and things
that actually work. (eventually.)
Engineer. Builder.
Always learning.
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02 / BACKGROUND THE WHITEBOARD
NOTES / BACKGROUND / 2026
EXPERIENCE.
People, places and projects
that shaped how I build.
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03 / SELECTED WORK THE NOTEBOOK
BRADEN MONROE / ARCHIVE VOL. 01
ENGINEERING / DESIGN / EXPERIMENTS
PROJECTS.
A collection of things I've built,
broken, fixed, and learned from.
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or use the tabs!
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SPEC CONTROLLER
2026Desktop music companion
An ESP32-S3 desktop music playback controller with a color display, rotary encoder, and real-time playback interface.
↳ A small device for a frequently used interaction.
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