People & project management
Helping people find clarity, align around a goal, and turn complex work into manageable steps.
Electronics · Woodworking · Projects · Making
Learning how things work — and building something useful from it.
I’m Sam Thys. I enjoy understanding how things work and turning ideas into something tangible: an electronic system, a piece of furniture, a home project, or a clearer way for people to work together. This site is where I share projects, notes, and lessons learned along the way.
What I keep coming back to
People, ideas, and things worth building
Electronics
Embedded systems, circuits, interfaces, automation, and making hardware and software work together.
Woodworking
Designing and building furniture and practical objects with attention to structure, detail, and finish.
Making
Home projects, prototypes, tools, and experiments driven by curiosity and learning by doing.
Selected work
Featured projects
Smart home energy management
A control strategy for coordinating solar production, battery storage, EV charging, heat pump demand, and dynamic electricity prices.
View projectReliable embedded system design
Patterns for structuring robust embedded C systems with clear ownership, testable modules, and explicit error handling.
View projectWoodworking and home projects
Furniture and home projects approached with the same emphasis on constraints, interfaces, iteration, and maintainability as engineering work.
View projectNotes
Recent writing
Linking Loxone to my Daikin Altherma 3 through Smart Grid contacts
Working relay control for Smart Grid and heating/cooling, with an Arduino pulse-meter interface planned for the next step.
Why I built this website with Hugo
Why a static site generator is a good fit for a technical personal website.