Engineering Technician specializing in designing automated testing systems which include optical sensor design, DC motors and controls, embedded C (PIC), serial comms (PIC<>Linux, PIC>OLED), and Pneumatics.

I've written complete PIC drivers for serial OLEDs, and bi-directional motors with quadrature encoders.

Linux user since the late nineties.

favorite programs include Gnuplot, Octave, Audacity, SDCC, code::blocks and gnu screen.

Certified Machinist, Plumber, wine maker, custom molding installer....

I know my way around dynamometers, oscilloscopes, logic analysers and motion analysis cameras for analyzing torque, speed, acceleration, ESD and more.

Married, home owner, landscaper, thing fixer....