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Experienced firmware development
engineer with 40+ years' in the embedded electronics industry. I'm
seeking to use my engineering knowledge and skills to contribute towards
new product development where single/multi microprocessor and/or PIC
technologies are utilized. I have developed a multitude of products
throughout my career ranging from static single processor devices
to multi-processor systems utilized in robotics and motion control.
During my career I oversaw all phases of development from product
concept through manufacturing and field installation.
ePortage,
LLC
Embedded Design Engineer – Independent Contractor / CEO January
2018 to present
Participate in product conceptualization, design and development
of microprocessor-controlled devices.
Supported Technologies:
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Nordic nRF52 series (BLE)
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ESP-WROOM-32
(WIFI & BLE)
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AWS-IoT,
AWS-FreeRtos
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Microprocessors: Intel, Motorola,
Renesas + others
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MicroChip PIC Microcontrollers
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Segger IDE, MPLAB IDE, Android
Studio, Arduino IDE, SlickEdit, SourceSafe,
Matlab, Blender, Kicad
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Single / multi - processor system
designs
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Internet development
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PHP, CSS, Flash, Perl, JAVA,
SQL
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Adobe Macromedia / Dreamweaver
development Suite
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Hardware design - Digital/Analog
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Schematic capture / PCB layout
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SMT prototyping, layout and
build
Honeywell
Sr. Engineering Manager December
1998 to January 2018 (Retired)
Responsible for overseeing development of Honeywell’s Silent
Knight and FireLite brand fire and mass communication panels - engineering
R&D, technical operations, budgeting and site management. Facilitated design reviews of hardware, mechanical,
firmware and PC Software. Bridged
staffing growth by actively performing firmware development supporting
new products and features.
J. Gordon Electronic Design (Honeywell
Contractor)
Principal Software Designer September
1997 to December 1998
Designed
and coded scheduling and communication interface firmware for Honeywell
thermostats designed for commercial retailers. Motorola and Intel
processors utilizing Echelon components and protocol, C and Assembly.
Developed Microsoft Visual Basic Diagnostic Tools.
Silent Knight (purchased by Honeywell - 2000)
Product Development
& Support Manager July 1995 to September 1997
Managed two engineering teams, developing base product platforms
for commercial and residential security industry. Projects were staffed
by 10 engineers and several support staff.
Aetrium
Senior Software
Engineer April 1994 to July 1995
Designed and developed motion control firmware utilized by a
pick and place device handler. Product
sorted small pitch integrated circuits after test via networked IC
tester. Firmware operated on a distributed Z-80 networked
platform - code written in C and assembly. Diagnostic software written in Microsoft C/C++.
MCT
Senior Software Engineer
Software Development Manager April 1985 to April 1994
Designed and coded motion software for MCT 4610 “Dual Test Site
Handler.” Software process
code was configured as finite state machine utilizing five 8032 embedded
processors. Machine ran asynchronous
between twin test sites. Designed
and wrote AC/DC parametric test on 128 pin IC tester – utilized by
Intel’s manufacturing of their Pentium processor. Projects
were completed on schedule and provided MCT with their most profitable
products for several years.
Anderson Cornelius
Senior Software
Engineer July 1983 to April 1985
Conceptualized, designed then developed operating system, command
interpreter and device drivers for communication card installed in
IBM PC. Code was written in assembly and C. Hardware was 8086 processor, included interface
to POT lines to allow collection of data through administrator-recorded
audio messages and response through touch-tone keypad.
Dedicated hard drive held speech patterns and collect / shared
data. Product was used to control
environmental conditions in several hotels and collected production
data at the Ford Motor plant in St. Paul, Minnesota.
MTS Systems Corporation
Engineering Electronic Technician September 1978 to Jul 1983
Assisted in design and tasked to build and write firmware on
multiple Intel 8080 based manufacturing test fixtures.
Programmed manufacturing test equipment included Zentel. Wrote and maintained organization of test procedures
- aided manufacturing test as needed.
Personal
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Lifelong passion towards electronics
and software technologies
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Maintain complete electronic
design lab
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Full line test equipment – (oscilloscope,
function generators, logic analyzer, PS, etc.)
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SMT design, layout and build
capabilities
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Firmware / Microcontroller development
- hardware integration
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Refurbishment of antique radios
and test equipment
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Amateur Radio - Extra Class
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Active in two local clubs
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TCDXA - Twin City DX Association
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SARA - Stillwater Amateur Radio
Association
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Past president (two years) and
director (two years)
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Associations
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AWA - Antique Wireless Association
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Collins Collectors Group
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Classical Pianist – Continuing
instruction and daily study
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Education – University of Minnesota
1976-1978
Professional
Experience Can Be Found Via LinkedIn Here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-howard-8bb32213/
Amateur
Radio details can be found here:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/N0GRM
ePortage Repair can be
found here:
http://www.eportage.com/HM
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