I N T E R E S T S
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Ancient
robotics
Assembly, Forth Language.
Smalltalk, Pascal, Lisp -- smattering of these.
digital/analog/micro circuitry.
Maturing
C++ for embedded systems.
medical device software engineering.
Organizing community art projects.
Literary musings.
DSP signal processing algorithms.
Emerging
Delphi and Borland Kylix.
UML and Design Patterns.
Xp-like programming. Extreme Programming
XML for Biosciences.
P R O J E C T S
Old > 5 years
'78 image processing in FORTRAN.
'79-80 graphics firmware.
'80 Smalltalk In Forth -- Smalltalk Language-like OO written in FORTH.
'80-81 port FORTH to 68000.
'81-82 assemblers for 8/16bit uProcessors, bit-slice uProcessors, and PAL fusemaps.
'83,'84,'88-89,'93-94 set-top boxes for pay-per-view.
'83-85 telecom software.
'85-86 software engineering SQA process design.
'86-87,'92-94 industrial safety personal health gas monitoring equipment.
'89-90 microelectrode chemical sensor data acquisition system.
'90-92 DNA Thermocycler for PCR.
'91 medical device test stand.
'95 structured-light controller for machine vision system.
Recent
'02-... energy conversion devices.
'95-98, '00-... medical device firmware.
'96-98, '00 various uProcessor light-source controllers for dental equipment.
'98 medical device monitor in QNX.
'99-00 machine tool FFT/signature vibration monitor using TI DSP.
My pbwiki: kirkkitchenconsulting.pbwiki.com
What little wisdom I may...
I've never considered myself to be an outstanding programmer. This perception has kept me out of considerable trouble.
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