Cory Fowler
Electrical Controls Engineer at Midwest Engines & Generators (MEG)
Columbus, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Fowler is an Electrical Controls Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience designing complex PCBs, integrating embedded systems, and supporting automotive communications like CAN 2.0B/J1939 and Automotive Ethernet. He excels in schematic capture and Altium-based PCB layout—having delivered an 8-layer board with a 484 BGA and 4 Gbit DDR3—and maintains active open-source MCP2515/CAN libraries used by the Arduino community. Comfortable on both embedded Linux and microcontroller platforms (ATmega328/32u4), he combines firmware work in C with system-level integration, data logging, and NI/Vector tooling from his Cummins tenure. Based in Columbus, Indiana, Cory runs a small home IT/AV lab, supports local events with AV systems, and is driving entrepreneurial projects alongside his engineering roles. He is eager to deepen formal education in electronics and computer science while staying pragmatic about shipping reliable hardware-software products.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
General Education, General Education at Indiana University–Purdue University ColumbusAssociate of Science - AS, Biomedical Electronics Technology, Associate of Science - AS, Biomedical Electronics Technology at Vincennes University
English
Github Skills (11)
can-bus10
embedded10
debug10
c-language10
serial-communication10
cprogramming-language10
spi10
sys10
arduino10
arduino-library10
api-design7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
coryjfowler/MCP_CAN_lib
Jan 2014 - Nov 2022
MCP_CAN Library
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 3 reviews, 98 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Cory primarily contributed to the `MCP_CAN Library`, focusing on enhancing its functionality and usability. They added support for new baud rates, modified existing register definitions for improved reliability, and implemented features like one-shot transmission mode and GPIO control. Further improvements included optimizing SPI communication and addressing a mask & filter bug. The user also created example code, updated serial output, and provided an example for OBD-II requests.
mcparduino-libraryarduino-unocan-busmcp-can
Longan-Labs/Arduino_CAN_BUS_MCP2515
Oct 2013 - Jan 2014
Arduino CAN Bus library, MCP2515/MCP2551
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 9 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Cory primarily contributed to the `arduino_can_bus_mcp2515` library by fixing bugs, improving code readability, and adding new features. They addressed issues related to interrupt handling and incorrect ID reading, and updated baud rate settings. Moreover, the user added features like the `getCanId()` function, serial output formatting, and support for multiple MCP2515 controllers.
can-busarduino-librarybusarduinomcp2515
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