Dennis Frett
Senior Software Engineer at Apixa
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Frett is a Senior Software Engineer based in Leuven with nine years of experience building secure, embedded and systems-level software, now at Apixa after a long tenure at Guardsquare. He combines a strong academic background from KU Leuven with hands-on expertise in compilers, electronics and embedded IoT (notably improving USB Host support for MiniDSP devices in the popular Arduino USB_Host_Shield_2.0 project). At Guardsquare he progressed from software engineer to team lead and scrum master, blending technical depth with team and process leadership. Comfortable across firmware, tooling and security-oriented platforms, he brings a pragmatic focus on correctness, readability and documentation that improves long-term maintainability.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Master of Engineering: Computer Science, Master's Degree Master of Engineering: Computer Science at KU Leuven
Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
embedded10
c-language10
usb10
cprogramming-language10
sys10
arduino10
abstraction-layer9
abstraction9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
felis/USB_Host_Shield_2.0
Feb 2021 - Feb 2021
Revision 2.0 of USB Host Library for Arduino.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 2 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Dennis focused on improving the provided library's functionality, specifically relating to communication with a MiniDSP 2x4HD device over USB. Their contributions included fixing comparison issues to maintain code correctness and updating the library by reformatting the code to enhance readability. The user also updated the library's documentation to reflect the implementation details.
hostusbarduinoarduino-ideusb-host
dennisfrett/Arduino-Direct-NEC-Transmitter
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
This Arduino library can be used to emit NEC without a carrier wave. This is useful to send IR NEC commands without an infrared led directly over a wire, typically into 3.5mm / 2.5mm headphone jack.
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 10 months
wirercledarduino-libraryremote-control
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