Erwin Ried
Innovator
Tromsø Region Norway
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Top SchoolErwin Ried is an inventive software and embedded systems engineer with 13 years of experience building hardware-integrated firmware, UI-driven tools, and full-stack developer features. Based in Tromsø, Norway, he specializes in radio-frequency projects (notably custom firmware for HackRF PortaPack variants) and has contributed meaningful UI and tooling improvements to the Energia Arduino fork. His work blends low-level signal processing (NRF24L01, BLE demodulation, POCSAG) with practical user-facing enhancements like serial monitor automation and editor UX tweaks. As founder of Innovation Garage AS he pursues experimental product and media projects while maintaining a diverse freelance background that spans robotics, game-based education, and mining analytics. Known for a hands-on, curious engineering style—summed up on GitHub as “constantly engineering”—he often surfaces small but consequential usability improvements alongside complex RF integrations.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Civil Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Civil Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Universidad de Talca
Spanish, English, Norwegian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (31)
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmware
Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
Custom firmware for the HackRF+PortaPack H1/H2/H4
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 releases, 52 reviews, 328 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Erwin primarily worked on implementing custom firmware features for the HackRF+PortaPack, focusing on UI elements and associated functionalities. They introduced a GPS simulation feature, including the necessary baseband processing and user interface components. Further contributions involved UI improvements, such as adding a new main menu icon and adjusting the display to show the correct data.
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furrtek/portapack-havoc
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Custom firmware for the HackRF SDR + PortaPack H1 addon
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 29 PRs, 51 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Erwin primarily contributed to the firmware of the HackRF SDR + PortaPack H1 addon. Their work involved adding and modifying features related to radio communication protocols, including NRF24L01 and BLE receiver demodulation. They also implemented improvements to the UI, such as adding a phase field for POCSAG transmission and an analog TV app. These contributions demonstrate a focus on hardware integration and software development within a radio frequency context.
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