Francesco Ferraro
BSP Linux Android Developer at Variscite LTD.
Calabria, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolFrancesco Ferraro is a seasoned BSP Linux/Android and firmware developer with over three decades of continuous experience in industrial electronics and a decade focused on modern embedded systems. He has designed and delivered BSPs, drivers and RTU solutions across Cortex-A/M and ARM9 platforms, shipping telecontrol and telemonitoring systems for major utilities and telecom operators. Francesco combines low-level expertise—USB, CAN, Ethernet switches, SDRAM and flash tooling—with real-time firmware for OS-less and Linux-based devices, plus hands-on work in energy metering and automation. At Variscite he continues to lead end-to-end microprocessor device development, bridging schematic-to-production responsibilities. Known for pragmatic engineering, he often implements RAM-based flasher firmware and custom TFTP clients to solve deployment constraints in the field. Based in Calabria, Italy, he pairs deep legacy experience with current BSP/Android toolchains to deliver robust industrial-grade embedded products.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma di perito industriale, informatica - elettronica, Diploma di perito industriale, informatica - elettronica at I.T.I.S. A. Monaco di Cosenza
Italian, English
Github Skills (15)
bsp10
kernel10
linux10
linux-kernel10
metadata8
hardware8
yocto5
openembedded5
yocto-layer5
branches5
patch4
mirror3
ide1
arduino-ide1
arduino1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
FrancescoFerraro/uboot-imx
Dec 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:146 pushes, 161 branches in 3 years 2 months
varigit/freertos-variscite
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022
Contributions:22 releases, 76 commits, 17 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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