Hendrik Van Essen
Embedded Software Developer at ML!PA Consulting GmbH
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolHendrik Van Essen is an embedded software developer with eight years of experience building IoT and BLE-enabled systems, currently based in Berlin and working at ML!PA Consulting. He holds a BSc and an MSc in Computer Science from Freie Universität Berlin and has blended academic research support with commercial development roles, including a multi-year tenure at Benefit Media Mobile. Hendrik contributes to the well-known RIOT OS open-source project, extending NimBLE examples and adding stdio-over-BLE support—evidence of practical expertise in Bluetooth Low Energy integration on constrained devices. Comfortable working independently as a freelancer as well as in consultative teams, he focuses on reliable, low-level firmware and system integration. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who turns protocol-level constraints into robust, production-ready features.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatik, Bachelor of Science - BS, Informatik at Freie Universität Berlin
Github Skills (14)
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c1110
riot-os10
bluetooth-low-energy10
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nimble10
gatt10
c-programming9
microcontroller9
rtos8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
RIOT-OS/RIOT
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
RIOT - The friendly OS for IoT
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:196 reviews, 66 commits, 41 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Hendrik primarily contributed to the `examples/nimble_gatt` and `examples/nimble_heart_rate_sensor` directories, extending the applications with custom BLE characteristics. Their work involved adding read-only and writable characteristics, as well as device information characteristics for model and manufacturer. Furthermore, they made changes related to the `stdio_nimble` module, adding support for stdio over NimBLE. These modifications suggest a focus on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) functionality and integration within the RIOT operating system.
riot-osinternetofthingsrtosriotmicrocontrollers
riot-appstore/rapstore-website
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:145 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 6 months
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