James Richters
Business Owner at Production Automation Technology
Greater Tampa Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJames Richters is a seasoned CNC and automation specialist with over 30 years of hands-on experience, currently running Production Automation and Production Automation Technology in the Greater Tampa Bay Area. He combines deep electrical and electronics engineering fundamentals (BASc, 4.0) with practical business ownership since the mid-1990s, delivering reliable machine control and automation solutions. On the software side he contributes to the well-known Smoothieware open-source project, improving G-code interpretation, homing behavior, arc calculations, and probe functionality—work that bridges embedded firmware and real-world CNC performance. His background reflects a rare blend of low-level controller debugging and entrepreneurial product delivery, enabling faster, more accurate machining for customers. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who favors durable, maintainable fixes over flashy one-offs.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0 at ITT Technical Institute-Tampa
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Github Skills (11)
control-systems10
cnc10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
sys9
gcode9
embedded9
robotics8
batchfile6
robocopy6
pascal6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Smoothieware/Smoothieware
Jun 2016 - Apr 2022
Modular, opensource, high performance G-code interpreter and CNC controller written in Object-Oriented C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 22 PRs, 173 comments in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on debugging and refining the G-code interpreter and CNC controller. Their contributions involved fixing issues related to homing in G20 mode, updating methods, and refining the G28.1 command. Additionally, they worked on improving arc calculations and refining the probe functionalities within the Smoothieware codebase.
cnc-controllercppgcodeinterpreter
Zaaphod/ptcpas
Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:46 commits, 24 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 7 months
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