Jason Kridner
Principal at JK Embedded Consulting
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJason Kridner is a seasoned embedded systems principal and co-founder of BeagleBoard.org with over 30 years in the industry and 28 years at Texas Instruments shaping DSP and application processor software. He specializes in hardware-software integration for low-power, multimedia and IoT platforms, with deep expertise in DSP, device tree work, PRU development, codecs, DRM and Linux-enabled open platforms. At TI he led early MP3 player designs and created the OMAP3430-based BeagleBoard to open mobile processor ecosystems, later evangelizing open platforms to tens of thousands of low-level developers. Now running JK Embedded Consulting and guiding the BeagleBoard.org Foundation, he focuses on growing open hardware/software communities and practical developer tooling. His prolific open-source contributions include device-tree overlays, PRU tooling, board support in Zephyr, and build/release automation for BeagleBoard images—work that quietly powers many community boards and robotics projects. He combines hardware roots and signal-processing rigor with a passion for enabling others to use the same tools and knowledge he enjoys.
26 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University
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Github Skills (48)
azure-boards10
assembly10
debian10
image10
embedded-language10
bash10
c1110
microcontroller10
linux-kernel10
zephyr10
c1710
iot10
rsync10
device-tree10
script10
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
beagleboard/am335x_pru_package
May 2012 - May 2018
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:66 commits, 18 PRs, 15 pushes in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the PRU (Programmable Real-time Unit) assembler and related utilities within the repository. Their work involved adding support for the Mac build environment, fixing build issues, and integrating a native build on the BeagleBone platform. The commits also included updates to the assembler code, such as incorporating new instructions and adjusting code based on review comments. Furthermore, they refactored example applications and improved the build process.
beagleboard/librobotcontrol
Sep 2016 - Jul 2020
Robotics Focused library for embedded Linux computers. Mirror of https://openbeagle.org/beagleboard/librobotcontrol
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 30 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the `librobotcontrol` library, focusing on low-level hardware interaction and embedded systems programming. Their work involved modifying device tree files to enable PRU (Programmable Real-time Unit) functionality, adding board identification functions to support different BeagleBone models, and integrating a radio input for controlling servo and ESC outputs. Further contributions included updates to the motor control system to support the PocketBeagle and improvements to the battery monitoring service.
beagleboardembeddedembedded-linuxrobotics
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