John Woolsey
Founder, President, Engineer, & Educator
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Woolsey is a founder, engineer, and educator with over a decade of experience bridging semiconductor design, embedded systems, and software development. He built Woolsey Workshop to teach makers and students practical electronics and embedded programming—publishing widely used tutorials (including a 50K-view LTspice on macOS guide) and a popular CircuitPython 74HC165 library. His career spans hands-on IC design and leadership roles at Motorola and Freescale, where he drove methodology, tooling, and process improvements that scaled across organizations. Comfortable moving from low-level mask and fabrication knowledge to high-level iOS and embedded software, he combines deep technical rigor with a knack for clear, rapid instructional support and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (68)
cpython10
macos-big-sur10
mac-app-store10
apple-silicon10
arduino-ide10
rosetta10
cli10
arduino10
golang9
fpga9
lattice9
verilog9
python9
micropython9
macos-application9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
extremebytes/Portfolio
Jan 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:54 commits in 3 years 4 months
WoolseyWorkshop/Article-Performing-A-Circuit-Simulation-In-KiCad
Jul 2019 - Jun 2022
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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