Jon Helge Nistad
Research Engineer at Nordic Semiconductor
Norway
Summary
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RockstarJon Helge Nistad is a Research Engineer and Principal R&D professional based in Norway with 10 years' experience in embedded systems and IoT development. He contributes to the widely used nRF Connect SDK, implementing features like soft reset, interrupt-driven button handling, and sensor integrations for the nRF52840 platform. His work includes adding a button/LED interaction library and integrating Bosch BSEC for indoor air quality, showing strength in both low-level firmware and applied sensor analytics. Comfortable bridging research and product engineering, he focuses on practical, production-ready solutions for constrained devices. An understated detail: he blends systems-level craftsmanship with developer-facing libraries that simplify device interaction and environmental sensing.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
c1710
iot10
embedded10
zephyr-rtos10
c1110
sys10
iot-devkit10
system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
nrf528409
gpio9
i2c7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Jul 2018 - Nov 2022
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:389 reviews, 58 commits, 65 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jon primarily contributed to the nRF Connect SDK, focusing on embedded systems and IoT development. Their work includes adding soft reset functionality and modifying board configurations for the nRF52840. The user added a library for button and LED interaction and implemented interrupt-driven button handling. Furthermore, the user integrated environmental sensors into the asset tracker, adding support for the Bosch BSEC library for indoor air quality measurements.
nrf-connect-sdk
jhn-nordic/sdk-nrf
Mar 2019 - Jun 2026
nRF Connect SDK nrf tree
Contributions:2 PRs, 463 pushes, 110 branches in 7 years 3 months
connect-sdknrf-connect-sdksdksdk-nrfnrf
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