Justin Cooper
Creative Engineer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Cooper is a Creative Engineer with 26 years of experience blending embedded systems, IoT, and full-stack web development from Minneapolis. At Adafruit since 2012 he drives hardware-focused software, improving BeagleBone ADC and PWM support and shipping user-facing CircuitPython website features like localized download flows. His background includes enterprise web work at Wells Fargo, giving him discipline in production-grade tooling and UX. Justin is an active open-source contributor on well-known Adafruit projects, comfortable moving between low-level C/Python hardware interfaces and front-end/back-end web stacks. He brings a pragmatic problem-solving style that surfaces in bug fixes that prevent crashes as well as in polished UX details. Colleagues rely on him to bridge physical device constraints with delightful developer experiences.
26 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Duluth
Github Skills (23)
javascript10
website-development10
python10
css10
c1110
c1710
adc10
front-end-development10
beagleboard10
sys10
pwm10
html10
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
beagle10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/adafruit-beaglebone-io-python
Jan 2000 - Jun 2016
Adafruit's BeagleBone IO Python Library
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:128 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 16 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on the development and improvement of the Adafruit BeagleBone IO Python Library, which is specifically designed for interacting with the BeagleBone's hardware capabilities. Their work included implementing and refactoring ADC functionality, including adding raw ADC readings and fixing related segmentation faults. The user also integrated PWM functionality, addressing duty cycle and frequency controls while resolving associated bugs.
python-librarybeaglebonepythonadafruitbeaglebone-black
adafruit/circuitpython-org
Nov 2018 - Sep 2022
CircuitPython's website
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 235 commits, 82 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Justin contributed significantly to the front-end and back-end aspects of the CircuitPython website. They implemented new download details pages, including the styling and layout. The user also added functionality for download buttons, including language selection based on the user's browser settings. Additionally, they modified the page generation template, demonstrating an understanding of the website's structure and content management.
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