Kit Klein
Software Engineer at Klein Labs
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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RockstarKit Klein is a pragmatic software engineer with 8 years of hands-on experience blending hardware and software to build reliable IoT and embedded solutions. Based in New Jersey, he contributes to open-source projects like konnected-io/konnected-security, where he implemented Lua modules, DS18B20 sensor integration, SSL buffer tuning, and partition table fixes to harden smart-home deployments. Equally comfortable with a soldering iron and a debugger, Kit focuses on practical integrations that make wired sensors work seamlessly with platforms like Home Assistant and SmartThings. Outside of code he brings discipline from fitness and a wrench-head mindset that favors resilient, testable systems.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
lua10
iot10
embedded10
sys10
iot-devkit10
onewire10
esp826610
ssl9
mqttnet7
mqtt7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
konnected-io/konnected-security
Sep 2019 - Oct 2020
Konnected connects wired sensors and switches to SmartThings, Home Assistant, Hubitat and OpenHAB
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 10 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Kit focused on integrating and configuring Lua-based modules for the Konnected security system. They implemented and refined the DS18B20 temperature sensor integration, migrating it to a Lua module implementation. Additionally, the user made substantial changes to the system's configuration, including modifying the `user_config.h` and `user_mbedtls.h` files, and adjusting SSL buffer settings to accommodate certificate sizes. Further contributions involved fixing the use of the partition table and integrating a lock endpoint.
smartthingsopenhabsensorsassistanttuya
konnected-io/home-assistant
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
:house_with_garden: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3
Contributions:57 commits, 3 PRs, 45 pushes in 9 months
raspberry-pipythonhousegardenmqtt
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