Lars Skovbo
Direktør at Firecrest APS
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolLars Skovbo is a pragmatic software and systems engineer with 13 years of experience building everything from cloud backends and data pipelines to desktop apps and hardware-near integrations. Currently directing Firecrest and contributing AI engineering at Vestas, he blends hands-on implementation—C#, Python, JS/React, Electron—with system architecture and production ML/LLM work. He’s a generalist who enjoys frontend polish but equally tackles low-level APIs, embedded IoT drivers (notably contributions to firmata.js and Espruino sensor drivers) and vector-database-enabled generative AI projects. Comfortable leading teams or working independently, he focuses on sustainable, aesthetic solutions that balance structure with pragmatic judgment. Colleagues value his creativity and practical insights, and his GitHub portfolio reflects a consistent interest in sensor integration and generative AI tooling.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Akademi uddannelse IT- & Elektronikteknolog, Akademi uddannelse IT- & Elektronikteknolog at Erhvervsakademiet v. Århus Teknisk SkoleIT Engineering, IT Engineering at Copenhagen University College of Engineering
English, Danish, Swedish, German
Github Skills (11)
i2c10
iot10
embedded10
javascript10
firmata10
sys10
system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
arduino9
espruino9
mpu9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
espruino/EspruinoDocs
Feb 2014 - Feb 2015
See http://espruino.com for the complete Espruino Documentation - many links in this repository will not work
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lars contributed to the `espruinodocs` repository by developing a driver for the BMP085 pressure sensor, designed for use with the Espruino JavaScript environment on embedded systems. They implemented the necessary I2C communication, coefficient calculations, and functions to read temperature and pressure, demonstrating an understanding of sensor integration. Further commits included cleaning up the code and adding altitude and sea level pressure calculations, along with a small refactor. The user also integrated accelerometer and gyro readings in a MPU6050 module.
espruino
firmata/firmata.js
May 2013 - May 2013
JavaScript implementation of the Firmata protocol
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 5 days
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the `firmata.js` library by adding and refining functionality related to setting and controlling sampling intervals for analog and digital pin reporting. They implemented a function to control pin reporting, including both analog and digital pins. Furthermore, the user constrained the sampling interval values and fixed the minimum sampling interval, ensuring the library's reliability and proper operation.
firmatajavascript
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