Lee Atkinson
CEO - Owner at MeanStride Technology
Burlington, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLee Atkinson is the founder and CEO of MeanStride Technology, bringing four decades of software engineering experience and a foundation in mathematical physics to custom hardware-software systems. He leads end-to-end product development—specifying, prototyping, testing and optimizing devices and control interfaces—for clients with distinctive, high-precision needs. Lee’s hands-on background includes embedded systems and IoT work in CircuitPython, contributing low-level ADC/DMA functionality for efficient analog data acquisition on Raspberry Pi platforms. Before founding MeanStride he advised and architected software solutions at IBM, Sirchie and other engineering firms, blending enterprise-scale rigor with boutique custom engineering. Based in Burlington, NC, he applies physics, microfabrication and materials insight to practical engineering problems, often tackling projects that sit between pure research and product-ready systems. Colleagues rely on him when a blend of deep technical knowledge and pragmatic design is needed to turn unconventional ideas into working devices.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MS Physics, MS Physics at Clemson UniversityUniversity of Georgia
Russian, Scottish Gaelic
Github Skills (12)
c1710
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
adc10
c1110
sys10
rp204010
py10
dma10
microcontroller9
raspberry-pi9
python7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
adafruit/circuitpython
Jul 2022 - May 2023
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 1 PR, 34 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Lee's contributions focus on the development of low-level functionalities within the CircuitPython environment. The commits reveal modifications to core C code, specifically in the context of analog input using DMA capture and hardware initialization for the Raspberry Pi platform. These changes involve setting up ADC, DMA channels, and data transfers, suggesting a focus on efficient data acquisition from analog sensors within the CircuitPython ecosystem.
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerpython3
latkinso42/circuitpython
Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers
Contributions:51 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
pythonpython-implementationteachingmicrocontrollerscircuitpython
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