Michael Brown
Conceptual Planner at Holotronic
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Brown is a Copenhagen-based conceptual planner and self-employed developer with 11 years of experience building embedded systems, FPGA drivers, and C-based tooling while publishing open-source hardware and software through Holotronic. He contributes to notable projects like Machinekit—implementing hostmot2 support, ADC and capacitive touch features, and platform-specific drivers for BeagleBone Black and CRAMPS—bringing practical IoT and SoC FPGA expertise. Comfortable outside mainstream OOP paradigms, he blends low-level systems engineering with experimental, concept-driven work and a background in energetic emotional analysis and meditation-informed practices. Michael’s profile reflects a rare mix of hands-on embedded development, open-source collaboration, and long-term involvement in community and research initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
Bachlor, Energetic emotional analysis and guidance., Bachlor like., Bachlor, Energetic emotional analysis and guidance., Bachlor like. at Moellegaarden Osted, lejreAdgangskursus, engineering pre school, Passed, Adgangskursus, engineering pre school, Passed at IKT BalerupEx: Addict, Tm meditation , Music, IT, Ex: Addict, Tm meditation , Music, IT at Rørvig Højskole
danish, english + interlingo
Github Skills (9)
c1710
fpga10
embedded10
driver10
device-driver10
c1110
sys10
hal9
adc8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
machinekit/machinekit
Feb 2015 - Apr 2018
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 19 PRs, 353 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the Machinekit repository by implementing and refining drivers and components specifically for the hostmot2 interface on a socfpga platform. Their work involved modifying existing code to support specific hardware configurations, such as the BeagleBone Black and CRAMPS cape for temperature readings, and adding new functionalities, including capacitive touch sensor and ADC functionalities. Furthermore, the user added and modified files related to the stepgen and other core components.
the-snowwhite/pcb2gcode
Mar 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 8 months
command-line-toolisolationdrillingrouting
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