Mirko Denecke
Founder & CEO at UAV-DEV GmbH
Bremerhaven, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMirko Denecke is a founder and embedded systems leader with 11 years of hands-on experience building UAV hardware and firmware, currently leading UAV-DEV GmbH and advising at ORTHODRONE. He combines deep low-level expertise—contributing drivers, sensor integrations and platform support to major autopilot projects like ArduPilot and PX4—with operational leadership gained running technical operations at the German Antarctic Neumayer-Station III. Mirko’s background spans embedded development, IoT hardware configuration and technical documentation, demonstrated by code and wiki contributions that improved sensor support, IMU handling and user-facing docs for widely used open-source autopilot stacks. Educated in technical computer and electrical engineering, he brings a rare mix of field-proven reliability, systems-level debugging and product-focused R&D. Colleagues rely on him to bridge rigorous engineering practices with pragmatic solutions for airborne and remote systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Technische Informatik / Computer & Electrical Engineering, sehr gut, Dipl.-Ing. (FH), Technische Informatik / Computer & Electrical Engineering, sehr gut at Hochschule Bremen
Github Skills (29)
c-language10
px410
restructuredtext10
system-configuration10
autopilot10
server-configuration10
rs10
abstraction-layer10
hardware10
i2c10
iot10
sys10
system-integration10
sensor-fusion10
embedded10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Sep 2015 - Aug 2022
ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 137 commits, 148 PRs in 7 years
Contributions summary:Mirko primarily contributed to the ArduPilot project by implementing and adapting drivers and configurations for various hardware components, especially related to the BeagleBone Blue and PocketPilot. Their work included fixing I2C bus configurations, adding support for new sensors like the HMC5843 compass and BMP280 barometers, and integrating specific features for new hardware platforms. The user also contributed to the SITL (Software-In-The-Loop) simulation, modifying the vehicle simulation code to support new frame types and parameters, showing a grasp of both hardware and software aspects of the project.
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ArduPilot/ardupilot_wiki
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Repository for ArduPilot wiki issues and wiki-specific website infrastructure.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:2 reviews, 9 commits, 10 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Mirko primarily focused on enhancing and updating the documentation for the ArduPilot wiki. Their contributions included fixing links, correcting syntax, adding links to parameters within the documentation, and removing outdated information. They also added new content detailing specific hardware components and the integration with relevant positioning systems. These documentation updates improve clarity and usability of the ArduPilot documentation for developers and users.
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