Patrick Frazer
Engineer at Chandler Systems, Inc.
Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Frazer is an embedded software engineer at Chandler Systems with about two years of focused industry experience and a longer tenure at the company, blending hands-on firmware and backend IoT integration work. Based in Ohio, he contributes to open-source projects like Home Assistant, where he expanded device support and added binary sensors, switches, select entities, and unit tests for the DROP Alert integration. He brings practical strength in device integration, refactoring, and test-driven enhancements that improve reliability in edge and home automation systems. Patrick holds a BS in Computer Science from Ashland University and applies that foundation to bridge embedded constraints with cloud-connected services. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that make new hardware first-class citizens in larger automation ecosystems. An often-overlooked strength is his comfort operating across both firmware-level concerns and backend integration points, accelerating end-to-end product delivery.
2 years of coding experience
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Ashland University
Github Skills (10)
mqtt10
iot10
home-assistant10
sensor10
python10
home-automation10
mqttnet10
asyncio10
pytest9
testing9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & IoT Developer
Back-end Developer & IoT DeveloperContributions:117 reviews, 9 PRs, 123 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributed to the integration of new devices and features within the `home-assistant/core` repository, specifically focusing on the "drop_connect" integration. Their work involved implementing binary sensors, switches, and select entities, expanding the integration's capabilities. This included modifying sensor definitions, refactoring code, and adding unit tests to ensure the quality and reliability of the new functionalities. The user also worked on adding support for new products like the DROP Alert.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
pfrazer/core
Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Contributions:92 pushes, 10 branches in 9 months
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