Paul Clark
Software Engineer at sparkfun
Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarPaul Clark is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, based in Sunderland, UK, who specializes in embedded systems and IoT development. At SparkFun and through notable open-source work on the widely used FastLED library, he has implemented low-level Apollo3 platform support, fast GPIO access, and SysTick-driven clockless operation for Artemis boards. His focus on hardware-level optimization and correct pin mappings demonstrates a practical fluency bridging microcontroller quirks and reliable firmware behavior. Paul combines pragmatic engineering with community-oriented open-source contributions, showing an ability to improve performance-critical code paths. Colleagues can expect a developer who moves comfortably between board-level details and reusable library design.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
gpio10
embedded10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
microcontroller10
arduino10
sys10
fastled10
abstraction-layer9
abstraction9
spi7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
FastLED/FastLED
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
The FastLED library for colored LED animation on Arduino. Please direct questions/requests for help to the FastLED Reddit community: http://fastled.io/r We'd like to use github "issues" just for tracking library bugs / enhancements.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 1 PR in 6 days
Contributions summary:Paul primarily worked on adding and refining Apollo3 platform support for the FastLED library. Their contributions involved implementing fast GPIO access, and integrating clockless operation with SysTick timers. The user also made significant changes to include the correct pin mappings for various Artemis development boards, showing a focus on hardware-level optimization and microcontroller integration. SPI functionality was a secondary focus of the user, although it was not fully implemented.
animationledfastled-librarycoloredfastled
PaulZC/SAM-M8Q_GPS_FeatherWing
Jun 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
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