Phil Coval
OpenSource Engineer at https://purl.org/rzr
Brittany, France
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Top SchoolPhil Coval is an OpenSource Engineer with 23 years of experience specializing in embedded systems, IoT, multimedia and GNU/Linux platforms since 1996. He blends deep upstream contributions across projects like NuttX, TizenRT, IoTjs and WebThings with practical board-level work—adding drivers, PWM/GPIO support and ROMFS for STM32-based platforms. As an independent researcher and recent contributor at Silicon Labs and Vates, he tackles interoperability, privacy and deployment challenges while improving build systems and installer reliability. Known for troubleshooting and accepted upstream patches, he has strong community presence and a history of maintainer-level responsibilities across Debian, Qt and Yocto ecosystems. Based in Brittany, France, he often bridges R&D proof-of-concepts (WebXR, WoT) with production-ready open source tooling. Less obvious: he combines low-level RTOS driver expertise with full-stack improvements, from kernel/board support to gateway build and transpilation fixes for legacy browsers.
23 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
DESS Computer Science, DESS Computer Science at Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
English, French
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Github Skills (45)
javascript10
docker10
nuttx10
tizen10
web-application10
bash10
cmake10
c1110
microcontroller10
dockers10
stm32f710
c1710
gpio10
iot10
rtos10
Programming languages (43)
Github contributions (5)
jerryscript-project/iotjs
Jul 2017 - Jun 2021
Platform for Internet of Things with JavaScript http://www.iotjs.net
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 29 commits, 57 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Phil primarily contributed to the platform's build process and integration with embedded systems, particularly targeting the TizenRT and NuttX operating systems. Their work involved adding support for new hardware platforms like STM32F7 nucleo, updating build configurations, and integrating external libraries. The user also addressed specific issues related to file paths and debugger code, which improved the platform's adaptability to resource-constrained environments.
javascriptiot-frameworkiotjsinternetinternet-of-things
Samsung/TizenRT
Aug 2017 - Nov 2018
TizenRT is a lightweight RTOS-based platform to support low-end IoT devices
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 22 PRs, 57 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Phil primarily contributed to the TizenRT operating system, focusing on IoT device support. Their work included bug fixes and improvements, such as correcting documentation errors and addressing build issues related to the `mkromfsimg.sh` script. They also integrated the iotjs JavaScript runtime, adding an example to run JavaScript on boot and enabling WiFi configuration. Furthermore, the user removed obsolete macros and propagated definitions related to internationalization within the system.
iot-devicesmqttrtosembeddedfreertos
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