Rick Van Schijndel
Lead Programmer Mentor at Enversed Studios
North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Van Schijndel is a Lead Programmer Mentor from North Brabant with 11 years of hands-on experience building embedded systems, home automation, VR/AR and web applications. He blends practical embedded radio decoding work—contributing decoders and test automation to the widely used rtl_433 project—with leadership at Enversed Studios, mentoring teams and shipping interactive experiences. A programming polyglot, he moves comfortably between Python-based test automation, low-level device decoders and higher-level game and web development. His background in ICT & Open Innovation and media development gives him a rare mix of technical depth and product-focused creativity, and his open-source contributions emphasize reliability and robust testing rather than just feature additions.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
MBO, Media developer, MBO, Media developer at ROC TilburgBachelor of Science, ICT & Open Innovation, Bachelor of Science, ICT & Open Innovation at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English, Somali, Persian, Finnish, Bulgarian
Github Skills (23)
rft10
deco10
rfe10
python10
scripting10
signal-processing10
c1110
decode10
decoding10
c1710
regression-testing10
f10
sys10
embedded10
error-handling10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
merbanan/rtl_433
Sep 2018 - Jul 2021
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems Engineer
Back-end Developer & Embedded Systems EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 56 commits, 44 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Rick primarily contributed to the `rtl_433` project by adding support for new devices, specifically temperature sensors and other ISM band devices, and enhancing the decoding logic. Their work included implementing decoders for various radio devices like the Hideki Cresta temperature sensor, Nexa, Proove and others. They also made significant code changes for handling data formats, adding preambles, and improved the stability and error handling of the decoding process.
software-defined-radiosensorsdacismsignal-processing
merbanan/rtl_433_tests
Nov 2018 - Dec 2020
This repository contains the regressions test suite for rtl_433
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 32 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Rick primarily contributed to improving the test suite for the `rtl_433` project. They added features to the testing scripts, including support for different protocols and custom builds. They also implemented logic to identify and report false positives, enhancing the accuracy and reliability of the test results. Furthermore, the user upgraded the test scripts to Python 3 and improved the GitHub Actions workflow.
rtlrtl-433dacrtl-sdrsignal-processing
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