Salvador Tropea
Participante at INTI-Electrónica e informática
Argentina
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Top SchoolSalvador Tropea is an electronics and embedded systems engineer with 27 years of experience blending FPGA (VHDL), microcontroller (Microchip PIC, x51) and C/C++ software development with a long-standing commitment to free software. Based in Argentina, he has driven R&D and electronics design at INTI while actively maintaining and contributing to numerous open-source projects—authoring tools like SETEdit and improving widely used FPGA and KiCad tooling such as apio and pcbdraw. He brings a practical focus on code quality, portability and modern Python 3 compatibility, having fixed leaks, improved error handling and modernized installers and dependency handling. Comfortable from low-level RTL to Perl scripting, HTML/CSS and SGML documentation, he combines deep hardware know-how with reliable backend engineering. An often-unsung strength is his persistence in keeping legacy tooling alive and secure while migrating projects toward safer libraries and contemporary platforms.
27 years of coding experience
Technician, Electronics, Technician, Electronics at Instituto Leonardo MurialdoEngineer, Electronics, Engineer, Electronics at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
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Github Skills (20)
verilog10
python10
kicad10
argparse10
fpga10
command-line-interface9
yaml9
error-handling9
cli9
embedded8
hdl8
scons8
wxpython8
sys8
vhdl8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
yaqwsx/PcbDraw
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
Convert your KiCAD board into a nicely looking 2D drawing suitable for pinout diagrams
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 31 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Salvador primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the `pcbdraw` project, which converts KiCAD board designs into 2D drawings. Their contributions include fixing memory leaks in KiCad libraries, enhancing error handling, and improving data path support for multiple operating systems. They also refactored the codebase to use safer YAML loading and updated dependencies to align with newer versions, demonstrating a focus on code quality and stability.
diagramsinkscapeplotterpcbkicad
openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom
Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
Interactive HTML BOM generation plugin for KiCad, EasyEDA, Eagle, Fusion360 and Allegro PCB designer
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 8 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Salvador focused on improving the core functionality of the Interactive HTML BOM generation tool. They implemented changes to handle command-line execution, address installation issues, and avoid X11 dependencies, improving usability and deployment flexibility. Furthermore, they addressed parsing errors, added version information, and fixed text variable expansion for more reliable operation. They also refactored imports and added a main entry point to the application.
action-pluginpcbnewedaprototypingkicad
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