Shaun Thompson is a Senior System Integrator with 15 years of hands-on experience designing and integrating complex embedded and software systems from Albuquerque, NM. He blends deep reverse-engineering expertise—working with IDA Pro/Ghidra across M68K, MIPS, ARM and PowerISA—with firmware and hardware design skills, having developed emulators, AVR/ARM firmware, and PCB layouts. As a former senior embedded engineer he built IoT and sensor firmware for mission-critical detection systems and has practical manufacturing and field maintenance background from high-speed packaging lines. He contributes to open-source projects such as the Android port of the Reicast Dreamcast emulator, adding UI, controller integration and system-level fixes, reflecting a knack for pragmatic cross-platform engineering. Quick to learn and detail-oriented, Shaun excels at turning esoteric technical challenges into deployable, maintainable solutions.
Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Contributions:11 commits, 7 comments, 1 issue in 3 days
Contributions summary:Shaun primarily contributed to the Android-based emulator's user interface and functionality. They implemented features like keeping the screen on while running the emulator, modifying the file browser to be case-insensitive and fragment-based, and integrating controller input, including a PS3 controller auto-detect. They also made adjustments to NVRAM saving and the options menu.
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 3 years 1 month
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