Skot Thousand
United States
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Top SchoolSkot Thousand is an electrical engineer with seven years of experience specializing in embedded systems and hardware-focused IoT projects. He holds engineering studies from City College of San Francisco and a B.E. in EECS from UC Berkeley, blending academic rigor with hands-on PCB and manufacturing expertise. Skot’s open-source work on the bitaxe ASIC Bitcoin miner demonstrates practical skills in Gerber/BOM management, PCB layout revisions, and assembly documentation—bridging design and fabrication. Based in the United States, he brings a pragmatic approach to taking hardware from schematic to production-ready boards, with a clear eye for manufacturing-level details that many software-focused engineers miss.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyEngineering, Engineering at City College of San Francisco
Github Skills (7)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
skot/bitaxe
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Open source ASIC Bitcoin miner hardware
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 1 review, 100 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Skot primarily contributed to hardware-related files, specifically Gerbers and BOM (Bill of Materials) files. These changes involved updating manufacturing files, including drill files and associated Gerber layers, suggesting work on printed circuit board (PCB) design and fabrication. The user also added an assembly ibom file, indicating a focus on the assembly process. Further commits addressed PCB layout adjustments, revisions, and versioning updates for the hardware design.
asicminingzcashkicadhardware
bitaxeorg/bitaxeGamma
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
Bitaxe based on the BM1370 from the S21 Pro
Contributions:4 releases, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 7 months
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