Tod Kurt
Founder & Principal at Crash Space
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTod Kurt is a founder and principal engineer with 16+ years building hardware-first products and resilient software systems from PCB to cloud. As founder of ThingM and co-founder of CrashSpaceLA, he blends hands-on embedded firmware (AVR, ARM, PIC, FPGA/Verilog) with web and backend expertise (Node.js, PHP, MySQL) to ship consumer electronics like the blink(1) USB RGB LED. His open-source contributions span device libraries and microcontroller Python (node-hid, blink1, CircuitPython), showing a knack for fixing low-level bugs, cross-platform build issues, and board support intricacies. Comfortable in both rapid prototyping (3D printing, CNC) and production manufacturing, he bridges product design, electronics engineering, and network/Unix architecture. Trained in electrical engineering and CS at Caltech, he pairs rigorous technical depth with entrepreneurial product instincts and a history of making quirky hardware actually work in the real world.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBA Physics, BA Physics at Occidental College
Github Skills (22)
usb-hid10
c-language10
py10
rp204010
firmware10
usb10
c1110
microcontroller10
c1710
sys10
adafruit-circuit-python10
embedded10
nodejs10
cprogramming-language10
hardware-interface9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
node-hid/node-hid
Oct 2015 - Nov 2022
Access USB & Bluetooth HID devices through Node.js
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 releases, 296 commits, 46 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tod primarily contributed to the `node-hid` library, focusing on bug fixes, and example implementations. Their commits addressed deprecated warnings, memory leaks, and core dump issues within the C++ code. They added example code to support various HID devices such as the PS3 Dualshock and Big Red Button, and added core code such as getDeviceInfo(). The user also contributed to the build process by integrating tools like `node-pre-gyp` and fixing build related issues.
electronhidnode-jsusbbluetooth
todbot/blink1
Mar 2012 - Sep 2022
Official software for blink(1) USB RGB LED by ThingM
Role in this project:Back-end & Embedded Systems Developer
Back-end & Embedded Systems DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 1001 commits, 32 PRs in 10 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Tod's contributions primarily focused on enhancements and modifications to the "blink(1)" project's firmware, particularly targeting the MK2 version. The commits include the addition of new features like a "readNote" command and improvements to the server's functionality such as handling commands, particularly for the different color LEDs. The user's work also involved refactoring and bug fixes related to USB HID report handling and serial communication.
logitechledrgb-ledws2812usb
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