Yutaka Yasuda is an Associate Professor and Doctor of Engineering at Kyoto Sangyo University with over two decades shaping network and system architecture from switch ASICs and SDN to distributed computing models. He combines academic research with hands-on system administration and software development across mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, Linux, macOS and iOS, and contributes to embedded/IoT projects such as FLIR Lepton integration. A prolific technology writer and interviewer for Japanese publishers, he translates deep technical topics into accessible, long-form articles and has interviewed many leading engineers and designers worldwide. He co-founded and organizes the Cobalt Users Group of Japan and remains active in OSS and regional tech communities like KOF, reflecting strong facilitation and community-building skills. Known for strategic, long-term thinking in consultation and teaching, he blends practical engineering experience with a clear talent for communicating complex systems to diverse audiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor, ENGINEERING, BS, Computer Science, Doctor, ENGINEERING, BS, Computer Science at Osaka City University
Code for getting started with the FLIR Lepton breakout board
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Contributions:7 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Yutaka primarily worked on integrating and maintaining the FLIR Lepton breakout board code. They added functionality, including a reboot function, to the `Lepton_I2C.h` and `Lepton_I2C.cpp` files. They also updated a project configuration file (`raspberrypi_video.pro`) for compatibility with Qt5. The user also integrated OEM-specific code from another repository. Furthermore, they implemented a reboot mechanism within a thread to handle potential camera sync issues.
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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