Projects/design

• Most of my working life has been projects based. From coming up with the initial solution to a problem and seeing it through to the final system regardless of whether it is a mechanical, software, web or other solution.
• Initial and ongoing client meetings.
• Managing timescales.
• Managing budgets.
• System installations and commissioning.
• Ongoing support.

Electronics

• Circuit design mostly digital but some analogue.
• PCB design, I have my own copy of EasyPC but have used others in the past.
• Fault finding.
• Prototype build.
• Prepare for manufacture.
• Ongoing support.

Software development

• Embedded software/Firmware design and documentation, mostly C on the Microchip PIC 8 and 16 bit packages and AVR but have ‘dabbled’ with others. Mostly in C but can drop into assembler as required.
• PC Desktop development, VB6, vb.net and c#.
• Debugging.
• Optimisation.
• Mac desktop development, RealBasic (now Xojo) and some xcode development.
• Mobile device development. iOS and Android, mostly phonegap but some native code development (this is one of the things I am concentrating on at present).
• At home with Windows, Mac with a working knowledge of Linux.

Mechanical

• Mechanical design and 2D CAD knowledge (AutoCAD, draftsight)
• Pneumatic knowledge, again have used as part of systems design.

Web

• Design & Development
• PHP
• CSS/SASS
• HTML
• Databases (MySQL).
• JQuery/Javascript/AJAX.
• WordPress setup and bespoke theme design.
• Third party and own APIs.

PC/Mac

• Application design.
• Operating system re-install.
• Install applications.
• System fault finding and cleanup.
• Install and upgrade hardware.

Other

• System installation and onsite commissioning.
• Customer/Technical support.
• Technical documentation, word, photoshop, CAD etc as required.
• Electrical design, not a favourite but have used as part of overall system design.
• Knowledge of networks.
• The usual everyday applications, Microsoft office, Adobe creative suite.

Current projects include:

• Pre-delivery commissioning and configuration of kiosk counting systems destined for Canada.
• The getWaiter! app and website.
• A low cost, high functionality replacement for an off the shelf PLC unit.

Past projects:

• I am adding these to my blog pages all the time. See here for the blog.