Location: Annapolis, MD
Education: BS, Electrical Engineering (City College, NY), and MS Electrical Engineering (University of Maryland)
Occupation: Tom is Principal Engineer of a large defense firm and CEO of KibaCorp, which he says is “dedicated to innovative educational technologies for the hobbyist, student, and practicing engineer.” He is also an adjunct faculty member at a local community college.
Member Status: Tom has been a subscriber for more than eight years.
Technical Interests: He is interested in robotics, embedded programming, microcontrollers, wireless applications, and engineering education.
Most Recent Embedded Tech-Related Acquisition: Tom’s most recent purchase was a Raspberry Pi with direct GPIO connections.
Current Projects: He is working on a battery-powered Wi-Fi sensor network that uses low-power Microchip Technology PIC32 components. (His project is shown in the photo.)
Thoughts on the Future of Embedded Technology: Tom thinks these are “exciting times where system-on-a-chip (SoC) technologies are extending the domain of embedded applications with Linux OS and a large base of language libraries.”
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