I N T E R E S T S
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Ancient
- robotics
- Assembly, ForthLanguage.
- Smalltalk, Pascal, Lisp -- smattering of these.
- digital/analog/micro circuitry.
Maturing
- C++ for embedded systems.
- medical device software engineering.
- Organizing community art projects.
- Literary musings.
- DSP signal processing algorithms.
Emerging
- Delphi and BorlandKylix.
- WebAppliance
- KnowledgeManagement
- UML and DesignPatterns.
- Xp-like programming. ExtremeProgramming
- XML for Biosciences.
P R O J E C T S
Old > 5 years
- '78 image processing in FORTRAN.
- '79-80 graphics firmware.
- '80 SmalltalkInForth -- SmalltalkLanguage-like OO written in FORTH.
- '80-81 port FORTH to 68000.
- '81-82 assemblers for 8/16bit uProcessors, bit-slice uProcessors, and PAL fusemaps.
- '83,'84,'88-89,'93-94 set-top boxes for pay-per-view.
- '83-85 telecom software.
- '85-86 software engineering SQA process design.
- '86-87,'92-94 industrial safety personal health gas monitoring equipment.
- '89-90 microelectrode chemical sensor data acquisition system.
- '90-92 DNA Thermocycler for PCR.
- '91 medical device test stand.
- '95 structured-light controller for machine vision system.
Recent
- '02-... energy conversion devices.
- '95-98, '00-... medical device firmware.
- '96-98, '00 various uProcessor light-source controllers for dental equipment.
- '98 medical device monitor in QNX.
- '99-00 machine tool FFT/signature vibration monitor using TI DSP.
My pbwiki: http://kirkkitchenconsulting.pbwiki.com/
What little wisdom I may...
I've never considered myself to be an outstanding programmer. This perception has kept me out of considerable trouble.