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Welcome to our 2 resident experts for this Design Challenge from component brands Raspberry Pi and EnOcean GmbH.
Roger Thornton roger_thornton
Principal Hardware Engineer at Raspberry Pi:
Roger works for Raspberry Pi where he is involved in the design, test, compliance and production oversight of the Raspberry Pi. Previously working for Broadcom as a systems Engineer where he was part of the team who characterised and tested BCM2835/6/7, the processors used on the Pi. He also has experience of the Smart home and IoT markets from his time working in a consultancy where he helped deliver a series of dedicated Smart Home energy monitoring and automation chips to market used in several smart home products.
Expertise and interests include:
- Hardware schematic design and PCB layout
- Test and Characterisation of complex systems
- Cost sensitive design
- Innovative technologies
Markus Kreitmair
Innovation Manager, EnOcean GmbH:
Markus’ passion has always been in innovative technologies. During his study of electrical engineering in the 90s, he was enthused by the upcoming radio network and internet technologies. His working life started in 1996 as software developer for Siemens. From 2001, he was Product Manager for the first Java enabled GSM phone SL45i, Director of the mobile phones developer program and Product Manager for new mobile services, including a music download platform. Since early 2008, Markus Kreitmair has been with EnOcean's product marketing team in the roles of Innovation Manager (responsible for research projects) and as Product Manager (responsible for new developer kits).
Expertise and interests include:
- Sensor solutions
- Energy harvesting wireless technology
- Smart Home
- Radio technology
- Innovations
Feel free to @mention roger_thornton or mkreitmair at any time with your questions!
Good luck with your projects from the expert judges and us all at element14.
