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Amol Palshetkar

Amol Palshetkar

Senior Embedded Firmware Developer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN
(91)98202 04589 / (91)98929 82442
English, Marathi, Hindi

Background


About

About

Electronics engineer with 19+ years expertise in Embedded Product Development using technologies including bare metal firmware programming, Embedded Linux, embedded RTOS and peripheral devices. Worked from small handheld instruments to complex robotics based fully automated analyzer from ground up. I'm generally very flexible when investigating new roles and used to wearing many hats right from developer to senior team leader. Was successful in developing customer centric products that were exceeding customer requirements, cost effective, reliable and maintenance free.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Assistant Manager - Embedded Software, 

    Jul, 2013 - Present

    AGD Biomedicals is in developing products for Medical Diagnostic.

    • I worked on Electrolyte analyzer, Semi automatic biochemistry analyzer and Cell Counter. Involved in products from inception, through development to production handover with maximum efficiency.

    • Incorporated non linear curve data interpolation from calibration curves.

    • Implemented secure, tamper proof reagent locking system using 1-wire interface.

    • Developed application for coupon generation using QT & Sqlite for our organization.

    • Version control of source code, documentation using Git & Gitlab server

  • Manager - Embedded Software, 

    Dec, 2012 - Jul, 20137 months

    Emco Ltd is in developing products for energy meter.

    • Developed pre production test software on all modules of energy meter e.g. RTC, infrared sensor, key input and Segment display.

    • MTE portable test equipment PTS 400.3 testing knowledge.

  • Assistant Manager - Embedded Software, 

    Sep, 2004 - Aug, 20127 years 11 months

    Transasia Biomedicals is in developing products for Medical Diagnostic.

    • I worked on XL100, XL200 & XL1000 with 100,200 & 1000 test per hour Fully automated Biochemistry Analyzer.

    • Application and device driver development for various sensor and PC interface.

    • Firmware developed for automatic conveyor system with sample tracking mechanism.

    • Responsible for improving medical instrument features, reliability, repeatability and performance

    • Software Verification with reports and Release documents

  • Assistant Engineer, 

    Jul, 2002 - Sep, 20042 years 2 months

    CMS Computers is in developing products for Handheld smart card based Point of Sale terminals POS.

    • Worked on ISO7816 smart communication protocol using Phillips smart card controller for handheld POS terminals.

    • Application development using hand held terminals for Driving License application, Beauty parlor low cost application for Hindustan Lever Ltd.

    • Work with internal and external client to understand requirement and develop finished product.

  • R&D Engineer, 

    Oct, 2000 - Jul, 20021 year 9 months

    Leo Industries is in developing products for telephone instruments

    • Developed telephone line based Card Dialer to read magnetic card data and dial on telephone line for IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system application.

    • Developed programming mode (Super user) option for Coin Operated Payphone using C and Assembly language.

    • Designed and developed unit to record voice and playback using digital storage to be used at petrol pump for customer information and advertising.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • Electrolyte Analyzer

    Aug, 2016 - Aug, 20161 day

    Electrolyte Analyzer ERMA EL-120 is ideal for medium to high volume Laboratories and Hospitals . It offers reliable, automated samples handling and work flow offences . It also allows measurement of specific ions, accurately and precisely . This supports fast diagnosis of critically ill patients and reduces the risks of patient discomfort associated with repeated sampling Precise & Accurate Results Economical to use Large Touchscreen Display with Graphical User Interface.

    • Ported Qt GUI application, Sqlite 3 database, linux kernel drivers, root file system, uboot customization on Toradex VF50 colibri module and FriendlyArm Tiny 6410 module

    • 5” and 7” Touch based GUI application development for Electrolyte Analyzer & Biochemistry analyzer

    • Implemented consumable reagent locking system with copy and tamper proof mechanism using DS2431 one-wire EEPROM using Sha1sum Hash algorithm

Skills

Skills

  • Programming Languages

    C

    C++

    Assembly

    VB6

  • Compilers

    Renesas e2Studio

    Qt4.8.7

    gcc

    Atollic Truestudio

    SW4STM32

    IAR Embedded Workbench

    Keil

    Xilinx EDK

  • GUI

    Qt widgets

    StemWin

    GUIX studio

  • Display

    5/7/8 inch TFT resistive display

    LCD display

  • Database

    Sqlite3

  • Version Control

    Git with Gitlab server

    Tortoise SVN

    Visual Source Safe

  • Bug Tracking

    Mantis

  • Debugger

    gdb

    Valgrind

    Qdebug

  • Custom Linux Distribution

    Yocto

    Buildroot

    Makefile

  • Linux Kernel

    Kernel configuration

    Kernel compiling

    Kernel modules

    Device Driver development

    U boot configuration

    Device tree Compiler

    Device tree customization

  • Microprocessors / SBC

    Toradex Colibri VF50/VF61

    FriendlyArm Tiny6410

    Beaglebone

    RaspberryPi

    Onioio

    NodeMCU ESP8266

  • Microcontroller

    8bit/16bit/32bit from ST, NXP, Atmel, Siliconlabs, Renesas

  • Printer

    Serial based thermal text and graphic printers

  • Protocols

    I2C, SPI, 1-WIRE, RS232, USB, Wifi

  • Devices

    ADC, Relays, Stepper Motor drivers, DC motors, Temperature sensor, Light sensor, CPLD

  • Other

    Knowledge of Root cause analysis

    Corrective & Preventive Action (CAPA)

    Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

    ISO processes

  • Other Languages

    Python

    Html

Education

Education

  • Electronics, Bachelors, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering, Satara

    Jun, 1997 - Mar, 2000

    64.87
  • Computer Technology, Diploma, S.H.Jondhale Polytechnic, Mumbai

    Jun, 1993 - Mar, 1997

    60
  • Technical , SSC, Dr. Antonia Da'Silva Technical High School', Mumbai

    Jun, 1992 - Mar, 1993

    62.42

    Diploma Course in Software Technology at CMC Limited

    Embedded Linux & Device Drivers Programming at Levana Technology

    Online course on Internet Of Things (IOT) at EmbeddedFrU

Interests

Interests

  • Learning

    New TechnologiesPython LanguageInternet Of Things (IOT)Understanding Machine learning
  • Nature

    GardeningVisiting villagesFarms
  • Open Source

References

References

  • Jui Vaidya, Manager R&D, Agd Biomedicals Pvt Ltd.
  • Jitendra Patil, Manager Electronics, Agd Biomedicals Pvt Ltd.