Greg Hartl

• Experienced programmer in embedded environments, including TI & Freescale’s microcontroller • Focus of signal processing and control theory in graduate school • Strong technical communication skills, giving presentations, and working often in groups • Experience writing software requirements and test protocols for medical devices • Member of the ECE Honor Society (Eta Kappa Nu) Computers • Programming – C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Java, VHDL, HTML, JavaScript • Software – Code Composer Studio, QNX, Catapult C, MATLAB with SIMULINK, MathCAD • Rational CleaseCase version control and RoseRT, DOORS Requirement Tracking software • NI LabWindows / CVI and LabVIEW Embedded • TI’s OMAPL138 (DSP+ARM9) • Freescale's S08 (8-bit), DSC (16-bit), ColdFire (32-Bit), and i.MX Microcontrollers • Freescale’s MQX RTOS with Tower System • Debugging microcontroller software and system hardware • Integrating peripheral devices with microcontrollers • Bidirectional communication with multiple microcontrollers and external hardware Signal Processing • Fundamentals of signal processing, including Fourier Transform implementation (FFT) • Digital Speech Processing; includes modeling the vocal creation mechanism, short-time Fourier Transform (STFT), filtering of speech, and coding mechanisms • Concepts of Upsampling/Downsamping with filter banks • Filter design using MATLAB • Data Compression and Modeling; includes introduction to lossy and lossless coding techniques, quantization, and compression techniques in audio/visual media • Familiarity with Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and its application to JPEG compression • Using Gram-Schmidt algorithm to form orthobasis • Introduction to wavelets and their applications • Overview of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) concepts • Loop unrolling and pipelining in Catapult C