Sivaprakash

Embedded Systems Hardware Engineer

About Me

I am a Hardware Engineer based in Bangalore with 8 years of experience working as PCB Layout engineer providing technical guidance in the development, implementation, and maintenance of PCB designs. I am also skilled in preparing design documentation.I have detail understanding of the PCB design and fabrication process.

I have in-depth knowledge of PCB Design, analysis & design verification, RF and FPGA designs, Components selection, BOM optimization, PCB layout, schematic capture, library management, and Production test. I also worked on varies tools and gained proficiency in KiCAD, Altium Designer and OrCAD.

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Projects

Electronut Labs products

BLE, FPGA, Debugging tools

Designed PCB's and production jigs. Used Kicad and Altium designer tools for all these boards. Some of the boards are Blip, Blipboy Shield, Paper, Bluey, hackaBLE, Bumpy, iCE Bling, Indrium PI-hat, Thermalert, and iCE-Edge.

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Wireless Multiple Camera Trigger

PSCO6, Multiple cameras connector

Multiple camera triggering based on the external trigger and the mobile app. Used for photography.

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Fitness Tracker

nRF52832, GSR, Heart Rate Monitor Sensor, 6-axis accelerometer

Designed a fitness tracker for a client with functionality like heart rate monitoring, Galvanic Skin Response(GSR). Power-optimized components selection, schematic and PCB Layout.

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BLE Beacon

The smallest beacon for retail security.

BLE beacon size was 13mm in diameter. It has a 3-axis accelerometer and a tripwire system. If the accelerometer detects motion or the tripwire detects removal. The project had very constrained requirements for component selection, routing, and production/testing.

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Smart ID for safety

BLE, Accelerometer, Vibration motor, Power optimization

nRF52832 based smart ID card for safety purpose incorporated vibration motor, accelerometer for fall detection and button for sending the trigger to the server and app.

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Wifi based Skincare Device

ESP32 USB dongle

Designed compact PCB with EPS32 WiFi Module and low-power Temp/ Humidity sensor. The ESP module was heating up the PCB, the challenge was make optimized thermal management.

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BLE Based Medical Device for EEG Mesurement

BLE based patient monitoring system

Designed two nRF52932 based PCB’s. Worked with firmware engineers for developing and testing the prototype. Provided guidelines to the mechanical engineer to develop the enclosure

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BLE based asset tracking system

nRF52, BLE, low power, 1.5inch e-paper display, CryptoAuthentication

Developed a device for retail supply chain company for tracking and logging data of pallets and goods transported overseas. Used IMU, BLE gateways to accomplish this.

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Magnetic Calibration

PIC16, Hall effect, EEPROM

Designed Prototypes for an automotive client, who needed to calibrate fifth wheel coupling using hall effect sensors. We did the hardware design and firmware.

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CAN-BUS project

STM32, CAN, I2C, 1-Wire

This was for an automotive industry client, who needed to communicate to multiple sensors and EEPROM over CAN. We did hardware and firmware for translating CAN to 1-wire to I2C transactions.

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Testimonials

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"Siva is the PCB wizard in Electronut Labs. He very skilled at PCB designing, debugging, and product development. He is very quick to respond if I need his help, working with Siva is great. I have learned a lot from him."

Vaishali Pathak

Firmware Engineer, Electronut Labs

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"I’ve been working with Siva since 2016. A hardworking and dedicated engineer, Siva has all the skills required to bring a piece of hardware to life. He is an expert in multi-layer PCB design, and well versed with tools such as Altium Designer and Kicad. Siva is very hands-on, and a great addition to any team that’s trying to build hardware."

Mahesh Venkitachalam

Founder, Electronut Labs

Know more or Contact me

Mail me [at] s.sivaprakasheee@gmail.com