About

Hey, I’m Rick van Loo. I’m an Embedded Software Developer based in Enschede, The Netherlands, got an MSc in Embedded Systems and currently I am working as a Go developer for BauWatch Technology Group.

My interests involve modern software design in the embedded world. Bare-metal Microcontrollers, RTOS, Embedded Linux, FPGAs and even some backend. As long as it is not too high-level, I am happy!

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Sept. 2024-Now
Software Developer; BauWatch Technology (Enschede, NL)

Skills: Go. Microservices. Embedded Linux Development, Backend Development

Jan. 2024 - Jul. 2024
Embedded Developer, New Product Team; Nedap Livestock Management (Groenlo, NL)

Skills: Bare-metal C, RTOS, Go. Single Embedded Developer, worked on a new wireless product. Besides software, I also did PCB-Design for this product in Altium Designer.

Jan. 2023 - Jan. 2024
Embedded Developer, SmartTag Team; Nedap Livestock Management (Groenlo, NL)

Skills: Bare-metal C, Python, MATLAB. Worked on both the SmartTag 3.0 Neck and their newer SmartTag Ear.

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2018-2022
MSc, Embedded Systems; University of Twente (Enschede, NL)

Master Thesis: Investigating Approximate FPGA Multiplication for Increased Power-Efficiency

2014-2018
BSc, Electrical Engineering; University of Twente (Enschede, NL)

Bachelor Thesis: Increasing Throughput of FPGA-Based Streaming Applications By Using Pipelining

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