About Me
Hey! I'm Erkam, a 3rd year Comp Eng student at UW. My main point of interest is firmware and embedded systems. That FINALLY! moment after 2 hours of fixing a simple pointer mistake is always fun. (not really)
Recently, I've also been getting into humanoid robots and how to build autonomous systems kept running by sensors as well. There's quite a lot to learn though.
My favourite book series is The First Law by Joe Abercrombie! Check the section below to see if we've read some of the same books! If you have any book recs or want to yap about any of these PLEASE contact me.
Work Experience
Nokia
Firmware Co-op
S26 (now)
Toronto Transit Commission
Signals/Electrical Intern
F25
FIRST Robotics
Mentor Team 9525
F25 · volunteer
Third Octet
Data Engineering Intern
W25
Projects
Couldn't tune this damn instrument outside with an external tuner.
Decided to make my own jack-connected tuner instead.
Who doesn't want Toronto's subway system hanging on their wall?
Useful (?) art installation with LED Controllers and ESP32
TinyTapeout digital IC of a carnival Whack-A-Mole game
Meeting timing requirements was hard.
Ultrasonic directional speaker, can only hear it from the direction it is facing.
STM32 ADC samples straight to memory and modulates audio onto a 40kHz PWM carrier.
Books (the ones I remember)
for pleasure
| Title | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Gentleman Bastards | Scott Lynch | reading |
| The First Law Series | Joe Abercrombie | read |
| The Age of Madness Series | Joe Abercrombie | read |
| The Stormlight Archive | Brandon Sanderson | read |
| 3 Body Problem Series | Cixin Liu | read |
| Hobbit + Lord of The Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | read |
| Crime and Punishment | Fyodor D. | read |
| The Black Company Series | Glen Cook | read |
| The Powdermage Series | Brian McClellan | read |
| The Acts of Caine Series | Matthew Stover | read |
| King of Thorns Series | Mark Lawrence | read |
| Dune (Books 1-2) | Frank Herbert | read |
| The Kite Runner + Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | read |
| 1984 | George Orwell | read |
| Watership Down | Richard Adams | read |
| World War Z | Max Brooks | read |
| The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | read |
for learning
| Title | Author | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Making Embedded Systems | Elecia White | reading |
| Modern C | Jens Gustedt | reading |
| Moonwalking with Einstein | Joshua Foer | queued |
| Algorithms to Live By | Brian Christian | read |
| Atomic Habits | James Clear | read |