Sotiris Z.

Practical electronics engineer with 9 years experience taking specs and ideas and turning them into working prototypes and eventually products. Persistence and analytical thinking is a must, but when your hobby is your profession you are personally invested in every project. That's my mindset. Taking full ownership of the project combined with effective customer communication, so we can the best results!

Here is a list of my technical skills:

Simulation & Analysis

LT spice, Microcap, Matlab, FEMM

PCB Design

Analogue, digital, mixed signal design, schematic
capture and pcb layout, EMC testing, IPC-2221, signal
integrity, high voltage rules

Power electronics topologies

LLC, Full Bridge, Half bridge, Buck, Boost, Phase
shifted full bridge, PFCs, Flyback, DC:DC, AC:DC
converters, SMPS design, feedback control loops

Magnetics Design

Simulation - calculations and winding of transformers
and inductors at my facility.

Programming Languages

Embedded C, C#, Assembly, Java, SQL

Microcontrollers

AVR AtMega series, PSOC4, PSOC5 MCUs, Arduino

Communication protocols

I2C, RS232, RS485, SPI, 1-WIRE, UART, MODBUS

Software

Altium Designer, Atmel Studio, PSOC Creator, Visual
Studio, Simulink, Mathcad, MS Office

Lab equipment

Oscilloscopes, LCR meters, multimeters, PSUs,
electronic loads, dynamic signal analyzers,
soldering irons, power-tools, mechanical equipment,
high voltage psus