Christopher Forte

Education **** - **** SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY

B.E.E.E.

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering)

Work

experience

**** - ******* ***** ******** ********** Bohemia, NY Sr. Electronics Engineer

Advanced existing FPGA logic interfaces to 125 mhz Xilinx Zynq with three 32 bit busses to logic:

• 8 channel interface to 24 bit ADC’s for use with RTD/Thermocouple sensors.

• 24 channel I/O modules including Multi channel PWM and Digital Pattern generators with overcurrent functions.

• Multi channel I/O edge detection, pulse measurement, event counters. FIFOs. Built In Test. 2000 - 2012 MITEQ Hauppauge, NY

Sr. Embedded Systems Engineer

Designed Embedded controllers based on Xilinx Spartan 6 FPGA:

• SPI Flash, DDR RAM, SPI ADC, SPI DAC, RS485/422/232 used to control RF switch system.

• OpAmp circuits used for LCD contrast, RF PIN diode biasing. Designed a variety of PIN diode control circuits used in high speed, high reliability, SPACE RF switches:

• PNP, NPN, MOSFET transistor designs used to provide bipolar biasing.

• RADHARD IC’s including ACTEL FPGA to 100kRAD used for control interface (VHDL implemented). Designed 8 bit Digital Attenuator (1us settling) controller as follows:

• CPLD (VHDL) to decode input and store look up table to drive high speed DAC/OpAmp. Designed the following peripheral functions into XILINX programmable logic using VHDL:

• UARTs, FIFOs, Keypad encoders, Rotary switch encoders, PWMs. 1998 - 2000 TELEPHONICS Farmingdale, NY

Senior Electrical Engineer

Using ISO 9001 procedures created electrical designs and documentation used in a variety of digital audio intercommunication control systems incorporating hardware as follows:.

• XILINX XC9500 series CPLD, VHDL input, controlling front panel, digital audio, and serial communication link.

• SIEMENS linear optoisolator circuit used as interface to aircraft dimming control voltage.

• Front panel illumination, both sunlight readable and night vision goggle compatible, utilizing PWM design techniques, alphanumeric displays, high performance npn transistors, and zener diode regulator circuits.

• Reduced the power dissipation in a design by 30% utilizing 3.3v technology. 1997 - 1998 INTERDYNAMICS Brooklyn, NY

Consulting Electronic Engineer

Hardware design of after - market automotive climate control system utilizing the following:

• Microchip PIC series MCU.

• Thermistor based design for temperature sensing.

• PWM techniques to control fan speed.

1996 - 1998 ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS Hauppauge, NY

Senior Electrical Engineer

Provided design, manufacturing, and test support for 2-D, 3-D, machine vision equipment:

• Designed 512-point I/O system using CYPRESS CPLD - VHDL decoders, multiplexers with interface to ISA bus. 107 Eaton's Neck Road

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• Designed and simulated CPLD based digital timing circuit for 2-D bar code inspection system synchronizing motor control, video processor, and illumination systems.

• Improved accuracy of high impedance integrator circuits prone to drift problems. 1993 - 1996 CYBEX Ronkonkoma, NY

Electronics Group Leader

Managed a group of five involved in the design of products used in fitness/rehabilitation systems:

• Designed DSP based (TMS320) (ISA bus interface) 32-channel data acquisition card with analog interface to piezoelectric transducer system using isolation charge amplifiers.

• Designed analog front-end interface (instrumentation amp) to torque transducer (strain gage).

• Reduced the electrical noise and EMI susceptibility in a strain gage - servo motor based torque measuring system using analog filtering and mechanical shielding techniques.

• Cost reduced a microcomputer PCB by 50% utilizing a 600 gate CPLD (ALTERA).

• Designed battery powered control module for cordless exercise bike incorporating three-phase motor to generate power via rectifier/regulator circuit and digital timer circuit for power shutdown. 1986 - 1993 VICON INDUSTRIES Melville, NY

Project Engineer

Designed the following microprocessor based products to be used in video surveillance systems:

• Main system CPU utilizing five MC68000 mpu's (parallel processing and proprietary bus).

• Video crosspoint switcher for switching 1024 cameras into 128 monitors.

• Remote keypads for camera selection and position control utilizing 8031 mcu and RS422.

• Remote motor interface for pan, tilt, lens control incorporating DC motor control circuits.

• Videotext overlay unit for information updates using single chip character generator.

• Memory card interface for program storage (PCMCIA).

• Variable speed control interface utilizing D/A into power op-amps. 1984 - 1986 VEECO INSTRUMENTS Plainview, NY

Electrical Engineer

Assisted in the development of various microprocessor-based products used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment:

• Silicon wafer resistivity probe incorporating MC68000.

• Low-pressure chamber vacuum gage incorporating NEC 8 bit microcomputer. 1983 - 1984 BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY Upton, NY Engineering Aide

Assisted in the design and development of a programmable motor controller utilizing digital logic and stepper motor to accurately position material samples used at the National Synchrotron Light Source. Related

skills

The following skills were developed to meet the needs of many of the development projects above.

• Xilinx Vivado, SDK, Altec Active HDL.

• National Instruments MULTISIM Power Pro Edition SPICE circuit simulation tool.

• ORCAD schematic entry tools.

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