ABOUT
My name is Benjamin Fiset-Deschênes. I am a professional embedded software developer, working and living near Montreal, Quebec. I hold a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the École de technologie supérieure, Montreal. I also hold a technical degree in telecommunication electronics. I plan on pursuing my Master's degree in electrical engineering in the near future.
I have a strong passion for electronics, especially when it involves video gaming.
My gaming days began in the late NES era. I collect/repair/maintain/improve video games consoles and accessories I've played with over the years! I think emulation is great but there's no feeling like holding the real controller for the system in your hand and play the game on the real hardware, the way it was intended; with all the glitches and slow downs in games that might be absent when emulated.
The engineer in me always has been fascinated by the concept of creating a computing system highly optimized for certain tasks. Video game consoles are a prime example of that. It's why I decided to pursue a career in embedded software programming. Most of the time, embedded computer systems are hardware systems with circuitry and components selected specifically with the goal of doing a limited set of tasks in the most efficient way possible.
I do enjoy following the technological progress of mobile computing like Smartphones and other devices based on the same hardware/software but I do prefer the cold and harsh environment that is bare metal programming (OK, I admit I do enjoy using embedded RTOS from time to time).
Most of my personal projects are geared toward video games and home automation electronics. My comfort zone is located at 24Vdc or less!
I encourage anyone who wishes to learn software programming. Wether it's on an embedded platform or at a higher level on a personnal computer, I think having programming skills is a very valuable asset if you wish to better understand how and why all those computing systems all around you work that way.
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