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Darren

Senior Software Engineer

Bsc Applied Physics, Microelectronics and Computing, Kingston University

After university I started working on embedded software for a fruit machine company, controlling motors and lamp arrays.
I later moved into the broadcast industry working for Pace Micro on the Docsis and Davic STBs.
From there I moved to Sun Microsystems, working on daughter cards for the 2PTower server.
Returning to the broadcast industry with Harmonic (HD01) and later to Ericsson Television to work on the professional receivers (RX8xxx, Rx8 and RX1)and encoders (ICE6).
Most recently, I worked in a team developing OEM equipment on Arm devices, for a company called Bitbox.

I enjoy spending time with my family, running and learning to play the electric guitar.

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Blog » Setting up the fan speed controller on a VPK120 dev board - project specific

Posted 13th June 2023

VPK120 development board pictured wearing ear defenders with silent smiley on the fan

This blog contains the final steps for adding the minimal IP to send the necessary SYSMON data to the System Controller for controlling the fan on the AMD Versal VPK120 dev board.

Blog » Setting up the fan speed controller on a VPK120 dev board - board update

Posted 25th May 2023

VPK120 development board pictured wearing ear defenders

Whilst developing on an AMD Versal VPK120 you will want to control the fan speed to keep the noise at manageable levels. This guide captures the steps taken to do this using the onboard System ...more

Basic page » FPGA Design

Posted 12th April 2023

Our team of FPGA designers are experienced in AMD, Intel and Lattice devices, from latest ZynqUltraScale+, Cyclone down to Crosslink. If you are working with AMD (Xilinx) or Intel (Altera) reference ...more

News » Returning from a "Land Down Under"

Posted 3rd March 2023

Shot of Sydney Harbour Bridge

We welcome David back from Australia and review some of the actvities we've been engaged with in February 2023.

Blog » Why do requirements change?

Posted 20th January 2023

Robin on a bird table

The customer is always right, and he hasn't changed his requirements, but the consultant says they're in constant flux. Who's right? Let's explore further ...

News » Engaging with TechNES FPGA forum

Posted 9th August 2022

Last month we attended the second TechNES FPGA Frontrunners event, here's our write up from the day ...

News » Supporting future engineers

Posted 28th July 2022

Here's a short report on our attendance at the ECS Taster week Careers Fair On Tues 26th July. A chance to promote industrial opportunties to year 11 students.

Blog » From intern to graduate engineer

Posted 30th June 2022

JonO interviewing Matthew

30th June and it's Matthew's 2 year anniversary of joining as a full-time member of staff. Matthew spent 2 summers working for us as an intern before joining as a graduate in the summer of 2020 ...

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Anonymous

Programme Manager
Oil & Gas industry supplier

We have worked with ITDev for many years. During that time they have always shown professionalism, competence, and dedication to our projects and products. Their experience in the broadcast industry has been invaluable to us.

Glenn Stokes

Principal Project Manager
MediaKind

I highly recommend Andy, Aleks and the team. From the first scoping call with Andy, I knew we were working with highly intelligent, considerate and engaging people. They clearly cared about the success of our project and didn't look to take shortcuts to get there....

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Recently I was in discussion with a potential client about the challenges he was having with resourcing one of his projects. His automatic assumption was to ...more

Laurence at his desk in the office

Inspiring the Next Generation: A Glimpse into ITDev

Posted 29th August 2024, By Jon O

At ITDev, we are passionate about the work we do and the impact it has. Recently, we had the pleasure of welcoming a bright year 10 pupil, Laurence, for a 7 ...more

My 1 year UKESF placement at ITDev

Posted 5th August 2024, By Joseph S

We sponsored Joseph as a UKESF student, offering him a 1 year work placement. This is his report on the experience and what you can expect on a placement with ...more

VPK120 development board pictured wearing ear defenders with silent smiley on the fan

Setting up the fan speed controller on a VPK120 dev board - project specific

Posted 13th June 2023, By Aysa D

This blog contains the final steps for adding the minimal IP to send the necessary SYSMON data to the System Controller for controlling the fan on the AMD ...more

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ITDev connects with International Broadcast & Media Industry

Posted 30th August 2024

ITDev are pleased to announce becoming a silver member of the IABM. With a long-standing knowledge of creating custom solutions for the ...more

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Posted 12th September 2023

ITDev is proud to announce the launch of a new FPGA video IP core. The core allows integrators to quickly and easily add high-quality colour space conversion ...more

Shot of Sydney Harbour Bridge

Returning from a "Land Down Under"

Posted 3rd March 2023

We welcome David back from Australia and review some of the actvities we've been engaged with in February 2023.

Engaging with TechNES FPGA forum

Posted 9th August 2022

Last month we attended the second TechNES FPGA Frontrunners event, here's our write up from the day ...