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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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Posts by Darren:

News » Saving our clients money

Posted 26th February 2021

Consultancy image

February engagements included working on distributed optical sensing technology, consultancy for a company which builds quantum computers and not engaging with one client.

Blog » A Reflection on 2020

Posted 29th January 2021

An empty office and desserted Science Park

Having started 2021 much as we ended 2020, we thought it would be good to look back to before the pandemic and reflect on how the year turned out against expectations ...

News » January’s wins and successes

Posted 29th January 2021

5G image

As part of our strategy to keep industry peers updated and informed, both on project progress and technical content, we will be summarising our activities on a regular basis.

Blog » Universal Verification Methodology: design for reuse

Posted 5th January 2021

Higher level testbench reusing lower level components

ITDev recently engaged with an ASIC design company. This blog outlines our verification strategy, and how our knowledge of UVM allowed us to achieve high test coverage in a very short time.

News » 20 in 2020!

Posted 16th December 2020

20th anniversary graphic

We’re not sure if we’ve mentioned this but ITDev has turned 20! Given the difficult year we’ve all been experiencing, we’ve been pleased to share this good news...so in case you haven’t heard ‘Happy ...more

Example Projects » Protecting ATMs

Posted 10th November 2020

Proving the concept of triggering an ink-based system within cash machines to make stolen cash worthless.

News » 'Indian Summer' update

Posted 11th September 2020

Autumn

Summer '20 news update From adapting to our new working situation to recruiting new staff members and engaging new clients, it’s been a busy summer. Find out more in our latest update ...

Example Projects » Asset Tracking

Posted 3rd August 2020

Assessment of novel technologies for a method of performing intelligent asset tracking and monitoring.

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VP Operations
Deep Tech company

One of the most professionally competent engineering services I have worked with. From first engagement through to project completion, on time and within budget, fully meeting our expectations and technological challenges.

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EMEA Pro Partner FAE
Dolby Laboratories

ITDEV has filled a key capability gap for us, helping us advance our software with the assurance of a high quality finalised product. At every step of the way the team at ITDEV have provided us with honest opinions and tried to innovate, proving their desire to generate...

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CTO
Sentinel Photonics

Latest Blog Posts

Balancing the benefits of contractors vs consultants

Hire A Contractor Or Outsource? Make Sure You Get Value

Posted 19th November 2024, By Jon O

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

Latest News

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

ITDev Introduces FPGA Video IP for SDR/HDR Colour Conversion

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 ...