David Johnson

Background

About David Johnson

I apply experience in systems design, electronics, and software engineering along with planning and project management skills to solve sensor data acquisition, transmission, storage, processing, and appropriate data distribution to improve system performance and profitability. Energy availability and clean water are the #1 and #2 problems in the world and are foundational to our economic well-being. I am working to help in these areas with my background in sensors, real-time instrumentation and control while leveraging a passion for improving energy measurement and management from the source to it point of use. The integration of many new non-traditional sources of electric power present significant emerging challenges to power transmission and distribution. Instrumentation and real-time control are more critical to successful integration of these new energy sources than ever before. Breakthroughs in power electronics, coupled with developing battery technologies and the emergence of ultra-low power electronics will be leveraged to bring about fine-grain distributed generation, formation of micro-grids and to increasing energy management options for energy-consumers at all levels. RECENT WORK: Wireless telemetry firmware development - GSM/GPRS network, ATMega128L/Arm7 microcontrollers / C / uCOSII / IAR Embedded workbench. Linux Applications,[U,X,L]ubuntu, networking, PHP, MySQL, Digital / Analog design, software development C, Assembly, OpenGL, RF frequency planning, RFLink budgets, ArcGIS / Google earth for path analysis. System Engineering, Interface Control documents, Power Distribution System, electrical and F/O cabling design, cockpit display system - PowerPC / VxWorks / C / OpenGL WB57 Airborne Video Experiment (WAVE)- High altitude electro-optical surveillance system. Airborne pods for collection and measurement of RF and IR signatures System Engineering / Cabling Design / Technical Project Management