Michael Covitt

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About Michael Covitt

Embedded Real-Time Software Engineer and VHDL Designer My favorite job is to take on a project that is way over budget, months late and only partially working and get it done ASAP. This is what I do best. I also enjoy working on a project from the beginning, from systems design, requirements development, presentations to customers/management, design and development, to sell-off. Areas of experience include commercial and military radar processing systems, aircraft and ship-borne displays, medical devices, test equipment and embedded real-time controller applications. Technical Skills • Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project • Xilinx ISE, SDK and Vivado • Xilinx Virtex 4,5, & 7, Kintex 7, Spartan 3, Zynq (ZED), Xilinx MicroBlaze • Write my own hardware IP, in VHDL, for interfacing the MicroBlaze to external hardware. • Expert with Xilinx ML507, VC707, KC705, and ZED Board Evaluation Boards • C, C++, Assembly and VHDL Programming • I2C, UART, SPI, HDLC Interfaces • WiFi • Ethernet • Read Schematics • FTDI USB Host Modules • Proficient with lab equipment • Wireshark Analyzer • Eclipse IDEs, Code:Blocks IDE, Visual Studio / C++• • Motorola Processors and Controllers • 1553, NTDS, GPIB, USB, FLASH