About

Baskaran Chidambaram is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in embedded software development. He is proficient in programming languages such as C, C++, and assembly, and has an in-depth understanding of RTOS, including Nucleus OS and VxWorks. Baskaran has worked with a variety of tools, including Windriver-Workbench & Vision Click, SVN, PVCS Dimensions, and JIRA issue tracker. He is also well-versed in protocols such as UART, SPI, and I2C, and has extensive experience working with microprocessors such as 80X86 and 8085, as well as microcontrollers like 8051, ARM, MPC5200B, and AR1020. Baskaran's specialties include embedded development, C, C++, RTOS, and firmware/device drivers development, including UART, SPI, and touch screen. He has worked on board bring-up, setting up the environment, and firmware development. Currently working at Texas Instruments as a Senior Software Engineer, Baskaran is involved in the development of boot, power management module, device drivers, and porting applications from other platforms. He has also developed PWM driver for AM1808, cache driver (including outer cache PL310), and GIC interrupt controller driver. In the past, Baskaran worked at Honeywell as a Senior Engineer, where he was involved in the development of In Home Display (IHD) for smart energy. He customized the IHD for different customers, debugged the Zigbee wireless protocol stack (IEEE 802.15.4), and used the Sensor Network Analyzer to monitor wireless packets transaction. He also worked on porting U-boot on LPC3250 based custom designed board, compiled and generated GNU tool chain with required floating-point options, loaded U-boot on to the target, and executed it with serial command interface. Baskaran is an expert in EVM, UI, and Software Engineering, with a relevant experience of 17.20 years. He is a team player and a great communicator, having successfully managed a team of four at Texas Instruments, planning tasks based on customer priority, tracking them to closure, reviewing the code, and managing release activities.