Luc Heaton
Programmer
I'm a developer of many things, and I enjoy bringing ideas to life.
This might mean programming the functionality of a microcontroller,
repairing a problematic device, creating a desktop or mobile application,
or building a website (like this one).
During my further education I studied:
Computer Science
Physics
Digital Illustration
Some languages I work with:
Embedded C
C#
HTML & CSS
French
The embedded devices I work on:
ATtiny series
ESP32
STM32
Some communication protocols I use:
SPI
I2C
UART
.experience
I learn from the projects that I work on everyday, which are nearly all listed here
Although I have or continue to work for:
Designing and programming performant code to control the functionality of various microcontrollers. Like the ESP32 or ATtiny.
Interfacing with modules such as a six-axis motion tracking device over I2C.
Producing GUIs for products that incorporate a display using serial communication.
Discussing features and ideas on a daily-basis and adapting to changes in design to meet customer requirements.
2019 - PresentGained a new perspective of troubleshooting through working alongside the support team.
Retained valuable technical knowledge improving my ability to diagnose software and hardware faults with computers and portable devices.
Interaction at the front desk with new or returning customers, taking notes of issues, and offering feedback.
Acquired a great insight into web development through discussions with other employees.
2017 - 2018.portfolio
Some projects I'd like to give attention to:
Featured Project
CIO2 VU Meter
With my understanding of the ATtinys registers, I developed a solution that combined a ground referenced signal presented within its ADC registers to generate a 10-bit resolution result. Which represents an analogue dB value, then displayed via the VU Meter of the CiO² product from Hive Industries through Charlieplexed LEDs.
C/C++ AVR 03/07/2019
Featured Project
Terminal Mastermind
My recreation of Fallout 4's hacking minigame for mobile, which can be found on the
Google Play store!
Find the correct password within each terminal displayed, using your skills in deduction and a little bit of luck!
More information about this project, as well as others, can be found here
C# Unity 15/09/2021
Featured Project
Text-based Scrabble
An ASCII recreation of the board game Scrabble developed for my A-Level Computer Science coursework.
Including: Premium scoring cells, Horizontal and vertical placement,
Blank tiles, A dictionary validation check around the letter(s) placement, Multi-word scoring, and more.
Python 16/12/2018
Featured Project
Munchman repair
My dad's original Grandstand Munchman hasn't powered up for the last few
decades. Over the years, I've made small attempts to find the cause with no luck.
But every year, I have picked up new fragments of knowledge in troubleshooting
electronics and was finally able to identify a single NPN transistor that wasn't meeting
the datasheet's specification and needed replacement.
Finally bringing Munchman to life, once again
Electronics 30/12/2021
Other projects
AutoTagger
Often times a track name is correctly listed within the filename of the song, but not within the file's metadata. I built a Python script to fix this.
It cycles through audio files within a local directory gathering artist(s) names and comparing them against an ever-growing txt file of artists.
To correctly capitalize the name (as often they have slight differences which break media player albums), which is then applied to the ID3 tags along with the song name, for clear track
formatting when using media players
Python 09/07/2019
WiFi Air mouse
Wanting to combine the remote connectivity of the ESP32 with the accurate readings of the MPU6050 that I had managed. I built a C++ library for the ESP32 that talked to the sensor over I2C then packaged the modified axis data to be sent over WiFi to a receiver, handling mouse movement.