Erich Christopher Whitney

BACKGROUND

I have been working as an Electrical Engineer in design for more than 14 years, however I've been tinkering since I was a kid.

Back in 1996 my wife and I purchased our first home and I got interested in Home Automation. I've also been brewing my own beer off and on since 1994, thus HomeBrew Engineering.

I have done loads of projects related to these hobbies and I have created this site to share information and experiences with others who share my interest. Currently, nothing here is for sale. I will publish things when I have time. I have some ideas about commercial products but given the amount of time I spend on my day job, that stuff is way off in the future.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

I have experience in ASIC and FPGA design, tools, and methodology from RTL to silicon. Programming skills include Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Ruby, C, Unix shell scripts, Makefiles, and solder!

EMPLOYMENT

I am currently a Principal FPGA IP Engineer in the Adjunct Processing group of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc, in Chelmsfor, MA.

EDUCATION

MSEE, University of New Hampshire (1990)

BSEE, University of New Hampshire (1987)

PROFESSIONAL

Member IEEE since 1987.

Currently 2004 Boston Synopsys User's Group (BSNUG) Technical Committee Chair.

CONTACT

Email erich@hbeng.com

FAVORITE POEM

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.