Cliff Brake
Consultant at BEC Systems, LLC
Akron, Ohio, United States
Summary
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SeniorCliff Brake is a seasoned embedded Linux/IoT consultant with 25 years of hands-on hardware and software experience spanning design engineering to cloud-enabled IoT solutions. Currently at BEC Systems, he partners with clients to design and bring to market high-assurance embedded products, leveraging Linux OS ports, driver development, and system software. His career includes leadership roles at Vibren Technologies and Accelent Systems, where he drove Windows CE and Linux porting, hardware design reviews, build systems, and SCM workflows—plus two battery charging patents from his Telxon days. An active open-source contributor, his Linux-serial-test project demonstrates a focus on robust serial communication testing, including baud rate options, RTS/CTS control, RS485, and timing measurements. He is based in Marshallville, Ohio, and brings a rare blend of hardware design, OS development, and product development leadership to solve complex embedded challenges.
25 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (17)
uart10
linux10
c1110
c1710
rs48510
serial-communication10
command-line-interface9
commandline-interface9
sys9
embedded9
html6
natsio6
grpc6
go6
meteor6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
cbrake/linux-serial-test
Sep 2012 - Nov 2022
Linux Serial Test Application
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:1 review, 55 commits, 37 PRs in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Cliff primarily developed and maintained a Linux serial test application. Their contributions include adding command-line options for baud rate, port selection, and custom baud rate divisors. They also implemented features for dumping received data, enabling RTS/CTS flow control, and providing RS485 control options, demonstrating a focus on serial communication testing and control within a Linux environment. Additionally, the user added functionality for sending specific bytes and timing measurements.
linuxserial
simpleiot/firmware
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Firmware for IoT devices.
Contributions:3 reviews, 118 commits, 22 PRs in 4 years 7 months
argonfirmwaretuyaiot-devicesmqtt
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