Executive Management
Staff
Advisors
Stuart Scofield
Expert Firmware Engineer
Portland Metro Office
Education
- BS Computer Systems Engineering, Oregon Institute of Technology
Recognition
- 7 US Patents:
- Media carrier (8,057,115)
- Early transparency detection routine for inkjet printing (6,994,432 and 6,685,313)
- Back-branding media determination system for inkjet printing (6,585,341)
- Advanced media determination system for inkjet printing (6,561,643)
- Educatable media determination system for inkjet printing (6,425,650)
- Two-stage media determination system for inkjet printing (6,386,669)
Interests / Obsessions
- Hobby farm
- Hiking
- Kayaking
- Travel / RV
Favorite Quote
- Larry Norman
Expertise
- Firmware architecture & design
- Real-time system design, test, & debugging
- Optical sensor applications
- Motor control
- Real-time multi-threaded systems
- New product design and development (large and small scale)
- Innovation with multi-discipline teams
Experience
- 25 years design & developer of FW for various embedded systems
- Architect: Interface language constructs to control and monitor printer servo, ink delivery and pen subsystems
- Firmware development for printer side of Cricut Imagine
- Co-inventor of media detection in HP Deskjet, PhotoSmart and All-in-One printers
- Small and large scale printer products
- Media detection
- CD detection
- Image-to-media alignment
- Ink monitor
- Print job start sequence controller
- Media handling
- Environmental data loggers
- Entire firmware development
- User interface
- Data storage
- I/O protocols
- Low power mode
- External device control
- Multiple sensor input
- I/O protocol support for GOES transmitter and OrbComm satellite transceiver
- FX controller firmware for PC VGA-to-video card
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