Utkarsh Verma
Student
IIITDM - Kancheepuram

Biography

My fascination with technology has propelled me onto various projects spanning hardware and software developments. I came up with a variety of systems of everyday utility, gathering a diverse skill-set to help me approach problems from a unique viewpoint. I am at my best when I get my hands dirty building something. I look forward to new challenges and devising innovative solutions.

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Interests

Embedded Systems
Linux
Software Development
Internet of Things
Static Websites

Education

B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering,

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacuring, Kancheepuram

Skills

Electronics

PCB Design, Arduino, IoT, Prototyping

Linux

Software Development, Continuous Integration

Programming

Go, C, Assembly, BASH, Python, MATLAB, NodeJS, Verilog, Java

Web Development

HTML, CSS, JS, Hugo, SCSS

Writing

Markdown, LaTeX

Experience

Junior Embedded Systems Engineer

Dextroware Devices

Dec, 2020 – Mar, 2021

Worked on a hands-free input device. Designed the schematics for the prototype and did the R&D for the next stage of the work.

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Team Leader

TARC

Jan, 2020 – Mar, 2020

Co-founded and led a team of 6 undergraduates as the electronics lead. Designed two non-humanoid robots with the team which scored 98/100 points in stage 1 of the national level in ABU Robocon.

Student

Nov, 2017 – Jan, 2018

Got introduced to the concept of FOSS and contributed to various open-source projects under OpenWISP. Became familiar with software development. Finished in the Top 10 participants under OpenWISP.

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Accomplishments

Micromouse Competition

IIT Madras · Jan, 2020

Finished as a finalist in Micromouse competition in Shaastra 2020, conducted by IIT Madras.

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Featured articles

Instructables · Jan, 2018

Articles on PCB making and prototyping tools featured on the website.

Sponsorship

DFRobot · Jan, 2017

Received sponsorship for my articles and personal projects.

Projects

8-bit Computer

Mar, 2021

Ben Eater’s simple as possible (SAP) 8-bit computer.

Skills: Arduino, Prototyping

Dec, 2020

A static website for the Darmiyaan podcast. It’s highly performant and prioritizes accessibility and SEO.

Skills: HTML, SCSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration, NodeJS

Darmiyaan

May, 2020

A static blog fully optimized for performance and search engines. Also employs its own dedicated commenting system using Staticman.

Skills: HTML, SCSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration, NodeJS, Markdown, LaTeX

BitBanged

Apr, 2020

A command-line tool, written in Go, for fetching data from Gmail servers using Gmail API.

Skills: Go, Software Development, Continuous Integration

Line Follower Robot

Mar, 2018

A robot built up from scratch which has PIC16F84A as the brain, coded in Basic C.

Skills: PCB Design, C

Line Follower Robot

Losant Temp Sensor App

Feb, 2018

An app for Mongoose OS which periodically sends ESP32’s temperature readings to Losant’s servers for plotting a graph.

Skills: IoT, JS

Losant Temp Sensor App

Dec, 2017

An easy-to-make, mini-sized, DIY development board for ESP32 SoC. It is an open source project available on GitHub.

Skills: PCB Design, IoT, Prototyping

ESPer

Aug, 2017

A DIY bluetooth audio adapter for making wired headsets or speakers wireless. It also provides a wireless microphone.

Skills: PCB Design, Prototyping

BluFi

Jul, 2017

A mini audio adapter which makes any wired earphone compatible with your devices.

Skills: Prototyping

Convertendo

Mar, 2021

A lightweight, modular and suckless status bar for dwm written in C.

Skills: C, Software Development, BASH

hugo-mod-svg-icon-system

Mar, 2021

Hugo module for implementing a hassle-free SVG icon system in Hugo.

Skills: HTML, Hugo

Yaru Dark Theme for Firefox

Dec, 2019

A dark theme to port Ubuntu’s Yaru Dark theme to Firefox which is written in CSS.

Skills: CSS

Yaru Dark Theme for Firefox

Feb, 2019

A dark theme for Ecosia, the green search engine. It is an open source project written in CSS. Check it out on GitHub.

Skills: CSS

Ecosia Darker

Hugo Dream Plus

Apr, 2018

An open source theme for Hugo, the static website generator. It is written in HTML, CSS and using Go templates.

Skills: HTML, CSS, JS, Hugo, Continuous Integration

Hugo Dream Plus