I am Attila Gulyás, second year Embedded Systems Engineering student at HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem, Netherlands
My full name is Attila Dénes Gulyás but I rarely use my second last name
- Fun fact: one of my hobbies is travelling. So much so that this picture of me was taken on an ICE train when I was on a school trip to Prague.
— Description
Ever since I got my first mobile phone at age 10 I showed a keen interest in electronics. This interest grew into me becoming the family's tech guy during my middle school years; if the Wifi got down at home I would look into it, if my mother's laptop needed a new SSD I would install it. All of this, plus me wanting to know what lies beyond consumer electronics, lead me to pursue a degree in the field of embedded applications. And with me venturing into Home Assistant in 2024 I brought my love for embedded systems into my everyday life.
— Competences
- C++: graphical user interface, especially using Qt
- C#: a pinch of .NET
- Arduino, AVR, ARM: used in smaller projects
— Education
Kőbányai Szent László Gimnázium (Budapest, Hungary)
- Secondary education with a focus on math and IT
HAN University of Applied Sciences (Arnhem, Netherlands)
- bachelor Embedded Systems Engineering
Projects
Robot car
This was the first project I took part in during my studies. It served as an introduction into how to work in a professional environment.
The goal of this project was to design and build a little robot car, using the components and the frame given to us beforehand. The car had to be able to wander around on its own by avoiding obstacles, follow a line and be remotely controlled. The system was controlled by an AVR based microcontroller, but the prototyping phase was done using the Arduino IDE.
My part in this project was developing the line tracking and remote control abilities, as well as cleaning up the whole code during later stages of development.
Reverse Geocaching Box
This project took place during my second semester. The goal of this project was to build a reverse geocaching game, consisting of going to a predetermined place with the box and solving a small puzzle on the box. The electronics included 4 navigational buttons, a small OLED display, a servo for opening and closing the box, a GPS module for the geocaching part, and an ARM based microcontroller as a "brains" of the whole system. My part in this project mainly revolved around the box's design so it provided less room for relevant improvement for me.
MORE E-cargobike
I took part in this project in my 3rd semester. The subject of this project was a cargo bike at HAN University's Connectr facility, the aim of the project was to install an electric system on the bike so that it could be an e-bike.
This was my first interdisciplinary project. We worked together with students from Industrial Product Design and Mechanical Engineering, with each of us having been given different assignments based on our fields. However, there was little communication between the disciplines, especially between mine and everyone else, purely because there was little to be discussed; the only thing IPO students needed to know from us, for example, was the size of the battery, which they could measure by themselves as it was already available on site.
As almost all of the components were already shipped to us, the design phase was considerably shorter than usual, and we could focus on building and testing the system. But it also meant working within the confines of the pre-built system which caused unforeseen delays.