Hi, I’m Houston Fortney, a passionate Electrical Engineer and Software Developer. I enjoy using the latest technologies to solve hard problems. I’m motivated by the impact my work has on the world.
To learn more, take a look at what I have built.
I built instrumentation for measurement and control of temperature, magnetic field, and electrical properties. These instruments are used by scientists for research at extreme temperatures. This work has involved a broad range of experience including:
I implemented a Hardware In the Loop (HIL) testing program which improved code quality and enabled more frequent, confident delivery.
A custom RPC/RSO protocol was in use to communicate between embedded devices and higher level software. Implementing handlers on both ends and keeping them in sync was a repetitive, error-prone task. I wrote a CLI tool to generate code for both ends from a single shared file that declares the protocol using a Domain Specific Language (DSL).
I am meticulous about making the most of my time. For many years I did this with a system I had implemented using a paper schedule. While there are many existing tools out there for managing tasks, I wanted to make one that fit my exact method, and take the opportunity to gain experience with the React framework. TodoApp has some cool features:
I architected a python package which eases the integration of instruments into python applications by users.