Fernando Cladera Mechatronic Engineer
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What does it take to be a roboticist? Coding? Mechanical design? Control system engineering? Electronics and embedded systems? A holistic approach is required, with a combination of both practical and theoretical knowledge!
I am currently pursuing an MSE in Robotics at Penn, where I am focusing on mobile robots. Specifically, I am interested in accelerating computing-intensive applications in autonomous robots.
Pragmatic and innovative are the adjectives that describe me best: I always look into new ideas, methods, and technologies to improve my projects and work.
Do not hesitate to contact me!
Professional experience
CTO - Embedded Software Engineering Solutions
TOROID
Read moreTOROID is a IT consulting firm, focused in the development of turn-key solutions in embedded systems.
As a CTO, I was involved in the following projects:
- The firmware of IoT P2P video cameras, a SIP endpoint running on custom embedded Linux.
- A low-cost acceleration data logger with real-time capabilities, used to evaluate vibrations in engineering models (link).
In addition, I collaborated with the following projecs:
- The development of LiPo battery chargers for educational robotics and personal transportation applications.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Microcontrollers and Power Electronics
UNCuyo
Read moreMicrocontrollers and Power Electronics is a compulsory course of the Mechatronics Engineer's Degree at UNCuyo. This course is centered on microcontroller theory, programming, microcontroller peripherals, serial bus communications, and fundamentals of power electronics.
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I am responsible for the lecture about programmable logic devices and VHDL. Additionally, I develop PCB prototypes with microcontrollers and CPLDs.
Engineer Internship
Automatic Control Lab
UNCuyo
Read moreThe Automatic Control Lab (School of Engineering - UNCuyo) teaches process control methods to undergraduate students in mechatronics, industrial and petroleum engineering. In addition, the Lab does applied research in process control applications for petroleum and wine industries.
During this internship, I built three PLC trainers using Twido 20DTK modules. Students use these trainers to learn the basis of PLC and SCADA programming.
Research internship
Cairn Team
IRISA/Inria
Read moreThe Cairn project-team researches new architectures, algorithms and design methods for flexible and energy efficiency domain-specific system-on-chip (SoC).
The aim of this internship was to develop a fixed-point energy-optimized OFDM receiver. The energy savings were estimated in two platforms (FPGA, ARM7). Preliminary results show that up to 60% of the energy can be saved using this adaptive technique.
Cairn websiteEducation
M.S.E. Candidate
Robotics (ROBO)
University of Pennsylvania
Read moreI am currently enrolled as a full time student in the ROBO M.S.E. I am taking courses in the following fields:
- Machine Learning
- Computer vision
- Learning in Robotics
Engineer's Degree
Mechatronics
UNCuyo
Average: 9.39/10
Best Student Award 2014 of the School of Engineering
Read moreUNCuyo (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo) is a national public university located in Mendoza, Argentina.
I obtained this degree after 11 academic semesters, including a final project and an internship. This degree program is centered on robotics, automation, real-time systems, mechanical design and manufacturing.
Due to my academic performance at UNCuyo, I was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Double Degree Exchange Scholarship at ENIB (École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest).
Master Degree
SISEA
Université de Rennes 1
Ranked 1/18
Read moreSISEA stands for Signal, Image, Embedded Systems and Automatics. This Master of Science (M2R in France) is conducted by the University of Rennes 1 and the Advanced National College of Applied Science and Technology (ENSSAT), Lannion, France.
The branch Embedded Systems is centered on embedded systems applied to signal processing and telecommunication applications.
Skills
- C
- Matlab
- Python
- Java
- SQL (PostgreSQL, SQLite)
- GUI (QT, Swing)
- Android
- Docker
- Git
- GNU/Linux
- Embedded Linux
- RTOS (FreeRTOS, ChibiOS)
- 32-bit MCUs (STM32F0/4, LPC2292, AT90SAM7ARM7)
- 8-bit MCUs (Atmel megaAVR, Microchip PIC 18F)
- FPGAs and CPLDs (Altera MAX II, Xilinx Virtex 5/6)
- Signal processing and DSPs (TI TMS320)
- PCB design (KiCad)
- Communication interfaces (CAN, I2C, SPI, 1-Wire)
- CAD - CAM (CATIA, FreeCAD)
- Hydraulics and pneumatics actuators
- Mechanical vibrations
- Fluid mechanics
- 3D printing
- Machining
- Discrete, continuous and hybrid systems
- System modelling
- PLCs
- SCADA
- Sensors and instrumentation
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- French
Publications
Please refer to HAL open archive
International Conferences
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Channel-Aware Energy Optimization of OFDM Receivers Using Dynamic Precision Scaling in FPGAs
Fernando Cladera, Matthieu Gautier, and Olivier Sentieys,
In 23rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2015), pages 1571-1575, Aug.-Sept. 2015
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Energy-Aware Computing via Adaptive Precision under Performance Constraints in OFDM Wireless Receivers
Fernando Cladera, Matthieu Gautier, and Olivier Sentieys,
In IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2015), pages 591-596, July 2015
Some recent projects
- All
- Electronics
- Automation
- Code
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Acceleration Data Logger
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Level Control Trainer
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DPS OFDM Receivers
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FreeRTOS SAM7-H256
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Xbee Switch
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Qriro