UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware
Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
5 Months active
Languages Used
CCmakecmakepythonPythonBashC++CMake
Technical Skills
Compiler FlagsDriver DevelopmentEmbedded SystemsFirmware DevelopmentI2CInterrupt Handling
Gus Tahara-Edmonds
PROFILE
Gus Tahara-edmonds
Gavin Tahara-Edmonds developed robust embedded firmware for the UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware repository, focusing on battery management, bootloader reliability, and asynchronous communication. He engineered features such as an asynchronous I2C driver with FreeRTOS task notifications, a unified error handling system, and a state-machine-driven cell balancing flow. Using C, Python scripting, and CMake, Gavin enhanced CAN bus stability, improved build systems, and expanded test coverage with JSONCAN fakes and SD-card validation. His work addressed cross-MCU compatibility, system observability, and safety monitoring, demonstrating depth in embedded systems, driver development, and real-time operating systems while ensuring maintainability and deployment reliability.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
90%Features
Repository Contributions
33Total
Bugs
2
Commits
33
Features
19
Lines of code
20,921
Activity Months5
Your Network
4 peopleShared Repositories
4
Work History
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026Concise monthly summary for 2026-01 focused on delivering a robust, observable filesystem feature and improving reliability under low-space conditions.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026Concise monthly summary for 2026-01 focused on delivering a robust, observable filesystem feature and improving reliability under low-space conditions.
January 2026
June 2025
17 Commits • 8 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware: Delivered foundational Quintuna BMS bootloader with core structure and CMake updates to include bootloader sources, enabling a secure and scalable boot process. Implemented JSONCAN enhancements with big-endian support and standardized formatting to reduce large diffs and improve cross-vendor compatibility. Strengthened BMS safety with fault, warning, and debounce timers, complemented by a state-machine-driven cell balancing flow. Improved CAN bus stability through memory layout fixes for FDCAN peripherals, enhanced logging, and state-machine improvements, including hotfixes and message constraints. Hardened build system and image generation reliability with syscall handling refinements, CRC corrections, and cross-target image generation scripts. Focused CI adjustments to remove Quadruna DBC generation issues and concentrate tests on Quintuna DBC, improving feedback loops and deployment confidence. System tuning and reliability updates across fault thresholds, fan control, charging current calculations, and precharge/SPI speeds to enhance driving stability and thermal reliability. These efforts collectively raise deployment reliability, safety monitoring, and cross-target maintainability, accelerating safe iteration cycles for Quintuna deployments.
June 2025
17 Commits • 8 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware: Delivered foundational Quintuna BMS bootloader with core structure and CMake updates to include bootloader sources, enabling a secure and scalable boot process. Implemented JSONCAN enhancements with big-endian support and standardized formatting to reduce large diffs and improve cross-vendor compatibility. Strengthened BMS safety with fault, warning, and debounce timers, complemented by a state-machine-driven cell balancing flow. Improved CAN bus stability through memory layout fixes for FDCAN peripherals, enhanced logging, and state-machine improvements, including hotfixes and message constraints. Hardened build system and image generation reliability with syscall handling refinements, CRC corrections, and cross-target image generation scripts. Focused CI adjustments to remove Quadruna DBC generation issues and concentrate tests on Quintuna DBC, improving feedback loops and deployment confidence. System tuning and reliability updates across fault thresholds, fan control, charging current calculations, and precharge/SPI speeds to enhance driving stability and thermal reliability. These efforts collectively raise deployment reliability, safety monitoring, and cross-target maintainability, accelerating safe iteration cycles for Quintuna deployments.
May 2025
7 Commits • 5 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 firmware work—consolidated features delivered with a strong emphasis on reliability, diagnostics, and future readiness across the Consolidated-Firmware repository.
7 Commits • 5 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 firmware work—consolidated features delivered with a strong emphasis on reliability, diagnostics, and future readiness across the Consolidated-Firmware repository.
May 2025
March 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025Month: 2025-03 – Consolidated-Firmware: Delivered asynchronous I/O for SPI/UART, improved CAN robustness, added a unified MCU reset reason detector, and established a testing infra with IO JSONCAN fakes. These efforts reduce CPU overhead, improve reliability, and enhance testability across STM32 variants.
March 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Mar 1, 2025Month: 2025-03 – Consolidated-Firmware: Delivered asynchronous I/O for SPI/UART, improved CAN robustness, added a unified MCU reset reason detector, and established a testing infra with IO JSONCAN fakes. These efforts reduce CPU overhead, improve reliability, and enhance testability across STM32 variants.
February 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware monthly summary focused on delivering an asynchronous I2C driver with FreeRTOS task notifications and fixing Cortex-M7 build configurations. These changes improve system responsiveness, enable better concurrency in I2C operations, and stabilize cross-MCU builds.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: UBCFormulaElectric/Consolidated-Firmware monthly summary focused on delivering an asynchronous I2C driver with FreeRTOS task notifications and fixing Cortex-M7 build configurations. These changes improve system responsiveness, enable better concurrency in I2C operations, and stabilize cross-MCU builds.
February 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness87.2%
Maintainability83.6%
Architecture85.2%
Performance78.8%
AI Usage21.8%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
BashCC++CMakeCmakeConfigurationPythonYAMLcmakepython
Technical Skills
AutomationBattery Management SystemsBattery Management Systems (BMS)Bootloader DevelopmentBuild SystemsCC ProgrammingC/C++CAN BusCAN Bus CommunicationCI/CDCMakeCode FormattingCode GenerationCode Refactoring
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