
Allison Yen developed and enhanced embedded firmware for the Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4 repository, focusing on power management, safety-critical communication, and system reliability. She modernized low-level drivers and integrated CMSIS core support for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers using C and ARM assembly, improving maintainability and portability. Allison implemented robust CAN and UART communication stacks, optimized power control and I/O precision, and introduced a BMS heartbeat mechanism to support real-time health monitoring. Her work included debugging support, hardware monitoring integration, and code hygiene improvements, demonstrating depth in embedded systems, device driver development, and low-level programming while addressing both feature delivery and long-term maintainability.

May 2025 monthly summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Focused on implementing a robust BMS heartbeat mechanism and CAN communication to enhance health monitoring and safety-critical signaling.
May 2025 monthly summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Focused on implementing a robust BMS heartbeat mechanism and CAN communication to enhance health monitoring and safety-critical signaling.
Month: 2025-04 – FEB_Firmware_SN4 firmware work focused on reliability, safety-critical readiness, and maintainability. Key features delivered include UART Stack Robustness and Efficiency Improvements, Soft BSPD Readiness and Tuning, and TPS2482 Monitoring and Calibration Integration. Major bug fix: Code Cleanup and Hygiene for Brake Pedal Modules. Impact: enhanced UART reliability, safer braking control through BSPD readiness, integrated hardware monitoring in the main loop, and reduced technical debt for easier future changes. Skills demonstrated: embedded C/C++ firmware design, peripheral configuration and error handling, hardware-monitor integration, system-level debugging, and code hygiene/maintenance practices.
Month: 2025-04 – FEB_Firmware_SN4 firmware work focused on reliability, safety-critical readiness, and maintainability. Key features delivered include UART Stack Robustness and Efficiency Improvements, Soft BSPD Readiness and Tuning, and TPS2482 Monitoring and Calibration Integration. Major bug fix: Code Cleanup and Hygiene for Brake Pedal Modules. Impact: enhanced UART reliability, safer braking control through BSPD readiness, integrated hardware monitoring in the main loop, and reduced technical debt for easier future changes. Skills demonstrated: embedded C/C++ firmware design, peripheral configuration and error handling, hardware-monitor integration, system-level debugging, and code hygiene/maintenance practices.
March 2025 monthly summary for the FEB_Firmware_SN4 repository, highlighting delivery of robust CAN data handling, ready-to-drive state improvements, and debugging support. Focused on delivering business value through safer, more reliable vehicle data interfaces and faster validation loops.
March 2025 monthly summary for the FEB_Firmware_SN4 repository, highlighting delivery of robust CAN data handling, ready-to-drive state improvements, and debugging support. Focused on delivering business value through safer, more reliable vehicle data interfaces and faster validation loops.
February 2025 monthly summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Focused on delivering firmware performance improvements by optimizing the Power Control Unit (PCU) quorem function and I/O precision. This work reduces data processing jitter and improves control loop accuracy, enabling more reliable power management. No major bug fixes were documented this month; the primary efforts were feature-oriented. The changes lay groundwork for upcoming features and higher system stability.
February 2025 monthly summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Focused on delivering firmware performance improvements by optimizing the Power Control Unit (PCU) quorem function and I/O precision. This work reduces data processing jitter and improves control loop accuracy, enabling more reliable power management. No major bug fixes were documented this month; the primary efforts were feature-oriented. The changes lay groundwork for upcoming features and higher system stability.
January 2025 monthly firmware summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Delivered major PCU driver modernization and build tooling, and integrated CMSIS core with STM32 platform headers. These changes enhance maintainability, portability, build reliability, and debugging efficiency, laying groundwork for future features and cross-module collaboration. No major defects fixed this month.
January 2025 monthly firmware summary for Formula-Electric-Berkeley/FEB_Firmware_SN4. Delivered major PCU driver modernization and build tooling, and integrated CMSIS core with STM32 platform headers. These changes enhance maintainability, portability, build reliability, and debugging efficiency, laying groundwork for future features and cross-module collaboration. No major defects fixed this month.
Monthly summary for 2024-12: FEB_Firmware_SN4 delivered key firmware enhancements focused on power management and clock control. Implemented PCU header files and updated I2C and RCC drivers to enable more robust low-power operation and flexible clock configuration, leveraging Embedded C and MCU driver development practices. This work improves energy efficiency and reliability in power-critical subsystems and establishes a foundation for future power-management features. No major bugs were logged for this feature this month; ongoing QA validation is planned. Notable commit: 9dc5c715c6239b08abd831f222ec2e247e38066e.
Monthly summary for 2024-12: FEB_Firmware_SN4 delivered key firmware enhancements focused on power management and clock control. Implemented PCU header files and updated I2C and RCC drivers to enable more robust low-power operation and flexible clock configuration, leveraging Embedded C and MCU driver development practices. This work improves energy efficiency and reliability in power-critical subsystems and establishes a foundation for future power-management features. No major bugs were logged for this feature this month; ongoing QA validation is planned. Notable commit: 9dc5c715c6239b08abd831f222ec2e247e38066e.
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