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Tychovrahe

Bruna M. developed and maintained core firmware for the trezor/trezor-firmware repository, delivering over 230 features and 150 bug fixes across 21 months. She engineered robust BLE integration, secure bootloader flows, and modular hardware support, focusing on reliability and maintainability. Her work included telemetry systems, power management, and production test tooling, using C, Rust, and Python to implement embedded systems features and cross-platform interfaces. Bruna’s technical approach emphasized code refactoring, rigorous testing, and security hardening, resulting in scalable, production-ready firmware. Her contributions improved device interoperability, update safety, and developer velocity, demonstrating deep expertise in embedded firmware engineering.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

60%Features

Repository Contributions

587Total
Bugs
156
Commits
587
Features
236
Lines of code
199,328
Activity Months21

Work History

April 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 monthly summary focused on firmware testing fixtures alignment in the trezor/trezor-firmware repository. Strengthened testing reliability and CI readiness by updating fixtures to reflect latest changes, enabling faster validation of firmware changes and reducing test flakiness. No major bugs reported this month; primary emphasis on test data quality and stability to support ongoing firmware development and releases.

March 2026

5 Commits • 3 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for trezor-firmware: focused on UI polish, internationalization readiness, and modular hardware integration to accelerate global deployment and reduce risk. Key features were delivered with improved typography rendering, expanded multilingual font data, and BLE LED functionality behind a feature flag. Maintenance work ensured font data alignment across builds and data regeneration for translation assets.

February 2026

18 Commits • 3 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for trezor/trezor-firmware: Delivered critical reliability and stability improvements across the core firmware and tooling. Key features include CRC reliability enhancements with a new crc-status command, and telemetry improvements with read/reset capabilities and refined battery error reporting. Fixed BLE connectivity issue on restart when BLE is disabled, and completed comprehensive internal maintenance and hardening across BSP, bootutils, translations, and syscalls to improve stability, safety, and future maintainability. These work items collectively reduce field failures, improve telemetry visibility, and accelerate future development.

January 2026

20 Commits • 5 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 performance summary for trezor-firmware (2026-01). Delivered significant feature work and reliability improvements across telemetry, power management, and testing tooling, with strong emphasis on data integrity, emulator reliability, and build quality. Key work focused on telemetry data collection/reporting, battery power management telemetry improvements, command integrity with CRC checks, and expanded memory/secret management for testing flexibility. Major fixes addressed telemetry battery temperature updates conditioned on NTC connectivity and emulator power-management issues, along with robust per-command CRC verification. The changes collectively enhance diagnostics, reduce risk in production deployments, and accelerate development cycles through clearer data, safer testing modalities, and improved UX/build processes.

December 2025

15 Commits • 5 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 focused on UX improvements, reliability hardening, and security/perimeter protections across trezor-firmware. Key deliverables included bootloader UI enhancements that show build version numbers and support disabling progress animations for faster boot, with improved warning icon alignment. Reliability improvements addressed Tropic reset via refined chip select handling and retry sequencing, reducing initialization failures on reset. Telemetry and power management upgrades added battery temperature telemetry and improved MPU configuration to boost responsiveness and power efficiency. Security and production protections were strengthened with backup RAM access restrictions and production protection measures to prevent data erasure, plus Secure Monitor downgrade protection with monotonic versioning to block insecure rollbacks. In addition, production date exposure to MicroPython was implemented to support metadata visibility. Together these contributions increased customer trust, decreased field-support incidents, and enabled better diagnostics and security posture.

November 2025

8 Commits • 4 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 focused on bootloader robustness, security hardening, and debugging tooling for the trezor-firmware. The team delivered user-oriented boot optimization, strengthened tamper protection and error reporting, and improved bootloader maintainability and testability, while expanding debugging capabilities for driver-level button events. This combination improves user experience, security posture, and developer velocity.

October 2025

39 Commits • 13 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 monthly summary for trezor-firmware: Focused on stability, security, and developer productivity. Key BLE reliability work in bootloader and pairing flows reduced user friction and eliminated spurious disconnects. Critical crash and wipe flows hardened (wipe code crashes, wallet wipe, and settings reset). Battery and power readiness were prepared for multi-type packs via fuel gauge and battery model work, plus power status notifications to the host. Strengthened bootloader/debug capabilities and T3W1 stack (dev secmon, embedded binaries, build flags, and bootloader emulator support). These changes reduce field incidents, improve user experience, and accelerate future updates.

September 2025

55 Commits • 29 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 (2025-09) monthly summary for trezor-firmware. Focused on delivering robust BLE/Nordic stack improvements, security hardening, bootloader robustness, and developer tooling enhancements. Key features delivered span Nordic BLE services, core event notifications, and maintainability upgrades, with a strong emphasis on business value, reliability, and performance.

August 2025

53 Commits • 13 Features

Aug 1, 2025

Summary for 2025-08: Delivered critical features and stability improvements across core Prodtest, BLE, bootloader, and update tooling, with security hardening and Tropic/libtropic updates. The month focused on streamlining OTA workflows, strengthening the device security posture, and boosting field reliability, enabling faster time-to-value for customers and easier maintenance for the engineering team.

July 2025

53 Commits • 20 Features

Jul 1, 2025

In July 2025, the firmware team delivered substantial core feature enhancements, bootloader reliability improvements, Nordic device identity updates, and targeted performance optimizations that collectively improve data integrity, security, and production readiness. The work strengthens data management, speeds up safe updates, and enables more robust testing and pairing workflows, delivering clear business value across product lines.

June 2025

57 Commits • 28 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for trezor-firmware focusing on stability, security, and scalable production readiness. Delivered key features to strengthen OTA/update safety, hardware watchdog reliability, and Nordic/NCS integration, while fixing critical prodtest and bootloader issues. The work reduces risk of bricking during updates, improves user experience in prodtest flows, and provides a clearer path for future enhancements in hardware security features.

May 2025

58 Commits • 25 Features

May 1, 2025

May 2025 monthly summary for trezor-firmware: Delivered substantive power management, bootloader, and prodtest improvements across the firmware baseline, with targeted Nordic platform readiness enhancements and significant tooling/portability work. The month established stronger hardware reliability, improved production testing capabilities, and a clearer path for secure firmware delivery across multiple devices.

April 2025

26 Commits • 11 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 – trezor-firmware monthly performance summary Key features delivered: - BLE Pairing Protocol Enhancements: Improved verification, messaging, and bootloader integration for pairing; added BLE pairing complete event and related state messages. Commits: d597b582748a70b4e2ba61de92c125f6bb23c1e2; 0355ea6dd3f28054d340b08d0befbd9d0efc60d8; ba874f2ac73bfcdc92dd5a55c1282b6e9919bf29; 8aaf68f39f35c1303a5693f6ce98befa16155a77; 37687f1815fd39bdecdd5b98a77e813b94527e0d. - NRF Communication Interface Update: Switch internal NRF communication to SPI as the sole bus with UART disabled by default (toggle via command). Commits: 3fe0c90c1cf47c94a7f7dfc1c3d8ea03e4a77e92; 700f432df7a76c6586264a3124ed85886e7ece22; 83b5c1676648f67ffe50f15a0f08b4e6c37ffc17. - Wake-up and power management enhancements for NRF/BLE: Added wake up from suspend on NRF/BLE requests and the ability to suspend the NRF/BLE driver. Commits: 3f6a82ab6701d67df698aeb60a800d5c38739e12; 755cb359bd840aa04c78ca03fa412930b6967af8. - BLE TX payload improvement: Increased BLE TX packet size to 244B for higher throughput. Commit: a15d2f621fde60c6a50f9f4fdea656d4583c5aaa. - Security/storage and core logic enhancements: Tropic keys support in secret sector and basic secbool logical operations. Commits: 6bdac7614f7302eed68c645527fe77e84530790b; 9708d329e118e1b252a88a95f1af48375fa7d1c6. Major bugs fixed and stability improvements: - BLE polling reliability fix to ensure pairing codes are delivered when expected. Commit: 101d584aa4bd0902198dddde6b72f72ef5a45918. - NFC deinitialization crash fix. Commit: 3db788d80a5cf00caad70d0527aa4ca2f77586fa. - Nordic disconnect crash fixes. Commit: 2aafdd40b4d7a1b1d6d09f2c5ed088ac1a5e4014. - Abort pairing when advertising configuration changes. Commit: a9103763ec8c43f7a6422e4dcbce38a2387adda0. - NRF/BLE prodtest test stability and related test fixes. Commit: 4f783c0a455613f522b239c1598f96196da4d936; 4f783c0a... (NRF tests fix in prodtest). - Bootloader CI pathway: firmware upload fix. Commit: d506abd9db54ba9810f45e1d46443b2500c4ccdc. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Increased reliability and user experience for pairing flows, more deterministic and robust NRF/BLE data paths, and improved secure key handling. Throughput gains from larger BLE payloads reduce airtime and improve responsiveness. Security-related storage and logical operations enable more robust, privacy-respecting onboard computation. These changes reduce field failures, accelerate time-to-market, and improve overall product quality. Technologies and skills demonstrated: - Embedded C/C++ with SPI-based NRF architecture, bootloader integration, and BLE stack interactions. - Advanced peripheral coordination (NRF, BLE, NFC) and power management (wake/suspend). - Secure storage practices (secret sector Tropic keys) and basic secure boolean logic (secbool). - Testability and CI improvements for firmware upload paths and prodtest reliability.

March 2025

29 Commits • 16 Features

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 performance summary for trezor-firmware: Delivered core platform enhancements, expanded hardware support, and reliability improvements across firmware, bootloader, and prodtest tooling. Focused on enabling secure provisioning, scalable peripheral support, and responsive tooling while maintaining stability across devices.

February 2025

31 Commits • 4 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 performance summary for trezor-firmware: Delivered a major Prodtest modernization with Rust integration, enabling a unified build path and Tropic01 HAL integration for basic production tests. Expanded testing and validation capabilities with BLE-related ProdTest features, strengthening hardware quality checks across devices. Targeted stability improvements across core display/graphics, bootloader, and emulator subsystems to reduce field issues and accelerate release readiness. Enabled LSE on T3W1 to improve RTC reliability in the core module. Overall, these efforts increased developer velocity, improved production test coverage, and reduced risk in hardware validation.

January 2025

45 Commits • 24 Features

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 (2025-01) delivered a focused set of reliability, performance, and maintainability improvements across the trezor-firmware stack (trezor/trezor-firmware). Key outcomes include stability gains in the display subsystem across U5G and Model T devices, measurable boot/initialization improvements through bootloader refactoring and lazy initialization of the display driver, and widespread hardware-driver enhancements. The work emphasizes centralizing model differences, optimizing resource usage, and expanding automated testing through prodtest and BLE improvements, all aimed at reducing support incidents and accelerating time-to-market for device variants. Critical core bugs were addressed to improve rendering fidelity, boot visuals, and image handling, reinforcing a trustworthy user experience across product lines. The combined effort enhances reliability, performance, and developer efficiency, enabling faster delivery of new variants with fewer regressions.

December 2024

19 Commits • 5 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024 monthly summary for trezor-firmware: Delivered key features and reliability improvements across the firmware stack. Key features delivered included: (1) Display subsystem enhancements with universal LTDC DSI driver, LX250A2401A panel support, and UI/frame buffer stability improvements; (2) USB subsystem refactor introducing separate polling and read paths, configurable read buffer, and improved event handling; (3) MCUboot secure boot integration enabling secure firmware updates and partition adjustments; (4) Nordic Zephyr RTOS integration and BLE gateway infrastructure enabling BLE functionality; (5) Firmware memory layout optimization reducing flash footprint and increasing assets area for F4/U5G models, with tests updated. These efforts improved reliability, security, deployment flexibility, and space efficiency, enabling safer updates, broader hardware support, and faster delivery cycles.

November 2024

48 Commits • 22 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Month: 2024-11 — Trezor firmware (trezor/trezor-firmware) delivered notable platform improvements across DISC2 and T3W1/U5/U5G families, with a focus on hardware support, reliability, and UX. Key features delivered tightened hardware integration and layout adjustments that enable new configurations, while major bug fixes stabilized core functionality and security-related pathways. The work emphasizes business value through expanded device support, safer firmware updates, and improved developer ergonomics.

October 2024

5 Commits • 3 Features

Oct 1, 2024

2024-10 Monthly Summary for trezor/trezor-firmware: Delivered BLE connectivity across Rust and MicroPython, added power button support in the button driver, and performed codebase configurability cleanup by globalizing feature defines and removing obsolete boards. No major bugs fixed this month; the focus was on delivering features, enabling cross-platform connectivity, and simplifying future feature integration to reduce maintenance overhead. Impact includes faster BLE onboarding and firmware updates, enhanced UX, and clearer cross-platform behavior. Demonstrated technologies include Rust and MicroPython BLE APIs, cross-language integration, and build/configuration refactoring.

September 2024

1 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2024

2024-09 Monthly Summary for trezor-firmware: Key feature delivered: BLE Driver Integration enabling BLE advertising, connection, and communication with BLE peripherals. This work expands device capabilities to support wireless accessories, enabling new use cases and partnerships. The implementation was integrated with minimal surface-area changes to the existing firmware architecture and sets the stage for future validation and security reviews. Major bugs fixed: none reported this month. Overall impact: broadens hardware interoperability, accelerates time-to-market for wireless peripheral support, and strengthens the product's competitive positioning. Technologies/skills demonstrated: embedded firmware integration, BLE stack design and integration, version control discipline, and cross-team collaboration for feature rollout.

April 2023

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2023

April 2023 – Key feature delivered: Touch and Button Input Support for trezor-firmware, with new configuration options for touch input and two-button input. These options were integrated into the build process and the Python interface, enabling devices with touch screens and two-button inputs, improving usability. No major bugs fixed were documented in this period. Overall impact: expanded hardware support and configurability, delivering a better end-user experience and broader market applicability. Technologies demonstrated: refactoring, build-system integration, and MicroPython (uPy) exposure of feature flags.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness89.6%
Maintainability88.4%
Architecture86.6%
Performance82.8%
AI Usage20.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

AssemblyBinaryCC++CMakeCMakeLists.txtDTSGitJSONKconfig

Technical Skills

API DesignAPI developmentAccess ControlBLEBattery ManagementBinary Data HandlingBinary ManagementBluetoothBluetooth Low EnergyBluetooth Low Energy (BLE)Board Support Package (BSP) ManagementBootloaderBootloader DevelopmentBootloader ManagementBuild System

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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trezor/trezor-firmware

Apr 2023 Apr 2026
21 Months active

Languages Used

CPythonRustAssemblyMakefileSConstructcpython

Technical Skills

C programmingPython programmingembedded systemsfirmware developmentBluetooth Low Energy (BLE)Rust programming