About me
An avid Maker before it was a widespread term, Bob Martin has been tearing apart things to see how they work for his entire life. After obtaining a Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, his early career spanned everything from installing specialized instruments into Arctic weather stations, designing industrial control systems, and supporting upper atmospheric research campaigns.
He moved to Silicon Valley 27 years ago and has continued to concentrate on embedded systems design since. After a decade at National Semiconductor which also exposed him to the wonderful world of analog electronics he ended up in a few startups before landing at Atmel where he managed a microcontroller applications team, then became active in Academic Program and tradeshow coordination. These responsibilities deepened his involvement with with the Arduino / Maker movement supporting the entire ecosystem including system, hardware and software design.
With 30+ years of embedded system experience he now serves as the “Wizard of Make” for Microchip continuing his role from Atmel in which he keeps the Maker spirit alive within Microchip, educates aspiring Makers and continues to design and build embedded systems to educate young and aspiring Makers as much as he can. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and twin daughters, along with a garage full of surplus wire and boxes of “vintage electronics” that really need to be recycled.
