public class Vikram {
String name = "Thangavikraman R";
String location = "Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India";
String degree = "B.E. Electronics & Communication Engineering";
String college = "Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore";
String[] stack = {
"C / C++", "Java",
"ESP32", "ESP8266", "Arduino", "STM32",
"IoT", "MQTT", "Sensor Interfacing"
};
String[] currentlyLearning = {
"QNX Real-Time OS",
"Advanced STM32 Firmware",
"PCB Design with KiCad",
"Cloud IoT Platforms"
};
String funFact =
"I can debug hardware with an oscilloscope"
+ " faster than most debug code with a linter 😄";
String motto() {
return "Build real things. Solve real problems.";
}
}Languages
Microcontrollers & Embedded Platforms
EDA & Simulation Tools
Cloud & IoT
Developer Tools
🏢 Embedded Systems & IoT Internship (Virtual) — Intern | 2023–2024 | Remote
- Performed basic circuit testing and signal observation using oscilloscopes and multimeters to validate embedded system behaviour.
- Developed small automation-based embedded applications using Arduino and ESP32 microcontrollers with real sensor integration.
- Implemented MQTT-based communication for IoT applications, enabling reliable device-to-cloud data streaming.
- Gained hands-on experience in microcontroller programming, sensor interfacing, and debugging hardware-software integration issues.
| Project | Stack | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| 🏠 Smart Home Automation System | ESP32 · DHT11 · LDR · PIR · Relay · Arduino IDE · IoT Cloud | End-to-end IoT home system — monitors environment, auto-controls appliances, measures power consumption, and reduces carbon emissions via sensor-driven automation |
| 🩺 Health Monitoring System | Arduino · Pulse Sensor · MLX90614 IR Sensor · DHT11 · Arduino IDE | Real-time continuous patient vitals tracking (temperature + pulse) with remote monitoring support via ESP32 integration |
| 📍 GPS Tracker | ESP32 · NEO-6M GPS · OLED Display · Arduino IDE · ThingSpeak | Portable GPS system displaying live latitude/longitude on OLED and streaming location to ThingSpeak cloud for remote monitoring |
| Project | Stack | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🗑️ Smart Dustbin | ESP32 · IR Sensors · Servo · ThingSpeak · React | Dual-compartment IoT bin with automated lid actuation and push notifications on capacity via ThingHTTP |
| 🔌 Precision Rectifier Circuit | LTSpice · KiCad · GitHub | High-accuracy half-wave & full-wave rectifier using op-amps; handles signals below 0.7 V threshold with no diode drop error |
| 🚗 Obstacle Avoidance Vehicle | Arduino UNO · IR Sensors · Relay | IR-sensor-based autonomous vehicle that detects obstacles and auto-adjusts movement for collision-free navigation |
| 🎚️ Sallen-Key Active Filters | LTSpice | 2nd-order LPF & HPF using Sallen-Key topology with full AC analysis and frequency response validation |
| 📡 Band-Pass Filter | LTSpice | Op-amp active BPF for selective frequency processing; passband characterised via frequency response simulation |
| 📻 Random Noise Generator | KiCad · LTSpice | PCB-level noise generator circuit designed in KiCad and simulated in LTSpice |
| 🏷️ | Achievement | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | NPTEL Elite Certification | Introduction to Internet of Things — Elite grade from IIT |
| 🛰️ | ISRO – IIRS Certified | Remote Sensing of Soils · RS & GIS in Natural Resource Management · Air Pollutants Monitoring & Modelling |
| 📜 | Coursera Certified | Business Analysis & Process Management · Introduction to Microsoft Excel |
| 🚦 | National Road Safety Hackathon 2025 | Participated — organised by NHAI & HOAI |
| 💡 | Intellectual Property Utsav | Participated — AICTE & Ministry of Education |
| 🧠 | TATA Crucible Campus Quiz 2025 | Participated — Tata Group national campus quiz |
| 📊 | Unstop Daily Quiz | Ranked 714 — Management October Series |
| 🇮🇳 | Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue | Selected participant — national youth leadership initiative |
| Degree | Institution | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🎓 B.E. — Electronics & Communication Engineering | Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore | 2023 – Present | In Progress |
| 📚 Higher Secondary School (Class XII) | Jayapriya Vidyalaya School, Virudhachalam | 2022 – 2023 | — |
🔲 QNX Real-Time OS → Process management, IPC, real-time scheduling
⚡ STM32 Advanced → DMA, RTOS integration, HAL/LL drivers
🖥️ PCB Design → KiCad layout, design rule checks, Gerber generation
☁️ Cloud IoT → AWS IoT Core, MQTT brokers, OTA firmware updates
🔬 Signal Processing → Analog filter design, FFT, op-amp circuit theory
⚡ "Build real things. Solve real problems." — Thangavikraman R