Antonio Riccio

I offer services in the following areas: * Embedded software design, development, and testing for SoC, MPSoC, FPGA, and MCU platforms. * Linux deployment and optimization for diverse hardware under tight constraints. * Device driver development for seamless hardware-software integration. * Open-source consulting to reduce costs and enhance efficiency. * Quality-driven solutions leveraging best practices in engineering.

Project: spacecraft carrying cargo to Earth orbit * UML architectural and detailed design, MISRA-compliant embedded C development of software that collects data from different sensors and sends commands to actuators. Employed *socat* library. Project: control system with Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) * Object-oriented design and C coding of a framework for simulating flight control laws. Employed the Linux inter-process-comms APIs. * Unit and integration tests executed in a Docker environment.

Project: embedded software for military airplane * ADA development for the DO-178-compliant DAL-A software controlling the flaps of the wings. Design and XML development of black/grey box test cases. Performed requirement reviews, regression tests execution on simulation and HW target. Employed the MC/DC coverage criteria. Project: GNSS synchronisation & bi-static passive radar * Design and VHDL coding of the system searching for the strongest Doppler frequency among a given set of visible satellites.

Project: FPGA image acquisition system * ECSS-Q-ST-60-02C compliant UML architectural and detailed design, VHDL development of an FPGA firmware for controlling a set of cameras for image acquisition. Integrated ECSS-E-ST-50-52C RMAP, SpaceWire, AMBA 3 AHB-Lite IP Cores. Project: COTS on-board computer for satellites * UML architectural and detailed design, VHDL and C development of FPGA firmware and software for the platform controlling the entire satellite. Working with the CCSDS 133.0-B-2 protocol.

Project: LTE (Long-Term Evolution) WiFi backhaul system * UML architectural and detailed design, object-oriented C programming of user-space software on top of Linux OS. Employed UNIX Domain Sockets, *tcpdump* and *iperf* libraries. Project: 5G virtualized RAN (Radio Access Network) system [omitted] Project: Porting of the Linux kernel on a Xilinx Zynq hardware platform * Detailed design and C development of device drivers for the Linux kernel. Employed Yocto, I2C, SPI and the Input subsystem APIs.

Project: Porting of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to IoT networks * Model-based UML detailed design, object-oriented C programming of user-space software on top of the 6LoWPAN/CoAP stack for the Linux OS. Employed the UNIX Socket library. * Porting of the software for to the Contiki OS. Systems tests on the Cooja network simulator. Employed tcpdump library.

Dept. of Computer Engineering, specialization in Embedded Software, three years course study; final grade 110/110 cum laude (i.e. 110 points out of a possible 110 with honours).