Juan Carlos Beaver
Firmware & Embedded Engineer — Dallas, TX
I’m an embedded engineer focused on sensing, motion control, and instrumentation. I build concept-to-validation test setups — fixtures, automation, and data pipelines — alongside MCU firmware, DAQ chains, PCB interface boards, and Python automation/GUI tools.
My graduate research at Case Western Reserve University spanned a range of hands-on instrumentation projects: a poroelasticity measurement device with a custom LVDT readout PCB achieving sub-micron displacement at < 5 µV RMS noise, a motorized morphometric limb scanning rig with Structure-from-Motion 3D reconstruction, a 3D-printed fingertip haptic device, and a CNN-based vision system for surgical force estimation (published in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, 2024).
I work across the full stack: C/C++ and Python firmware, KiCad PCB design, closed-loop PID motor control, I²C/SPI/UART drivers, and data acquisition pipelines. I’m comfortable picking up a schematic, wiring a test fixture, tuning a driver, and shipping the whole system.
news
| Dec 15, 2025 | Graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a B.S. in Computer Engineering (Minor in Spanish). |
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| Dec 01, 2024 | Completed VibeCane — a haptic navigation assistive cane for visually impaired users, built on RP2040 with ultrasonic obstacle detection and wearable haptic feedback. |
| Jun 01, 2024 | Paper published in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research: “Vision-Based Force Estimation for Minimally Invasive Telesurgery Through Contact Detection and Local Stiffness Models.” |
latest posts
| Jan 27, 2024 | a post with code diff |
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| Jan 27, 2024 | a post with advanced image components |
| Jan 27, 2024 | a post with vega lite |
selected publications
- JMRRVision-Based Force Estimation for Minimally Invasive Telesurgery Through Contact Detection and Local Stiffness ModelsJournal of Medical Robotics Research, 2024