IoT Smart Home Devices, How Smart Are They?
02/27/2019Darrel Pham here. I am a Lead Software/Hardware Engineer and I’ve been with 219 Design for over 10 years. In that time, I’ve worked across medical device, surgical robotics, automotive, and consumer electronics industries developing an expertise in GUI development, test infrastructure, server backend, and so much more. You can’t leave this skill/curiosity at the…
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SF Office Gets New Vintage Location
12/17/2018219 Design’s San Francisco office has moved! We’re now at 509 6th Street, just a few blocks away from our old space. As our mechanical engineering team grew, we changed offices to gain much-needed workspace. Our projects were literally stacking up. In addition to more desk space, the new location offers the floor space we…
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10th Annual Stanford ME218 Alumni BBQ
10/30/2018The recent (10th Annual!!) Stanford ME218 Alumni BBQ was definitely one for the record books! We had another great turnout with around 200 people, including some current ME218 students as well as alumni as far back as the early 90’s. What Are We Working On? One of the best things about meeting up each…
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Bluetooth Low Energy with Rust
09/27/2018I am a senior software engineer at 219 Design. My professional experience has primarily been in writing GUIs and infrastructure for medical devices, almost entirely in C++. For a change of pace, I have been learning embedded development using Rust in my spare time, which has been an exciting challenge. I was new to both…
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A Developer’s Perspective on Virtual and Augmented Reality
09/04/2018A Glimpse Into The Future It’s the year 2030. I unlock the doors to the 219 Design office–I’m always the first in–and walk over to my square. Not only are cubicles a thing of the past, but the popular open-space desks are gone, too. The sole item in my square is a virtual and augmented…
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