name: Rafael Ignacio González Chong
location: Chihuahua, Mexico 🇲🇽
current_role: Implementation & System Integration Engineer @ IMTECH
education: B.Sc. Electronic Engineering | UT Austin Fulbright Scholar (Big Data & AI)
focus_areas:
- Low-Power Firmware Development (MSP430, RSL10, ESP32)
- IoT & Connectivity Protocols (BLE, LoRa, MQTT, Cellular)
- AI/ML Integration for Embedded Systems
- Real-time Systems & RTOS
passions:
- Making hardware and software work in perfect harmony
- Optimizing systems for performance and power efficiency
- Building end-to-end IoT solutions from sensor to cloud
- Open-source embedded projects
languages: ["Spanish 🇪🇸 (Native)", "English 🇬🇧 (C1)", "German 🇩🇪 (A2)"]| 🔭 Working On | 🌱 Learning | 💬 Ask Me About |
|---|---|---|
| IoT Integration Projects @ IMTECH | Rust for Embedded | ESP32, RSL10, MQTT |
| AI Automation Systems | Advanced BLE Protocols | FastAPI, OpenAI APIs |
| MSP430/RSL10 Firmware | Cloud-Edge Computing | I2C, SPI, UART |
| Project | Description | Tech Stack |
|---|---|---|
| 🔧 Pharmacy AI Automation | HIPAA-compliant AI platform for pharmacies with multi-channel communication | Python FastAPI OpenAI |
| ⚡ ESP32 AC Motor Controller | Real-time AC motor speed control using TRIAC phase-angle modulation | C++ ESP32 Power Electronics |
| 🌡️ IoT Sensor Pipeline | End-to-end IoT solution: MQTT → Node.js → PostgreSQL → Real-time Dashboard | JavaScript PostgreSQL Docker |
| 😊 Emotion Recognition | Real-time facial emotion detection using Streamlit, OpenCV & FER | Python OpenCV ML |
| 🔌 RSL10 I2C Communication | Bidirectional I2C between RSL10 (master) and Arduino (slave) | C I2C Embedded |
| 🤖 Multi-Personality Chatbot | AI chatbot with contextual memory and multiple personalities | Python Streamlit LLM |
| 📊 UT Austin Big Data | Predictive analytics and statistical modeling from Fulbright program | R SQL Data Science |
| 🔋 RSL10 ADC VDDC Monitor | Internal voltage monitoring with dynamic switching and UART output | C ADC Low-Power |
📂 View All Projects by Category
esp32-ac-motor-controller- PID-based AC motor control with phase-angle modulationembedded-bsp-esp32-pic18f- Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for ESP32 & PIC18Frsl10-blinky-rtt-debug- ARM Cortex-M3 LED control with SEGGER RTT debuggingRSL10-UART-LED-Control- Bidirectional UART communication with command confirmationRSL10-SysTick-Timestamp- SysTick-based timestamp system with low-power sleeprsl10-adc-vddc-monitor- 14-bit ADC voltage monitoring with dynamic switchingmsp430-arduino-uart-bridge- Serial communication bridge with state machine
iot-sensor-pipeline- Full-stack IoT: MQTT → Node.js → PostgreSQL → Dashboardsensor-dashboard- Real-time sensor visualization with Socket.io & Chart.jsesp32-weather-client- Weather dashboard with MQTT streamingRSL10-Arduino-I2C-Communication- Software I2C bit-bang implementation
Pharmacy-AI-automation-system- HIPAA-compliant AI for pharmacy automationai-coaching-system- Autonomous AI coaching ecosystem with FastAPI & Reactmulti-personality-chatbot- LLM-powered chatbot with dynamic personalitiesreal-time-emotion-recognition- Facial emotion detection with FER model
ut-austin-big-data-analysis- Big data projects from UT Austin Fulbright program
timeline
title Career Timeline
2023 : Electronic Technician @ FAHR
: IoT PCB testing & assembly
: Reduced debugging time by 25%
2024 : QA Technician @ GM&T
: Hardware Implementation @ FAHR
: ESP32, LoRa, BLE, OTA updates
2025 : Electrical Engineer @ BALSAS (Germany)
: DIN VDE standards & team coordination
: Implementation Engineer @ IMTECH
: MSP430, RSL10 firmware integration
Implementation & System Integration Engineer @ IMTECH Desarrollos (Sep 2025 - Present)
- 🔧 Leading embedded platform integration (MSP430, RSL10) in C
- 📋 Defining firmware-hardware validation workflows with PLC test benches
- 👥 Mentoring junior engineers & advising on operational improvements
- 🎯 Aligning technical solutions with business goals
Electrical Engineer Intern @ BALSAS GmbH, Germany (Jan - Jun 2025)
- 🇩🇪 Residential electrical renovations per DIN VDE standards
- 📅 Team coordination, scheduling, and materials management
- ✅ Inspection compliance and installation quality assurance
| Institution | Degree | Year | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🏛️ University of Texas at Austin | Certificate - Big Data & AI | 2025 | Fulbright-COMEXUS Scholar • 120hr intensive • 80% accuracy ML models |
| 🎓 Chihuahua Institute of Technology | B.Sc. Electronic Engineering | 2020-2024 | GPA: 90.83/100 • Minor: Intelligent Embedded Systems |
I'm always open to discussing embedded systems, IoT solutions, AI integration, or collaboration opportunities!