LABNATION - Key Persons

Intrigued by the mystery of computers, Jasper studied electronics engineering to learn how a dumb 50Hz sine wave can fuel such a wonderful machine. At the age of 12 he wrote Tetris in Basic, at 14 he demystified HTML and CSS and when he finally got an internet connection at home, he became passionate about the open source movement when he found out about Linux. After his studies he went on to work with Riemer, learning about FPGAs and embedded ARM SoCs as they developed 3D cameras. He is the digital guy who prefers C over Java. The LabNation web developer and SmartScope all-round engineer.

Maarten is the live version of Wikipedia of Electronics. His research projects have resulted in two spin-offs which have grown to a total of 120 employees, of which one has recently been acquired by Microchip in November 2013. Nevertheless, he stays true to his passion: teaching parttime classes as Professor to Master students in Electronical Engineering at the University of Brussels. Maarten acts as mentor to the SmartScope project.