Rune Holmgren
Developer at Helseboka
Harstad, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
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Top SchoolRune Holmgren is a developer with 12 years of experience bridging low-power embedded systems and higher-level full-stack projects, currently working at Helseboka in Norway. He holds a Master's in Complex Systems from NTNU and spent five years as an R&D engineer at Nordic Semiconductor contributing to the nRF Connect SDK—adding ESB samples, nRF52811 support, and fixes that improved cross-device radio reliability. Rune has entrepreneurial experience as founder and full-stack developer at Permafrost AI and consulting work at Kodeworks, demonstrating an ability to move between hardware-near firmware and web-facing products. His background in energy-efficient systems and hands-on hardware integration gives him a practical edge in IoT and embedded connectivity problems. Based in Harstad, he pairs academic rigour with pragmatic delivery, often surfacing subtle hardware-software interactions early in development.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Complex Systems, Master's degree, Complex Systems at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Github Skills (18)
c1110
c1710
sys10
embedded10
nrf-connect-sdk10
zephyr-rtos9
iot9
iot-devkit9
clock8
system-clock8
knob-control8
google-cloud-messaging6
documentation6
scale6
android6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nrfconnect/sdk-nrf
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
nRF Connect SDK main repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 9 comments in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Rune contributed to the nRF Connect SDK, primarily focusing on Enhanced ShockBurst (ESB) communication samples. They developed and integrated ESB samples to demonstrate data transfer between devices, demonstrating a strong understanding of the library. Further contributions included fixing an issue related to stopping Enhanced ShockBurst RX during acknowledgement packets and adding support for the nRF52811, which suggests hardware integration expertise. They also addressed the clock initialization to ensure the ESB library functions correctly across a range of nRF devices.
nrf-connect-sdk
dmpro-ytelse/PCB-design
Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:142 commits in 2 months
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