Hello, my name is Nicolai Shlapunov.
I got my first computer and started studying Basic when I was 10 years old. I have been interested in technology ever since then. Several years later, as a 9th-grade student, I studied x86 assembler and wrote my first programs for MS-DOS. I graduated from Minsk Radioengineering College in Microelectronics, and also received both my Bachelor (Software Engineering) and Master of Science degrees from Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
I have more than 12 years of work experience in software engineering. I worked 10 years for a company producing gambling equipment (slot machines, Jack Pot systems, etc.), and in 2016 I took the decision to move to the United States — the birthplace of almost all hi-tech technologies. Here in the US I have been working in the medical device production industry. I continuously work on staying well informed of new technologies available. Full of new ideas, I also have a lot of projects of my own, starting from small device development to home improvement.
In my spare time (besides enjoying activities with my family — my wife Olga and children Nikita and Michael) I invent various things like this DevBoy project.
In the future I plan to create various add-ons for DevBoy (for instance, an oscilloscope), as well as miscellaneous open hardware modules for different projects, and various open source DevCore software libraries. I hope a large DevBoy community will be established, and I would be very happy to welcome you.