Looking for a Bluetooth stack hacker

3 pointsexplorer915y ago6 comments

Dear YC hackernews members: We are looking for a bluetooth Guru to join our team, either as a consultant or a full time employee. Please let me know if you might be the one or have a lead. We are a medical device startup based in Los Gatos, trying to build a device that would help millions if not billions of people. You can reach me at qhuang.c8@gmail.com

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jey15y ago· 2 in thread

Please be more specific. Are you looking for someone to do hardware design, firmware development, create drivers, something else, or all of the above?

explorer9OP15y ago

All of the above is best. :-) We are looking for (1) someone who is familiar with the bluetooth stack, e.g. please experience with the stack source code. The objective is to port some existing stack to a specific hardware (radio). (2) Also someone very familiar with bluetooth chipset on the market.

jey15y ago

To me it sounds like you have two separate but related tasks:

1. You need an embedded systems programmer who has experience with porting complicated things like network stacks to new hardware. I doubt you specifically need "experience with the stack source code" (sic).

2. If I'm parsing this one correctly, you need someone who could match your requirements and needs to the currently available hardware and find the appropriate chipset to use.

Do you already have the hardware designed?

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jcr15y ago· 1 in thread

Hiya neighbor! I'm also in Los Gatos, well the mountains actually, but close enough.

Your post/request needs to define what stack(s)?

i.e. operating system(s)?, hardware hacking (design)?

There are a number of security concerns caused by the fundamental design of bluetooth itself. Given you mentioned your device is for medical use, the security concerns might wreak havoc with HIPPA requirements.

EDIT: I realize you're using a brand new account, but putting some contact details and info in it would be wise.

explorer9OP15y ago

Hi JC, the key stacks that could be involved include HCI, ACL, L2CAP, and RFCOMM. It is an embedded system with no OS. hardware design has already been done, but we are open to changes related to the bluetooth part. Folks with security background would be even better (right now our plan is to handle security at the app level.) Thanks also for the contact info suggestion.

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jey15y ago· 2 in thread

Please be more specific. Are you looking for someone to do hardware design, firmware development, create drivers, something else, or all of the above?

explorer9OP15y ago

jey15y ago

To me it sounds like you have two separate but related tasks:

2. If I'm parsing this one correctly, you need someone who could match your requirements and needs to the currently available hardware and find the appropriate chipset to use.

Do you already have the hardware designed?

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jcr15y ago· 1 in thread

Hiya neighbor! I'm also in Los Gatos, well the mountains actually, but close enough.

Your post/request needs to define what stack(s)?

i.e. operating system(s)?, hardware hacking (design)?

EDIT: I realize you're using a brand new account, but putting some contact details and info in it would be wise.

explorer9OP15y ago

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