1. Ing. Eduard Burian
Professional Profile
Key Skills
• Expert level C/C++ for Win32/64 and embedded systems
• Microcontroller architectures and programming
• Mixed-signal electronic design and prototyping
• DSP + machine vision theory and implementation
• Modeling, simulation and visualization
• R&D work
Know-how
Theory: Calculus, Matrix algebra, Physics, Control theory, Quantum information
Research: microelectromechanical systems, scientific writing, presentations
Electrical Engineering: mixed-signal design, signal conditioning and filters, motor drive, battery
management
Hardware Environment: INTEL x86, StrongARM, MICROCHIP PIC + dsPIC, ATMEL AVR,
TI C5500, C6000, ALTERA CycloneII
Operating Systems: Win32, WinCE
Programming Languages: C/C++, Pascal, Fortran
Assembler x86, PIC, AVR
VHDL, Verilog
Databases: MySQL
Development Tools: MS Visual C++, MS Embedded Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, Eclipse
AVR Studio, CodeVisionAVR, WinAVR, MPLAB C30, mikroC-dsPIC
TI Code Composer Studio, ALTERA Quartus II
Altium Designer
Other Software: In-house developed tools:
XMA - eXtended Macro Assembler for PIC microcontrollers
Complex matrix calculations, FFT
IIR, FIR filter design for fixed-point arithmetics
DEETEN – 3D modeling and simulation of MEMS
DEX – visual interface to simulation and testing of embedded modules
DCL – DSP Component Library with GUI editor for rapid development
VModules - image processing and multivector algebra libraries

2. Personal Data
Surname: Burian
Given Name: Eduard
Title: Ing. (MSc.)
Nationality: Slovakia
Sex: M
Date of Birth: March 8, 1967
Marital Status: Single
Mother Tongue: Slovak
Language Skills: (Scale: elementary, intermediate, advanced, proficiency)
English – advanced
German – intermediate
Years of IT experience: 20+
Contact data
Home address: Rusovska 7, Bratislava, SK-85101
Tel/Fax: +421-905-469130
e-mail: eduard.burian@gmail.com
web www.loxtechnologies.com
Education
1981 - 1985 Electrotechnical Secondary School, Piestany, with leaving
examination
1985 - 1992 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology of Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
June 1992 MSc degree in Technical cybernetics at Department of
Automation and Control

3. Projects
Project List
09/95 – 12/99 R&D work on microsystems Inst. of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Academy of Sci.
03/97 – 05/07 XMA - Extended Macro Assembler LOX Technologies
07/97 – 03/99 Wireless MIDI link, MIDI keyboard Ing. Peter Huber, Austria
03/97 – 12/99 Control Unit for Welding Machines FORMICA Nitra, s.r.o., Slovakia
06/00 – 08/00 Digital Altimeter for Small Aircrafts Ing. Peter Huber, Austria
08/00 – 11/00 Compass Simulator Controller Ing. Peter Huber, Austria
12/00 – 03/01 Precision 200W Thermostat Inst. of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Academy of Sci.
11/01 – 11/03 Firmware for WEC H41 Docking Station Gotive, a.s., Slovakia
01/03 – 05/04 Battery Monitoring for WEC H41 Gotive, a.s., Slovakia
01/04 – 06/04 Production Tester Gotive, a.s., Slovakia
03/05 – 12/05 Active Glass Break Detector moreSens GmbH, Germany
10/04 – 12/06 Modeling of Gas-sensitive microsystem Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Uni. of Techn.
01/06 – 05/06 DEX - Diverse Embedded Control Cross LOX Technologies
04/06 – 03/07 Aircraft Data Logger Ing. Peter Huber, Austria
04/07 – 05/07 Powerline Control Detector Mikrovlny s.r.o, Czech Republic
06/07 – 07/07 BModules Image Processing Library LOXTechnologies
11/07 – 05/08 Visual Length Measurement System ME-Inspection SK s.r.o., Slovakia
06/08 – 10/08 Color Inspection System ME-Inspection SK s.r.o., Slovakia
01/07 – 12/08 Intelligent Gas Detection Module Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Uni. of Techn.
04/09 – 01/10 Automobile Bumper Inspection ME-Inspection SK s.r.o., Slovakia
01/10 – 04/10 Video Camera Tester LOX Technologies
05/10 – 10/10 Transducer characterization device LOX Technologies
07/10 – 08/10 Sequential Logic Automat MID Vending s.r.o., Slovakia
02/11 – 08/11 Fuel Dispenser Unit Control Dataplicity Ltd., UK
04/11 – 06/11 Lightning Sensor for Meteostation Mikrovlny s.r.o, Czech Republic
06/11 – 09/11 Anemometer Firmware Barani Design s.r.o., Slovakia
09/11 – 12/11 Control Protocol for Fuel Dispensers Dataplicity Ltd., UK
12/11 – 08/12 Tank Gauge Display Firmware Dataplicity Ltd., UK
03/12 – 06/12 Rain Sensor for Meteostation Mikrovlny s.r.o, Czech Republic
09/12 – 10/12 IGASMODUL Test Board and Application Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Uni. of Techn.
09/12 – 12/12 Implementation of IFSF Protocol Dataplicity Ltd., UK
04/13 – 08/13 Boosting Heater Power Controller Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Uni. of Techn.
02/14 – 12/14 Dataplicity for Arduino Dataplicity Ltd., UK
03/14 – 02/17 SAFESENS Consortium Partnership SEFESENS Consortium Group, EU
10/14 – 01/16 Precision Gas Sensing System Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Uni. of Techn.

4. Precision 200W Thermostat
Contractor Instit. of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Academy of Sciences
Period 12/2000 - 3/2001
Position Hardware development and realization, firmware implementation, testing
Description Microcontroller-based temperature controller for 200W furnaces with 24V
heating, with 2/4 wire Pt100 temperature sensing and RS232 host interface.
Environment/Tools In-house (eXtended Macro Assembler for PIC uC)
target MICROCHIP PIC16F877
Reference Tibor.Lalinsky@savba.sk

5. Battery Monitoring for WEC H41
Contractor Gotive, a.s., Slovakia
Period 1/2003 - 5/2004
Position Realization: modular decomposition, development of algorithms, implementation
of modules in C++, PC simulations, test application for WEC H41, documentation
Supervision: battery characterization, development of visual simulation interface,
visualization and interpretation of results
Participation: implementation in WEC H41 core, testing
Description Battery Monitoring for WEC H41
fast battery current estimation
original method of free battery voltage estimation
estimation of battery remaining charge and operation time
adaptive battery model
Environment/Tools MS Embedded Visual C++ (release, target WEC H41)
Borland C++ (simulation)
Origin (simulation and test results visualization)
In-house O3
Reference vsameliak@gotive.com

6. Active Glass Break detector
Contractor moreSens GmbH, Germany
Period 3/2005 - 12/2005
Position Realization: theoretical background, system decomposition and architecture,
hardware principal design, embedded software realization and testing,
experiments, documentation
Supervision: simulation software, comparison of analytical and numerical
methods, hardware detailed design, PCB design and realization, hardware
debugging
Description Active Glass Break Detector
theoretical investigations to sound propagation in glass
several proposals for sounding methods
hardware for measurement system based on TI 320C5510 DSK with hi-
speed ADC and DAC daughter board
software for DSP, microcontroller, PC
experimental glass plant
collecting of experimental data and method verification
Environment/Tools CodeVisionAVR C (target ATMega128)
TI Code Composer for TMS320C5510 DSK
Borland C++ Builder (numerical simulation software, daughter board control
software)
DCL (in-house DSP component library with GUI system editor)
Reference markus.link@moresens.com

7. Numerical Modeling of GaAs Gas-sensitive Microsystem
Contractor Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
Period 10/2004 - 12/2006
Position Simulation code development and testing, microsystem structural data porting,
simulation results visualization and interpretation, feedback
Description Numerical Modeling of GaAs Gas-sensitive Microsystem
(2D and 3D modeling and simulation of thermal and mechanical properties of a
GaAs-based MEMS)
Environment/Tools Borland C++ (simulation and visualization)
DEETEN (in-house general 3D partial differential equation solver)
Reference ivan.hotovy@stuba.sk

8. Aircraft Data Logger Technology Demonstrator and Prototype
Contractor Ing. Peter Huber, Austria
Period 4/2006 - 3/2007
Position Realization: hardware and firmware architecture, conceptual hardware design,
component purchase, signal processing and recorder algorithm development,
firmware coding, DEX evaluation interface programming, implementation &
testing
Supervision: detailed hardware design, PCB realization and production, electrical
testing
Description Aircraft Data Logger Technology Demonstrator and Prototype
Environment/Tools CodeVisionAVR, In-House DEX
target ATMEL ATMega128
Reference spc-hupe@eunet.at

9. Visual Length Measurement System
Contractor ME-Inspection s.r.o. Bratislava
Period 11/2007 - 5/2008
Position Software architecture; image processing libraries; algorithm design and testing;
measurement process simulation; communication with firewire camera drivers;
implementation and optimization for real-time; on-site implementation and
support
Description Visual Length Measurement System
Machine vision application for visual 2-camera length measurement of rubber
strips for tire production at Barum Continental Plant in Otrokovice, Czech
Republic, development of visual processing code for image de-blurring and
correlation, simulation and visualization tools, and communication with
surrounding systems.
Environment/Tools Borland BC++, Visual Studio, in-house DModules libraries implementing image
processing algorithms
Reference www.me-inspection.sk

10. Color Inspection System
Contractor ME-Inspection s.r.o. Bratislava
Period 6/2008 - 10/2008
Position Software architecture for color detection and servo positioning; image processing
libraries; implementation and testing of color detection algorithm; on-site
implementation and support
Description Color Inspection System
System for inspection and positioning of color markings on endless rubber strip
for tire production at Barum Continental Plant in Otrokovice, Czech Republic.
2Mpix firewire color camera provides input for identification of colors and
positions of markings on the rubber strip and a servosystem provides positioning
of the painting mechanism. Marking displacement and errors are signalized to
stand operators. Application under iConnect framework runs on an industrial PC
with PLC subsystem.
Environment/Tools Borland BC++, Visual Studio, in-house DModules libraries implementing image
processing algorithms
Reference www.me-inspection.sk

11. Intelligent Gas Detection Module
Contractor Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
Period 1/2007 - 12/2008
Position Module architecture; development of demonstration system with logarithmic
converter and heating control; principal module hardware design and supervision
on hardware development and realization; hardware testing; development of
control firmware and PC communication software; system testing
Description Intelligent Gas Detection Module
- miniature and robust sensing module with digital interface
- novel gas sensor microsystem based of NiO ceramic substrate depositions
- accurate logarithmic converter for layer conductances as low as 10
-8
S
- microsensor heater with temperature control
- 8-bit microcontroller manages measurement and supplies gas levels
- autocalibration and learning capability
- programmable gas selectivity and alarm levels
- stand-alone gas level signaling and RS485 network connectivity
- standard assynchronous serial interface to the host
- 3V to 5V operation with power down modes
- small module formfactor for easy integration into user device
Environment/Tools CodeVisionAVR, In-House DEX, Borland BC++
target ATMEL ATMega128
Reference ivan.hotovy@stuba.sk

12. Automobile Bumper Inspection
Contractor ME Inspection SK s.r.o.
Periode 04/2009 - 1/2010
Position System, hardware and software architecture; HW design; firmware development
and testing; design and implementation of inter-application communication
subsystem; implementation of functional testing and test parameter database;
implementation of result visualization; supervising camera and visual detection
software development; on-site implementation and support
Description Bumper Inspection system provides functional and visual testing for bumper
components, i.e. PDC (parking) sensors, fog and LED lights, HomeLink sender in
functional, and various mechanical components (screws, mounts) in visual test.
System is PC-based with an external functional test unit provided with current-
limited 12V switches and current/voltage readout, PDC and HomeLink interfaces
etc. Visual inspection subsystem has 2 B&W cameras. Test parameters and
prototype component images are chosen from a large database according to
current bumper type. Test results are shown on operator LCD screen.
Environment/Tools Borland Builder, VModules
CodeVisionAVR C Compiler (target ATMEL ATMega32)
Reference www.me-inspection.sk

13. Video Camera Tester
Contractor LOX Technologies
Period 1/2010 - 4/2010
Position System architecture, VHDL development with TERASIC Cyclone-II board,
prototype hardware realization and testing, development of control software.
Description CAMQUEST CY701 is FPGA-based tester of video camera systems mainly for
automotive production plant application. A video camera is tested in a stand with
LCD monitor, CAMQUEST tester and a standard PC. The PC sends commands
to the tester which generates testing images on the monitor, processes the
incoming video signal from camera and evaluates camera functionality and
geometrical attributes of camera placement.
Environment/Tools Altera QuartusII, Borland Builder, Terasic DE2-70 board
target Altera Cyclone-II
Reference www.loxtechnologies.com

14. Tank Gauge Display Firmware
Contractor Dataplicity Ltd., UK
Period 12/2011 - 8/2012
Position Firmware architecture and development, testing of prototype devices, feedback
to hardware developers, realization of hardware and firmware testing stand
Description Tank Gauge Display Firmware
Tank Gauge Display is a part of HyDip Tank Gauging System consisting of
controller device and several displays. The controller is sensing levels in multiple
tank segments and sends this information to corresponding display devices.
Each display has independent input for sensing critical tank levels, and if overfill
is indicated, the acoustic and visual alarms are activated. Stand-alone operation
without controller device is provided, also.
Environment/Tools GCC, Eclipse
target TI MSP430F2618
Reference www.hydip.com

15. IGASMODUL Test Board and Application
Contractor Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
Period 9/2012 - 10/2012
Position Board architecture, design and production; development of demonstration
application; participation at ELOSYS 2012 presentation
Description IGASMODUL Test Board and Application
Test Board for IGASMODUL is equipped with USB interface and interface to the
gas sounder. Data from IGASMODUL (intelligent gas sensing module) attached
to the Test Board can be directly read from PC where measurement control and
logging application is run. Graphic presentation of gas concentration
measurement is also provided.
Environment/Tools CodeVisionAVR, Borland BC++, Altium Designer
target ATMEL ATMega128, PC
Reference ivan.hotovy@stuba.sk

16. Boosting Heater Power Controller
Contractor Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
Period 4/2013 - 8/2013
Position Board architecture; design of power conversion and signal conditioning circuits;
prototype production; development of firmware; electrical and system testing
Description BEAWER - Boosting Heater Power Controller
Beawer PT1 is prototype for compact device enabling precision testing and
operation of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) heater devices. It is
designed to deliver up-to 5W into a platinum-based microsystem heater, while
obtaining information about heating element resistance by 4-wire sensing
interface. Beawer involves double DC-DC conversion circuitry with 3V..6V inputs,
which generates constant internal 3.3V and 5V supplies and variable heater
voltage up to 25V. Linear heater current controller enables currents up to 1A with
minimal power dissipation due to variable supply voltage. The heater resistance
is derived differentially by superposing 25Hz AC current variations into the DC
value and measuring the corresponding AC part of heater voltage. Analog signal
conditioning circuitry involves differential stages for heater current and voltage
measurements and subsequent low-pass pre-filtration to 400Hz in 3-pole
Butterworth linear filters. After 14-bit ADC conversion, the DC and AC voltage
and current values are processed in dsPIC33FJ128GP804 digital signal
controller. Digital interface to the Beawer controller includes USB, SPI and
RS485 physical layers. The system can be operated and supplied just from PC
USB interface, however with lower power output up to 2W.
Environment/Tools Microchip MPLAB, Borland BC++, Altium Designer
target MICROCHIP dsPIC, PC
Reference ivan.hotovy@stuba.sk

17. SAFESENS Consortium Partnership
Contractor SAFESENS Consortium Group
Period 3/2014 - 2/2017
Position Architecture, design and testing of readout electronics for MOX gas sensors
Description SAFESENS will bring innovations beyond state-of-the-art into the application
area of gas detection and monitoring systems, which are used as safety devices
to detect fire events or to alert building occupants and safety workers about the
potential danger of poisoning by toxic gas exposure, suffocation due to lack of
oxygen and fire or explosion by combustible gases.
In framework of WP1 package, LOX Technologies provided an analysis of actual
state and specification of physical, electronic and sensing properties of gas
sensors, necessary electronic components and systems, as well as
communication interfaces. Thermal model of a MOX sensor has been laid out to
support design of heater electronic driver circuitry in the first part of the Feasibility
Study on Readout Approaches.
Within the WP3 package, our first task was evaluation and selection of
architecture, circuitry and components for sensor readout following criteria for
optimal relation of properties, costs and system efficiency. Several heater driver
and sensing resistance readout circuitries have been laid out and analyzed for
precision, parametric sensitivity and range, and a summary with specification of
costs, efficiency and design complexity has been given in the second and third
part of the Feasibility Study.
The advanced types of readout circuitry we recommended in the Feasibility Study
on Readout Approaches have been utilized in our design of precision gas sensor
module, which was partially available as prototype in the late of 2014, so we were
able to report practical properties of the CC/CV method at second consortium
meeting in Cork in November of that year.
Environment/Tools Altium Designer, LTspice, Borland BC++
Reference eniac-safesens.eu

18. Precision Gas Sensing System
Contractor Faculty of Elect. Eng. of Slovak Technical University, Bratislava
Period 10/2014 - 1/2016
Position Realization: System architecture; design of power conversion and signal
conditioning circuits; multiple prototype production; mechanical design;
development of firmware; electrical testing
Supervision: Implementation of control application in Java thick client; GUI
design; system testing
Description SENGA - Precision Gas Sensing Module and Docking Station
SENGA is a multi-channel gas sensing system comprising set of independent
intelligent modules and a docking station for up-to 16-channel configuration, with
its prior mission in precision gas sensor characterization and long-term sensor
data acquisition. Intelligent SENGA modules come with state-of-the-art power-
efficient boosting circuitry, enabling utilization of a wide range of gas sensors with
up-to 25V, 10W power requirements at one side, or novel micro-heating elements
with power requirements down to 10mW, on the other. Two independent
resistance measurement inputs found at each module, which span more than 6
orders of magnitude, can be utilized for single or differential gas concentration
measurements, as well as an independent feedback for heater or ambient
temperature data. By default, the module is equipped with on-the-fly temperature
measurement in the platinum heater circuitry utilizing DC current-voltage method.
SENGA modules are equipped with RS485 industrial serial bus that enables
connection of up-to 64 modules with the same host. To provide housing and
docking for multiple modules, SENGA docking station in industrial 19'' case,
involving 16 module slots, integrated power supply and a USB/RS485 bus
converter, is readied.
Environment/Tools Microchip MPLAB, Borland BC++, Altium Designer, LTspice, Eclipse for Java
target MICROCHIP dsPIC, PC
Reference dalibor.buc@stuba.sk