Julius Charles Gamboa

Driven by innovation at Santa Clara University, I led a team to develop a gesture-controlled device, that enhances daily life for special needs adults. Expert in coding and collaborative problem-solving, my role in testing and perfecting device components showcases my technical proficiency and commitment to impactful engineering solutions.

Analog IC Design Lab

• Learned how to construct different circuits, like Common Source, Common Drain, Differential Pair, One-Stage Op-Amps, and Two-Stage Op-Amps in Cadence
• For each circuit built, created a testbench circuit, ran different analyses like DC Sweep and Transient, showed the results on a graph, and found the specific values asked for in the lab

PCB Flashlight

• Formulated and developed a flashlight with a switch, a potentiometer to adjust the brightness, and 3 LEDs
• Designed and tested a flashlight circuit using computer software, Eagle, assembled and soldered components such as resistors, capacitors, and LEDs onto the PCB, and troubleshot any issues to ensure the proper functionality of the flashlight

Turbidity Sensor

• Designed and built a turbidity sensor that checks whether the water sample is clear or not, using electronic components
• Designed and tested a circuit with a photoresistor to sense whether the turbidity of the water is low or high
• Created and tested a BJT circuit to convert the threshold measurement obtained to a high or low indication of the comparator output
• Designed and tested a motor-driven circuit using a brushed DC motor and a switch MOSFET IRFZ20 to mimic agitating the water if turbidity is high

Advanced Logic Design Lab

• Learned from different labs assigned every week to help strengthen skills in writing Verilog, debugging with Synopsys, and showing results in Linux and GUI
• Designed, wrote, analyzed, and debugged Verilog code in a lab that performed different tasks by implementing combinational circuits, Moore and Mealy state machines, and creating a bidirectional SPI SRAM chip model

Phonebook Project

• Built the phonebook in C language, secured by simple encryption, and operated by entering a name, showing the list of people, finding a specific name, deleting a name or names, and saving the phonebook in a text file and binary file
• Edited phonebook code each week to configure pointers, dynamic memory allocation, file-saving text and binary, threads, and basic encryption