Zhaojin Chu

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Zhaojin Chu

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BS ECE · Carnegie Mellon University · expected May 2028 · Pittsburgh, PA / Dubai, UAE

zhaojinchu@cmu.edugithub.com/zhaojinchulinkedin.com/in/zhaojinc

1.0What I build

  • 6-DOF maglev haptic controller: STM32H7 with AD7606/LTC2688 over SPI+DMA; ~10× cheaper, ~2× the compute
  • Ballbot driven by feel: a PyQt GUI over the Shmoobot’s ROS 1 nodes, then teleoperation from the haptic device with force feedback
  • Real-time waste classifier: YOLOv8n on a Raspberry Pi 5; Best Hardware, TartanHacks 2026, 1,000+ participants
  • Robotic instrument network: ESP32 Feather firmware, MIDI over a wireless link, gesture-driven conductor mode
  • Full-stack platforms: a Next.js/PostgreSQL tutoring portal live at hainabian.org, and a Django/Celery/Channels scheduler I ran solo for two years at ~150 bookings a month

All 11 projects →

How to reach me An eight-lead package outline, top view. Every pin is a link. Pins 1 to 4 down the left side are my email, GitHub, LinkedIn and YouTube. Pins 5 to 8 up the right side are the about page, the projects index, my software resume and my embedded resume. ZC-2028 8-LEAD SOIC TOP VIEW 1 EMAIL write to me 2 GITHUB zhaojinchu 3 LINKEDIN zhaojinc 4 YOUTUBE viola & piano 5 ABOUT who I am 6 PROJECTS 11 writeups 7 RESUME software 8 RESUME embedded
Figure 1. Pin Configuration: Links and Contacts

2.0My resume

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3.0What I'm looking for

  • Embedded, firmware and robotics software internships, Summer 2027
  • Backend and systems software internships, Summer 2027
  • Haptics, robotics, and edge-ML research collaborations

4.0What I work with

Firmware
C on STM32H7, ESP32 and ARM Cortex-M; SPI with DMA, MIDI, BLE, UDP
Hardware
AD7606 ADC, LTC2688 DAC, DRV8262, INA240, L298N, RC servos; KiCad, oscilloscope and logic analyzer
Robotics and ML
ROS 1, Qt / PyQt, SOFA; PyTorch, ONNX, YOLOv8, INT8 quantization, Jetson, Raspberry Pi
Software
Python, JavaScript, SQL; Django, Celery, Channels, PostgreSQL, Next.js, React, Node.js, Supabase, Stripe, Linux, Git

5.0Absolute Maximum Ratings

Parameter Min Max Unit Conditions
Operating temperature range −15 48 °C Pittsburgh in February to Dubai in August
Time zone offset −5 +4 h UTC Pittsburgh to Dubai
Relocation distance 0 11,300 km Pittsburgh to Dubai, great circle