// founder . maker . systems thinker
I’m the founder and director of Inclusive Bytes CIC, a digital inclusion community interest company based at The Spindles in Oldham. I’ve spent over 30 years developing software and hardware, I see everything as systems, and I run Kuiper Industries as my technical consultancy strand.
Digital inclusion in Oldham: devices, skills, digital champions and a mobile drop-in unit.
Technical consultancy, platforms for CICs, and public sector tech that actually joins up.
IoT, LoRaWAN, embedded systems, open hardware and community infrastructure.
A few weeks ago I wired up a strip of WS2811 LEDs on a shelf behind me, flashed an Arduino Uno R4 WiFi, and published a web page that lets anyone on a call with me change my room lighting in real time. It’s completely unnecessary. I love it. How it works The Arduino connects […]