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@MakerInParadise

Consulting for the full idea-to-market pipeline

Build like a master.

Offering start-to-finish consulting for your projects in electronics, software, firmware, manufacturing robotics, AI, logistics and quality in the automotive, defense, aerospace, medical and general purpose manufacturing industries.

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~/paradise — capability.json
disciplinesmech · elec · fw
sectorsmed · def · lab
run_size1 – 500 units
shopsFL, USA · MNL, PH
lead_time4 weeks
statusaccepting_work
Board on the bench, probes on the rail
bench · board bring-up
~/paradise — ventures3 · 2 sub-apps
G-Code Sentinel app icon gcodesentinel.com Machine monitoring that calls before the crash
NC Studio app icon NC Studio Toolpath editing and post-processing in G-Code Sentinel
halus.ai app icon halus.ai Applied AI for people who make physical things
Anim Studio app icon Anim Studio Motion and visualisation for hardware teams in halus.ai
Boekel B mark, white on grey boekelsci.com Boekel Scientific — lab instruments built to last

01 — Open source

code & models · 2 channels
channel 1 · github — code13 public · 6 private
github.com/BlinkingSun
Maker_In_Paradise — hardware/software for AI, robotics and manufacturing
19 repos · 6 private · 6 pinned
repositories 19
public 13 private 6
6
pinned
VIEW PROFILE ↗
344
contributions · 12 mo
8 days
current streak
8 days
longest streak
52
busiest day
32 / 364
days with commits
channel 2 · thingiverse — modelschannel 2 of 4
thingiverse.com/Blinkingsun
Free, printable parts from the shop — clips, jigs, fixtures and machine spares
30 designs · 6 downloads

Everything I post here is free to download, use and modify. Most of it started as a part I needed on a Tuesday — a fixture that had to exist before the next operation, a spare that was cheaper to print than to wait on. If it saves you an afternoon, that is the whole point.

30
designs published
6
downloads · ytd
1
makes posted
1
collections
Drawing sheet — capability & project data 10 of 40 packages on file

02 — Capability matrix

1 ■ lead · 2 ▨ advise · 3 □ network
Discipline / phase
Concept
Design
Prototype
DFM
Production
Mechanical & product design
Electrical, embedded & PCB
Software & firmware
Additive & 3D printing
CAD & DFM consulting
Prototyping & short-run fab

tooling: SolidWorks · Fusion 360 · KiCad · Altium · STM32Cube · Rust · Python · Klipper · Mastercam

03 — Project index

6 shown · 40 on file
Photo — 16:9
MIP-0142 REV CMedical

Sterile-field instrument tray

Autoclavable tray with an RFID census. Foam mock-up to 300 units in eleven months.

Photo — 16:9
MIP-0117 REV FDefense

Field telemetry node

IP68, −40 to 70 °C, solar trickle. Board, enclosure and firmware all mine.

Photo — 16:9
MIP-0208 REV BOptics

Handheld spectrometer

Palm-sized NIR head with a sealed optical bench and on-device inference.

Photo — 16:9
MIP-0191 REV DLab

Lab centrifuge controller

Closed-loop drive, imbalance detection and a rewritten operator panel.

Photo — 16:9
MIP-0176 REV AOpen source

Print-farm watchdog

Thermal-runaway detection running on-device across a 24-printer farm.

Photo — 16:9
MIP-0160 REV CAero

3-axis camera gimbal

Brushless stabiliser for a survey UAV — mechanics, drive and firmware.

index: 6 of 40 on file · full drawing packages and photography available under NDA · view all →

End of drawing sheetback to terminal ↓

04 — whoami_

about the builder
~/paradise — operator.jpg rec · 1152 × 864
Joshua Roberts on the water, machine-vision detection overlay
detections 3 model mip-vision min conf 0.941
uptime
26 YRS
shipped
40+
status
accepting
~/paradise — building with aiin production

AI is a tool on the bench, not a headline. I use it where it earns its place — catching defects a tired eye misses, drafting the boring half of a firmware module, keeping a print farm honest overnight — and I stay on the hook for whatever ships. The best frontier AI models and harnesses are the foundation of my workflow. I run my own orchestration systems designed around my workflow and documentation. Compliance and scope is built into every element of every project. A single context document follows the development of hardware, firmware, software and quality documentation.

agents in the loopplanning, audits, code review
vision on the benchdefect + presence detection
local inferenceon-device, no cloud round trip
tooling I shipopen-source agent utilities
~/paradise $ whoami

I am Joshua Roberts and I am a builder

01 · the short version

I have twenty-six years of taking hardware from a sketch on the back of a receipt to a pallet of finished units under my belt. Mechanical, electrical and firmware are all my responsibility, which means nothing gets lost in the handoff between three vendors who have never met and compliance is never lost in translation. Regulated medical and defense work is a normal Tuesday.

02 · how I got here

I started in the performance automotive industry, building parts for race cars and testing them on the track. I moved into the electronics side and started building hardware and writing firmware to support my ideas. When I wanted to start producing at scale, I was led down a path into manufacturing robotics and automation and never looked back. Today I am Chief Systems Engineer and Director of Engineering for Boekel Scientific in Philadelphia, PA. I live a unique lifestyle with roots in multiple US states and a house in Manila, PH and travel between locations regularly. I have taken electrical engineering and computer science courses at Harvard and MIT and AI courses through Nvidia. I am driven by my passion for creation and the restoration of the American manufacturing industry through automation.

03 · how I work

You brief me once and I handle the rest: CAD, boards, firmware, vendor calls, and the awkward questions nobody wants to put to a supplier. Every file, drawing and board package goes home with you unless clearly specified in the contract. No lock-in, nothing held hostage, and an honest no on the first call if it is not a fit.

basedSpace Coast, FL
alsoSan Diego · DC · Philadelphia · Manila
since1999
sectorsmedical · defense · lab · film · consumer
languagesC++ · JavaScript · Python · Swift · Rust · Typescript · HTML

05 — Revision history

the living resume

Same idea as a drawing's rev block — what changed, when, and why. Runs back to 2009 and I add to it as things happen.

Rev
Date
Description
Tag
38
2026-07-22
Watchdog v2 firmware shipped — thermal runaway detection on-device
FIRMWARE
37
2026-06-04
First articles off the line, sterile tray program — 300 units, zero rejects
MEDICAL
36
2026-04-18
Manila prototyping bench commissioned — overnight iteration loop
SHOP
35
2026-02-09
halus.ai out of stealth
VENTURE
34
2025-11-30
Boekel Scientific instrument line refresh — four SKUs re-tooled
LAB

$ git log --since=2009 ↓

06 — Live from the shop

GITHUBlast 3 uploads
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publickeepr6h
privatehalus1d
THINGIVERSE41 MODELS
8,412 DOWNLOADS YTD

07 — Ventures

08 — Engagement models

MODEL A1 WEEK
Design review

I read your CAD, boards and BOM, then hand you the list nobody wants to write.

FIXED FEE
MODEL B6–12 WEEKS
Build sprint

Concept to working hardware in your hands. Mechanical, electrical and firmware together.

SCOPED PER PHASE
MODEL CONGOING
Fractional bench

A few days a month on call — vendors, drawings, escalations, and the awkward questions.

MONTHLY RETAINER

Request
for quote

Tell me what it has to do and when it has to exist. One business day to a reply — including an honest no. Whatever we make, the files come home with you.

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