This article is part of the Innovators 2023 issue.
Bob Martin is affectionately named the Wizard of Make (Senior Staff Engineer) at Microchip Technology Inc. He has spent over 30 years building, tinkering, innovating, and encouraging other engineer hobbyists to continue to create new, inventive, and helpful technologies.
After graduating with a BSEE from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987, Bob started his career at a Research and Development center in Saskatchewan, Canada, as a principal applications engineer. He was involved with designing and implementing embedded-systems environmental research in collaboration with Environment Canada and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This experience also included designing command and data telemetry systems used in high-altitude weather-balloon systems along with becoming part of the launch and…
