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Technical Reviewer

Ralph Hempel (P.Eng) is an Independent Embedded Systems Consultant. He provides
systems design services, training, and programming to clients across North America. His
specialty is in deeply embedded microcontroller applications, which include alarm sys-
tems, automotive controls, and the LEGO RCX system. He is the technical editor of
Building Robots with LEGO MINDSTORMS (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-928994-
67-9). Ralph provides training and mentoring for software development teams that are
new to embedded systems and need an in-depth review of the unique requirements of
this type of programming. Ralph holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Waterloo and is a member of the Ontario Society of Professional
Engineers. He lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, with his family, Christine, Owen,
Eric, and Graham.

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