“Late last year, some of the world’s best and brightest designers submitted their projects for the competition. Their H8-based designs were postmarked from such diverse locations as the U.S. , Thailand , and India . (…) In the end, however, Robert Lacoste sits alone at the top.”

Steve Ciarcia

Publisher, Circuit Cellar Magazine

USA

"The creativity, quality and variety of submissions was astounding. The winning entries demonstrate an exceptional level of innovation […]"

George Saul

President and CEO, Cypress MicroSystems

USA

"I want to personally congratulate you for being a winner in this very talented group"

John McDonald

Vice President of Marketing

Cypress MicroSystems

USA

 “More than anyone since the early days of my own career, Bob Lacoste is a one-man electronics design factory.  The knowledge he brings to the table in contest entries and Circuit Cellar articles raises the competitive bar for all other engineers. It’ s impossible to plan a design contest these days without the sponsor or us saying, “I wonder what Robert Lacoste is going to build this time?” “

Steve Ciarcia

Publisher, Circuit Cellar Magazine

USA

"Une recherche très exhaustive pour notre problématique, un travail de conception très rigoureux et un suivi efficace du prototypage avec notre sous-traitant. La réactivité dans les études réalisée et l’excellente communication ont permis de mener notre projet à son but dans les meilleures conditions. ALCIOM : un maillon fort, très fort… Merci beaucoup"

Emmanuel Gloria,

Président-Directeur-Général,

Centaure-Metrix,

France  

“Esprit constructif, positif, alliant qualité technique et pragmatisme : Partenaire idéal d’ePark !”

Pierre-Yves Lejeune

Président-Directeur-général

ePark

France

« ALCIOM c’est une rapide compréhension du besoin client avec une « force de proposition » permettant d’apdater le besoin client à la réalité technico-économique de l’état de l’art. ALCIOM c’est en plus une équipe avenante et sympathique permettant des échanges professionnels sérieux et efficaces »

Michel Gomez-Henry

Directeur Général

EVERSAT

« Très grande réactivité et prise en main immédiate de la problématique »

Alexandre Sauvage

Président

LEOSPHERE  

 “Congratulations on excellent work. Keep the Flame Burning.”

Sudhir Gupta

MCI Journal

"Absolument étonnant !! Permettez moi de vous présenter toutes mes félicitations. Et je pense savoir de quoi je parle, j'ai 33 ans de pratique de l'électronique derrière moi. En vous renouvelant toutes mes félicitations pour cette magnifique réalisation et votre troisième place bien méritée."

Gérard Jat

France

 “I was most impressed to read about your PIC'Spectrum - an amazing piece of work! “

Steve Thackery

British Telecommunications plc

UK

"There are two things in Robert's numerous designs that stand out to me. The first is his talent for transforming a complex project application into the least expensive and most straight-forward a circuit as humanly possible.That involves using analog circuits where they excel, and a wide range of microcontrollers/ASICS to tie it all together. Unlike many of us who try to confine our designs to a microcontroller family that we have gotten comfortable with, Robert has shown the remarkable ability to switch amongst many microcontrollers "on the fly"- no small feat"

Brian Millier

Technical Manager , Chemistry Department

Dalhousie University

Halifax , USA

“Robert, You are the most friendly and helpful fellow I saw in community yet. Your schematics are lucent and ideas are highly impressive. Thank you for your being!”

Yaroslav Voytovich

EE Consultant

Ukraine

"It's all said: that Robert is a genious, his code is amazing and works better than the code from Microchip. And, it's all true. What I want to add is that Robert is a very competent and kind person who helped us a lot with
the code and all the related problems. Thanks a lot!"
Adrian Mohni, Technical Assistant, Bircher Reglomat AG,

Switzerland

"Some time ago you were kind enough to send me the integer C code for the PicSpectrum project. I'm very impressed by your work and think it is an important contribution. Thanks once again and keep up the excellent work! "

S. James Remington

Professor, University of Oregon

USA

« On behalf of the company, I would also like to personally congratulate you on your winning submission : Your eZ-Stunt project displayed all the characteristics of a winning entry - strong technical merit, originality, cost effectiveness and utility. »

Russel Stephen Birtola

Brand Marketing manager

Zilog Inc

USA

“WOW! I think this officially makes you a genius :-).I am amazed at what you have accomplished so quickly. Outstanding work Robert. Thank you very much! Great job. Thanks again!”

Thomas Jakobs

Invotek, Inc

USA  

“Congratulations on your success at Design2k! I’m extremely impressed at your design !”

Scott Gemmell

Design Engineer

Lineo Integrated Products

Australia

“I saw your design in the Circuit Cellar magazine and was very impressed.”

Alan Nash

Practical Imagineering, Inc.

Virginia , USA

“ Congratulations for your winning Driven to Design contest project, a really impressive one !”

Robert D. Morrison

USA

"Congratulations on your entry.  It is a fantastic design. I have always dreamed of having one. Again, very well done. I think you should have won 1st place."

Kevin Gorga

Endwell,

USA

“I'm trying the FFT module from your PIC'SPECTRUM project.  It's working very fast.  Thank you very much!!”

Yuxian Yao

Signal and System Group

University of Edinburgh

“It took us two days to unplug the Microchip FFT module and plug in Robert Lacoste’s module.  Here's what happened.  It worked PERFECTLY!  The Output is classic, text-book perfect under all circumstances. Furthermore, it runs at least ten times as fast as the Microchip module. Let me state publicly my most grateful thanks to Robert.  If you need to include an FFT in any of your products, contact him “

Steve Thackery

Suffolk , England .

“I was very interested to read about your Neural Stamp In Circuit Cellar in the January issue. I started to do some work in the process control area with a few companies here in collaboration with a University. I dropped the project until I read your article !”

Peter Grey

Australia

“I look your web site and let me say that is a paradise of inspiration for the electronics enthusiasts.”

Roberto Hernandez

New Zeland

« Neural stamp, c'est genial. I immediately applied it on a long-going idea of developing a music-programmer with programmable 'feel'”

Jacob D'Hollander

Songlines

Belgium

« I enjoy reading the magazine, but your article is the first one that I have ever really understood.  Thank You again for writing such a sensational article.”

George Brewer

USA

"I came across your article in the May 2001 issue of Circuit Cellar Magazine. It really grabbed my interest."

Pierre Claver Bakoroba Traoré

Bamako , Mali

“I really enjoyed your Article in the January 2000 issue of Circuit Cellar. I work for Scan-Optics - an industry leader in optical character Recognition and we use Neural Network techniques.  Now I have a better Understanding of Neural Networks.”

James Soussounis,

Scan-Optics

USA

"I've been working with R. Lacoste's I2C-MMI (Man Machine Interface) code for about the last six months. It was designed to run on an 8051 variant with 4K bytes of code space. M. Lacoste has managed to put an amazing set of features in that space. I am very impressed with how well designed the program is, and especially impressed with how tightly packed the executable code is, taking advantage of almost every byte. "

Robert P. Rumble

Independent Consultant

USA

"This was a great project. Congratulations !"

Brian Millier

Technical Manager, Chemistry Department

Dalhousie University

USA

"Your article is dripping with intelligence and determination.  it was an eye opener to read.  You are to be commended for putting it all together.  for someone trying to learn how to use a PIC as a video source it is inspiring"

Bob Weir

USA

"Je veux seulement vous féliciter pour vos projets, j'ai été stupéfié par PICSPECTRUM."

Danilo Chinchilla

Universidad del Valle De Guatemala

Guatemala

"Thanks for letting me analyze the DDSGEN. It's a marvelous piece of equipment you have designed. I found the overall design very simple and meeting the general functional requirements as a synthesized signal source in addition to the capability of generating all the general modulations from one equipment. I congratulate you on designing a versatile equipment which is very useful in both Industrial and Educational sectors."

Kumar Kothapalli, CEO

Nalanda Telematics & Informatics Limited

India

“Très satisfait de l’ensemble de la prestation. L’étude nous apporte des points de repère éclairants et une aide précieuse à la décision »

Gabriel Chegaray

France Telecom R&D  

"Thank you very much for your fine article that was recently published in CIRCUIT CELLAR. […] Again, thank you very much for sharing a very well-done and inovative project!"

Steve Hadfield

Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation                                      

Salt Lake City , USA

"I read your write-up in Circuit Cellar (December 02) describing your vector network analyzer. I enjoyed it immensely, learned a lot, and was very impressed with the design. Thanks for publishing the article."

Larry Coyle

LCB Systems

USA

 “Robert, you are a prince among men! I'm currently groking the code to understand how it works, and once done, I'll implement it and see how it works! I already took the code and compiled it on my BSD box and it worksgreat!”

Neil Bradley

Synthcom

USA

“Une prestation sur mesure adaptée à une phase d’étude préalable. Excellente force de proposition"

Cyrille Soubeyrat

Director Software Development

Temento Systems

France

"Your competition entry showed exceptional insight into the possibilities of Anadigm Field Programmable Analog Array (FPAA) design”

Simon Dickinson

VP Operations

Anadigm Ltd

England

“Your design was the reason I signed up to a Circuit Cellar subscription in the first place. I accidentally came across a copy at work.”

Svein Henriksen

Norway

“Prestation à forte valeur ajoutée, excellent contact"

François de Buhren

Président

Drom Technologies

"Merci pour votre concours, une bonne étoile m’a fait trouver votre site web et c’est tant mieux"

Laurent Mery

Gérant

Denkoo

"Congratulations on winning Circuit Cellar's latest contest. Your continuous output of innovative winning designs is very impressive"

David Milne
Design Engineer
Hawk Measurements

USA  

“The low-cost reflow oven is a fantastic project. Again, thank you so much for your wonderful design idea!”

Teemu Korpiaho

Tampere , Finland

“You do an excellent job overall. I am extremely impressed by your communication skills. Thank you !”

Thomas Jakobs

Invotek, Inc

USA

“Prestation très utile. Bonne réactivité, sérieux et efficace”.

Annie Lasserre

Responsable Recherche et Développement

Peters Surgical

France

"Very impressive project. I've often wondered if there was a cheaper solution to prototype use of smt components. You answered that question for me. Thank You”

Pat Murphy

USA

“I came accross your web site while looking for info on peoples experiences using the ATMEL FPSLIC. You have a very impressive track record - I like your innovative designs.”

Tom Stamp

Melbourne, Australia

"J’ai particulièrement apprécié la réactivité [d’ALCIOM], toujours associée à des réponses pertinentes et adaptées"

Philippe Matillon

Bouygues Telecom

France

"Prestation parfaite !"

B.Serin,

Gérant,

Le Club CS

France

« We found your software radio application to be superbly engineered […]. Again congratulations for a job well done »

Steve Marsh

Director, Strategic Marketing, Digital Signal Controller Division,

Microchip Inc

USA  

“Merci pour ton implication impressionnante sur le sujet que j’ai amené”

Matthieu Bergot

Directeur,

Fideix , France

" I'm a student from Colombia and a big admirer of your work.”

Felipe Olmos Pardo
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá , Colombia

“Comme dissent les américains “Alciom significantly exceeds expectations”. J’espère que beaucoup d’autres occasions se présenteront de travailler ensemble »

Matthieu Bergot

Directeur,

Fideix, France

"Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate your generosity in helping me learn this project.”

Robert Mathews, USA

“We had a very busy time trying to design for low cost, low power devices with display and 802.15.4 radio. Robert makes you feel very confident, understand your goals at light speed and is a very nice person too. Maybe because he is an entrepreneur with passion and that's a difference!”

Gabriel Chegaray

CEO, Galeha

 Michel Gilmour

“We at MyLynk Technology retained Robert Lacoste to research the possibility of using RF to make our smart card readers communicate with the outside world for the purpose of settling tolling and parking fees (on and off-street). Robert was instrumental in identifying the potential suppliers and checking their suitability.”

Michel Gilmour

Managing Director and Founder, "MyLynk", Malaisie

 “We have spent months trying to find the right partner so as to develop our IVPM's (see www.epark.fr) RF communication and security protocols and have found in Robert all we needed : proactiveness, clear documents, coordination with other partners, etc. Should Robert say he can help you in your project, go for it with no doubt in mind. “

Patrick LEJEUNE, Marketing Director EPARK SA, France

“I had the pleasure to work with Robert and really appreciated his killsets, seriousness, commitment and dedication to ensure that Nortel Networks would be, and remain, a first class partner of our customers

Georges Chattot

Key Accounts Sales & Business Development

Nortel Networks, France

 “I have worked with Robert and during all those years he demonstrated excellent capabilities in managing complex operations (wireless deployments) while meeting tight timescales.”

Jacques Rames

EMEA Business Development & Strategy

Motorola , France

“Très bonne intervention, grande pertinence et tarification adaptée avec l’aide de Jessica-Captronic pour une jeune PME”

Eric Delattre,

Président,

LEXIP, France

« Une prestation très constructive qui nous a permis d’améliorer nettement notre conception initiale. Un parfait respect des délais, une définition précise de la prestation aboutissant à une réponse très satisfaisante à nos questions »

Frédéric Nicolas,

Directeur Technique,

XKPAD, France

« Un relationnel réactif et positif, des exposés clairs »

ALCAUD SA

France

"I saw circuit cellar's page regarding your I2C MMI chip and was very impressed. Congratulations ! "

Rodolfo Magnus

“I worked with Robert at Nortel. Robert has great analysis skills combined with a detailed knowledge of telecoms. He had more than often the right pragmatic view for strategical decision such as portfolio development and R&D investments.”

Pierre Marty,

UMTS product Manager

Nortel Networks,

France

« Très bonne prestation. On arrive chez ALCIOM avec des problèmes, on repart avec des solutions et les prototypes qui vont avec. Le support est également excellent. Expérience que l’on renouvellera certainement lors de prochains projets ».

Hervé Praud

Directeur Industriel

Sensitive Object

France

« On a apprécié la réactivité, la qualité des propositions et la rapidité de réponse aux problèmes posés et de l’exécution du projet en lui-même »

John Ketz

Logeltech

France

« Bonne force de proposition et une excellente réactivité face aux aléas rencontrés au cours du projet. Merci ! »

Alexis Martin

France Telecom R&D

« Anticipation, réactivité, coopération… Humour. »

Yann Malet, Directeur R&D

SeaOnline

"I have hired Robert for a project of designing a new electronic board (RF application). He's been able to bring concrete results very quickly. Time was a critical issue for this project. Robert and his team could meet the dead line. This has been highly appreciated."
Benoist Macé
Sales Director
Proges Plus

"Excellente réactivité dans la conduite des essais et la fourniture des rapports"
Stéphane Cocheteur
Altrel

"Congratulate you on your fantastic design !  It's inspired !"
Juan Rivera, USA

« Je n’hésiterai pas à refaire appel à ALCIOM pour son expertise globale »
Pascal Tierce
PDG
Sinaptec

„Nice work in your latest circuit cellar article "No Fear with FIR". I took a signals class many years ago and your article taught me more than I remembered from the class."
Chris Coulston

„I have read you article abou FIR Filters on CC #207 and I found it very good, as it deal with real implementation aspects. "
Felipe Uderman

„I enjoyed reading your article on Phase Locked Loops in December 2007 Circuit Cellar. It brought me back to the days when I used to do a lot more RF design and development work. And my first UHF PLL was about 25 years ago running at about 900 Mhz."
Charles Kosina, Director
CSE Systems Pty Ltd
Australia