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{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = Robert Feranec
| image = https://feranec.com/wiki/images/199px-Robert_Feranec.jpg
| caption = Robert Feranec in front of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
| nationality = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia Slovak]
| residence = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California California, United States]
| occupation = Hardware Design Engineer
| website = https://academy.fedevel.com/
| channel_display_name = Robert Feranec 
| channel_url = https://www.youtube.com/user/matarofe
| years_active = 2010-present 
| genre = Video blog
| genre_url = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_blog
| subscribers = 51,370
| subscriber_date = (May, 2021)
| views = 6,285,000
| view_date = (May, 2021)
}}

'''Robert Feranec''' is a Slovak [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer Hardware Design Engineer]. He is the founder of [https://www.fedevel.com/ FEDEVEL], a company which has created and is running [https://academy.fedevel.com/ FEDEVEL Academy] courses and has developed [https://www.fedevel.education/ FEDEVEL Education] platform for online teaching. Robert is specializing in advanced digital development with a focus on processor, motherboard and microcontroller board design.<ref name="LG">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Eric |title=Tiny open source board runs Linux on i.MX6 |url=http://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-open-source-board-runs-linux-on-i-mx6/ |website=LinuxGizmos |accessdate=18 November 2013|date=2013-11-19 }}</ref> He is well known through his [https://www.youtube.com/user/matarofe Youtube Channel] and videos.<ref name="SCF">{{cite web |last1=Iantosca |first1=Lucy |title=YouTuber Robert Feranec Visits Sierra Circuits |url=https://www.protoexpress.com/blog/youtuber-robert-feranec-visits-sierra-circuits/ |website=Sierra Circuits |accessdate=22 August 2017|date=2017-08-22 }}</ref> Robert posts on his [https://welldoneblog.fedevel.com/ Welldone Blog], teaches at [https://www.udemy.com/user/robertferanec/ Udemy], speaks at events <ref name="SCS">{{cite web |last1=Iantosca |first1=Lucy |title=Sierra's PCB Layout Design Workshop with Robert Feranec |url=https://www.protoexpress.com/blog/sierra-pcb-layout-design-workshop-robert-feranec/ |website=Sierra Circuits |accessdate=29 May 2018|date=2018-05-29 }}</ref><ref name="Cadence">{{cite web |title=Cadence User Conference 2018 |url=https://www.cadence.com/content/cadence-www/global/en_US/home/cdnlive/silicon-valley-2018/agenda.html |website=Cadence |accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="AltiumLive2017">{{cite web |title=AltiumLive Summit 2017 |url=https://www.altium.com/live-conference/altiumlive-2017-has-come-close |website=Altium |accessdate=3-4 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="AltiumLive2019">{{cite web |title=AltiumLive Summit 2019 (Keynote speaker) |url=https://www.altium.com/live-conference/2019/sessions/industry-keynote-how-other-companies-implement-their-hardware-design-process |website=Altium |accessdate=8-11 October 2019}}</ref>, has provided number of interviews, spoke on podcasts,<ref name="EEB">{{cite web |title=Interview with Robert Feranec |url=https://www.eeweb.com/featured-engineers/interview-with-robert-feranec |website=EEWeb |accessdate=14 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Dave |title=#316 – An Interview with Robert Feranec |url=https://theamphour.com/316-an-interview-with-robert-feranec/ |website=TheAmpHour |accessdate=24 Sep 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dalmaris |first1=Peter |title=An interview with Robert Feranec, computer board designer and educator
|url=https://techexplorations.com/podcast/tech-explorations-robert-feranec/ |website=Tech Explorations |accessdate=05 Feb 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaughnessy |first1=Andy |title=Robert Feranec: A Lifetime of PCB Design
|url=http://pcb.iconnect007.com/index.php/article/119498/robert-feranec-a-lifetime-of-pcb-design-/119501/?skin=pcb |website=IConnect007 |accessdate=16 Sep 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Judy |title=The PCB Design Process
|url=https://resources.altium.com/altium-podcast/robert-feranec-on-how-to-implement-the-pcb-design-process |website=Altium |accessdate=24 Jul 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dalton |first1=Amelia |title=Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry: It's ALive
|url=https://techfocus.podbean.com/e/its-alive-1570742310/ |website=Techfocus|accessdate=11 Oct 2019}}</ref> and creates [https://academy.fedevel.com/courses HW design courses]. His content is about electronics, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altium_Designer Altium Designer] <ref name="Altium">{{cite web |last1=Feranec |first1=Robert |title=How to Route DDR3 Memory and CPU fan-out |url=https://resources.altium.com/high-speed-design/how-to-route-ddr3-memory-and-cpu-fan-out |website=Altium |publisher=Altium |accessdate=12 April 2016}}</ref>, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Design_Systems Cadence] OrCAD / Allegro and Hardware Design tips and tricks.<ref name="Hackday">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Al |title=LEARN ADVANCED PCB DESIGN FOR $200–WORTH IT? |url=https://hackaday.com/2017/05/09/learn-advanced-pcb-design-for-200-worth-it/ |website=Hackday |publisher=Al Williams |accessdate=9 May 2017|date=2017-05-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gammell |first1=Chris |title=Robert Feranec has now released 100 hardware design tips!
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAmpHour/comments/6byreb/robert_feranec_has_now_released_100_hardware/ |website=TheAmpHour |accessdate=18 May 2017}}</ref>

== Life, education and work experiences ==

In the year 2000, Robert received his Master degree in electronics at the [https://www.stuba.sk/english.html?page_id=132 Slovak Technical University] in Bratislava at the [https://www.fei.stuba.sk/english.html?page_id=793 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology]. After graduation, he continued studying for a PhD until 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=FEI STU (1998-2001) (EF SVŠT) |url=http://spolok.elf.stuba.sk/node/130 |website=Slovak Technical University |accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=FUCHS |first1=P |last2=FERANEC |first2=R |last3=GÁBOR |first3=P |last4=HRIBIK |first4=J |last5=HRUŠKOVIC |first5=M |last6=POVAŽANEC |first6=D |title=Digital Three-Phase Registration/Calibration Electricity Meter. |journal=Measurement 2001. Proc. Of 3rd International Conference on Measurement |date=14-17 May 2001 |pages=66–69 |url=https://www.fei.stuba.sk/english/departments/department-of-radio-and-electronics/publications.html?page_id=3105}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=GÁBOR |first1=P |last2=FERANEC |first2=R |last3=KISS |first3=M |last4=FUCHS |first4=P |title=Universal Board for Education with DSP Starter Kit. In: Radioelektronika 2001 : 11th International Czech - Slovak Scientific Conference. |date=10-11 May 2001 |publisher=Vysoké učení technické v Brně |isbn=978-80-214-1861-5 |pages=436–439 |url=https://www.fei.stuba.sk/english/departments/department-of-radio-and-electronics/publications.html?page_id=3105}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Masár |first1=I |last2=Abelovský |first2=M |last3=Feranec |first3=R |last4=Gacho |first4=J |last5=Ivanov |first5=I |date=2001-09-19 |title=Autonomous Mobile Robot Controlled by TMS320F243 DSP |url=http://www.robotika.sk/contest/2001/Faak.html |website=robotika.sk |publisher=Richard Balogh |accessdate=19 September 2001}}</ref> Between the years 2002 - 2005 he worked as a Hardware Design Engineer at [https://www.voipac.com/ VOIPAC], Slovak Republic. From 2005 to 2010 Robert lived in Cambridge (UK) and worked as a Senior Hardware Design Engineer at Arcom (later known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotech_(company) EUROTECH Ltd]). In 2010, he returned to the Slovak Republic and in 2013, he started [http://fedevel.com/ FEDEVEL]. Currently, Robert is living in California (US) and his main focus is [https://www.fedevel.com/academy teaching online] and sharing his experience through his online courses, workshops, presentations, [https://www.youtube.com/user/matarofe/ youtube] and his [https://www.fedevel.com/welldoneblog/ blog].<ref name="Journal">{{cite journal |last1=Matties |first1=Barry |title=Routing DDR3 Memory and CPU Fanout |journal=The PCB Design Magazine |date=June 2017 |page=49 |url=http://www.magazines007.com/pdf/PCBD-June2014.pdf}}</ref><ref name="Helentronica">{{cite web |title=Advanced PCB Layout Course by Fedevel AcademyAdvanced PCB Layout Course by Fedevel Academy |url=https://helentronica.com/2017/05/03/advanced-pcb-layout-course-by-fedevel-academy/ |website=Helentronica |accessdate=3 May 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Meetup">{{cite web |title=Creating Digital Products (Campus London): from Gaming Devices to the IoT. |url=https://www.meetup.com/Cambridge-Game-Creators/events/221908865/ |website=Meetup |accessdate=21 May 2015}}</ref>. Robert also plays host in number of [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXvLToQzgzdeG8r9IEuAq6ft6r4f_1Ub_ youtube videos] with well known guests such Eric Bogatin, Richard Hartley, Steve Sandler and others

== Open Source Projects ==
Robert, is founder of several open source projects:<br>
* [https://www.imx6rex.com/ iMX6Rex open source] project, which is build based on iMX6 Freescale processor.<ref>{{cite web |title=iMX6 Rex Open Source Hardware SoM and Baseboard Designed to Teach Schematic and PCB Layout Design |url=https://www.cnx-software.com/2013/11/19/imx6-rex-open-source-hardware-som-designed-to-teach-schematic-and-pcb-layout-design/ |website=CNXSOFT – EMBEDDED SYSTEMS NEWS |publisher=CNXSOFT |accessdate=19 November 2013 }}</ref>
* [https://www.28pins.com/ 28Pins], an open source project based on Arduino board.<ref name="EW">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Richard |title=Open-source project teaches design of ARM boards |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/market-sectors/embedded-systems/open-source-project-teaches-design-arm-boards-2014-04/ |website=ElectronicsWeekly.com |accessdate=16 April 2014|date=2014-04-16 }}</ref>
* [https://openrexkit.fedevel.com/ OpenRex Education Project], with goal to find and educate the next generations of engineers, thinkers and creators.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learn programming & electronics for young creators |url=https://openrexkit.fedevel.com/ |website=Open Rex Kit |accessdate=1 September 2016}}</ref>

== External Links ==
* Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/robertferanec
* Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robfer
* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertFeranec.Blog/
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/robertferanec
* Blog: https://welldoneblog.fedevel.com/
* Forum: https://designhelp.fedevel.com/
* FEDEVEL: https://www.fedevel.com/
* FEDEVEL Academy & Online Courses: https://academy.fedevel.com/
* FEDEVEL Education: https://www.fedevel.education/
* Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/user/robertferanec/
* iMX6 Rex: https://www.imx6rex.com/
* 28Pins: https://www.28pins.com/
* OpenRex Kit: https://openrexkit.fedevel.com/

== References ==