Petri Karppanen

Petri Karppanen is a senior embedded systems designer at Planmeca Oy with extensive experience in electronics design, including schematics and layout design using PADS and Altium. Key areas of expertise encompass technologies such as displays, touch controllers, Linux systems, RFID readers, and various microcontrollers. Prior roles include embedded systems designer, where responsibilities included hardware and software design as well as troubleshooting in research and development, production, and dental clinics, and R&D engineer, focusing on microcontroller software and Linux development for dental unit control systems. Karppanen's career began at GE Healthcare Finland Oy, contributing to embedded systems design for patient monitoring solutions, and also includes an early role as a trainee at Schneider Electric. Karppanen holds a Master of Science degree from Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan.