Who am I

Since this is my website I think I should tell a bit about myself.
I am Pieter van der Star,
35 years of age and live in Nås, a village along the Västerdalsälven in Dalarna, Sweden.
I followed a four-year MBO education for a light technician at the ROC Midden Nederland, and graduated in 2011. Subsequently on my education to lighting technician I have studied electrical engineering at the The Hague university where I graduated in 2016.

I currently work as an FPGA and software developer and volunteer remotely for a local broadcasting company in the area where I grew up. When I am there I sometimes do some technical jobs. From Sweden I develop and maintain the back-end of the website and part of the news-management system.

Theatre

I have always been interested in the world of theatre. When I went to the theatre as a boy I always thought the technical aspect relly interesting. When I got home afterwards I always built a play with lights and sounds in Lego.
When, in the fourth year of high school I had to choose a continuation study I did not know what too choose. That changed when the schools theatre club announced they were looking for people who wantet do work on the sound and lighting. I joined and liked it so much that I went to the dean and asked if there were schools where they tought how to do that professionaly.
There were, and so I ended up at the ROC Midden Nederland.

Electronics

I liked to look deeper into the electronical components dimmers and other devices are made of. That is why I started on my next education. I chose to attend the The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Delft.
There I found out about digital electronics, programming and digital hardware design, far more interesting. In fact I like the latter so much that in my spare time I am desiging a microcontroller and also use my FPGA for other hobby projects.

Na school

Tijdens mijn opleiding tot elektrotechnicus wilde ik graag een stage in het buitenland volgen zodat ik ook mee zou kunnen krijgen hoe een niet-nederlands bedrijf de bedrijfsvoering doet. Tijdens mijn schooltijd is dat er niet van gekomen. Daarom ben ik na mijn afstudeerstage gaan proberen die ervaring alsnog op te doen. Dit is gelukt en in het begin van 2017 ben ik naar Zweden gegaan om daar te werken.

Electronics

I liked to look deeper into the electronical components dimmers and other devices are made of. That is why I am studieing electronics. I chose to go to te The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Delft.
There I found digital electronics, programming and digital hardware design, far more interesting. In fact I like the latter so much that in my spare time I am desiging a microcontroller.