Thomas W. Schultz is Emeritus Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University.
He has taught numerous microprocessor and microcontroller courses at Purdue University over his 25-year tenure, including courses in assembly language for the 8080 and 8051, PL/M, and C. He taught courses about RMX-86 and Bitbus (DCX) where the concepts of multitasking and real-time operating systems surfaced. Recent courses covered an overview of the PC as an instrumentation tool using Visual Basic, and a course on Networking Fundamentals using microcontrollers.
He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a MS in EE from the University of Illinois, both of which predate the development of microprocessors and almost predate the beginning of integrated circuits!
He worked in electronic design and development at Bell Telephone Labs (Holmdel, NJ) and GTE Sylvania (Seneca Falls, NY--where he first developed equipment based on the new 8008 microprocessor) before going into teaching at Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) in 1979.
Having been drawn to Prince Edward Island, Canada a few years ago, he and his wife recently retired to spend full time at their house in Wood Islands, PEI. In addition to his interest in technical writing about microcontroller design and programming, he is active in photography (with a series of matted prints provided to gift shops on the island), Bible teaching, and forestry.