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Richard L. Grier — Consultant
since 1994 What is the Microsoft® MVP Program? All site text Copyrighted, Richard Grier, 1997-2009
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dick_grier@hotmail.com (Backup) hardandsoftware.net and hardandsoftware.com (303)986-2179 -- (303)570-2407 (cell) (413)643-8272 (note, this is new as of 5/14/2009) 12962 West Louisiana Avenue Lakewood, Colorado 80228 USA
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| Objective | ||
| Since June, 1994 I am a consultant specializing in embedded system design and implementation, PC systems analysis, real-time data acquisition and control, embedded GPS (Global Positioning System satellite receivers), data communications (modems, both asynchronous and synchronous, RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485, fiber optics, network TCP/IP and UDP, Internet/www, and wireless communications), RFID on compact devices (Pocket PC or embedded Windows CE), PC user interface design and implementation on Windows desktop, Pocket PC or WinCE systems, the .NET Microframework, scientific, laboratory, industrial machine control RFID and GIS ¾ Microsoft MapPoint ™ and Virtual Earth ™ applications ¾ (look at this Automatic Meter Reading GIS example). If you are interested in adding Virtual Earth functionality to your .NET or VB6 applications, contact me.A client list is available. |
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Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Text revised July 2006. Grier, R. For more information, to read reviews, or to order this book from Amazon.com or directly from me, click the book image. I add new example source code and utility programs to the included CD-ROM to keep the book up-to-date with the latest changes in VB .NET. This includes many new articles that are intended to provide detailed insight into the example code. |
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| "VB Program imports GPS data for time synchronization, location detection". Personal Engineering and Instrumentation News. September, 1997. Grier, R. | ||
| "Windows API speeds serial communications in Visual Basic". Personal Engineering and Instrumentation News. July, 1997. Grier, R. | ||
| "Practical Serial Communications - Using MSComm, PDQComm, and CommLib3". Visual Basic Tool Tips. [Part1] July/August, 1995. [Part2] September/October, 1995. Grier, R. | ||
| "Autodial Modems -- The Weak Link In Data Communications". Presented before the Sixth annual IEEE Conference for Fault and Disturbance Analysis, Texas A&M University, April 1991. Grier, R. | ||
| Videodisc Premastering Facility: Technical Evaluation. LISTER HILL Technical Report LHNCBC 83-10, September 1983. Thoma, G., Grier, R., Merriam, S., Leonard, W. | ||
| "Video Image Degradation and Its Evaluation". Presented before the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers meeting, Bethesda MD, August 1981. Grier, R. | ||
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| Interests | ||
| Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Microsoft Developer MVP (Visual Basic). Member of the Denver Area Visual Studio Users Group and the Colorado Mobile Developers User Group. | ||
Member of the American
Contract Bridge League (Life Master). Scuba diving and backpacking.  Cats  Toons
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| Available upon request. | ||
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