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Serge Rabyking

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I spent 12 years at Apical (acquired by Arm) working on image signal processing IP that shipped in production cameras. Now I build new work in the open — imaging hardware tooling and the EDA infrastructure that every silicon project leans on:

  • np2hw — a compiler from NumPy models to synthesisable, readable Verilog. The model is the specification; the generated RTL is held bit-exact against it by an example suite that proves every capability.
  • bayerlink — a small open protocol carrying raw sensor data over ordinary HDMI links, with conformance vectors and $10-capture-stick test tools.
  • rawast — one grammar-driven engine for the file formats every EDA tool re-implements: GDSII, LEF, DEF, Tcl, SystemVerilog — parsed and re-emitted from grammars that are data. The PoC reads 100% of a 3,132-file production corpus.

What sponsorship funds: named targets, each an issue you can subscribe to — np2hw capabilities, rawast milestones and format adoptions (adopt Liberty, SPEF, SDC, OASIS, SPICE or EDIF: the grammar lands as data, proven on a real corpus — yours can prove it privately), and bayerlink targets including adopt-a-sensor. "Done" is objective: a target ships when its example or corpus proves it, not before. Everything sponsored lands in the open tree immediately — sponsorship buys ordering and named credit, never exclusivity.

Organisations: invoiced sponsorship works here, and a commercial licence with support and indemnity is available alongside the open one — write to s.rabykin@gmail.com with what you're building.

More about me: serge.rabyking.com — speaking at ORConf 2026, Ghent, September 11–13.

Featured work

  1. edacommons/rawast

    Universal bidirectional grammar-driven engine for EDA file formats. One grammar drives parse + save for GDSII, LEF, DEF, Tcl.

    C++ 9
  2. edacommons/parameda

    Param + EDA — a hierarchical configuration system for EDA tooling: config-folder tree with parent/child scoping, lazy variable substitution, and JSON-backed load/save.

    C++ 2
  3. lanserge/np2hw

    NumPy → streaming ISP hardware (Verilog) compiler

    Python 2
  4. bayerlink/bayerlink

    Raw sensor data over any HDMI/DVI link: a self-describing byte container, conformance vectors, and real Bayer into any board with HDMI-in

    Python
  5. bayerlink/picam2hdmi

    Reference bayerlink encoder: a Raspberry Pi turns any libcamera sensor into a raw video source over HDMI

    Python

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