Ashritha Udpikar

Detail-oriented and self-driven Software Engineer with 4 years of experience in software design, development, and testing. Proficient in C/C++ with strong expertise in Linux-based systems and a solid understanding of system-level programming.

Peripheral Manager Enhancement – webOS

• Enhanced com.webos.service.peripheralmanager to support extensible communication protocols (UART, GPIO, SPI, I2C, RS485) for H&A devices.
• Added advanced UART configurations (Parity Bit, Stop Bit, Data Bit, Flow Control) and implemented user-defined checksum for data integrity.
• Developed logging and monitoring utilities for real-time peripheral communication verification.
• Refactored architecture to support abstract IPC layers, enabling flexible use of LunaIPC, D-Bus, or future IPC mechanisms.
• Contributed to API improvements for centralized peripheral control across multiple applications.

Discretionary Access control – webOS

• Contributed to the implementation of DAC across various webOS service components.
• Managed and configured access permissions for services including Configurator, NotificationMgr, and Uploadd.

Syncup - webOS

• Worked on platform synchronization across multiple platforms including TV, APOLLO, ACP, and SIGNAGE.

Storage Acess Controller - webOS

• Implemented a permission-based access control system for USB storage devices to enhance user data privacy and security.
• Enabled applications to explicitly request access, ensuring access is granted only with user consent.

Open thread border router service(OTBR)  - webOS

• Implemented functionality to detect the insertion and removal of Thread Zigbee dongle within the PDM service on the webOS system.
• Ensured that Always read mode is enabled on the TV and Thread Zigbee dongle is accessible.