Welcome

My name is Ahmad Tabbouch. I was once a contractor on the NBN HFC Platform, and now (somewhat reformed), I'm an Engineer for some local lighting-related companies.

I am the founder of UltraKeet, a webstore-turned-tongue-in-cheek project site, which I use to share interesting discoveries and mild inconveniences.

My primary role is Electronics Design and Firmware Devlopment, mostly related to LED Lighting and associated Control Systems.

I have hundreds of thousands of products out the field - You've probably seen some in carparks, hospitals, universities, data centres and swimming pools.

Below is my business card, which is made from FR4 Printed Circuit Board:

And here is my workspace (before I met my wife):

Here are a few of the commercial PCBs that I've had the pleasure of designing, and writing the software/firmware for:

A protected bidirectional DMX to DALI Gateway


A Protected 24VDC to 48VDC Modular Boost-Converter with Soft-Start


A fully protected, fully Isolated, Auto-Addressing 240W RGBW LED Driver with DMX and RDM


24V Constant Voltage RGBW LED strip with on-board Constant Current regulation

I've also written an in-house part-search engine that coalesces data from various databases, as well as 3D model data from KLIKs local SolidWorks repository:





...And here are a couple of my hobby-grade PCBs for good measure:


ODU simulator PCB for NBN/Ericsson Fixed-Wireless


Static-RAM tester for train station ticket machines

I enjoy working with devices that store and dump huge amounts of energy:


'PopStart' spark gap for my Pulsed-Arc Welder project

...Unfortunately construction occasionally results in minor injury


Totally worth it.

. . .


I have a fairly benign sense of humour, which I typically only share with the closest of friends:


The worst kind of pareidolia

Occasionally, it ends up on a product:


Warning on the NBN WNTD WiFi Gateway

...And on prototypes for well-known defence contractors:


[Classified project related to sonar]

. . .


This is where I live, according to a child with fantastic artistic skills:

...I tend to suffer from headaches

I occasionally have a hard time finishing things that I

[ This is part of an ongoing joke... You had to be there ]

Feel free to get in-touch: - Ahmad [at] Tabbouch.com.au - No speculative work or touching please.