Digital & Software Systems
Not every product problem is mechanical. I build the software and embedded side when a project needs it, vehicle bus communication, sensor systems, interfaces, and I work on the systems around products: configurators, product variant models, and the processes that move an order from customer to shop floor. My current role at SAP is on this side of the work.
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Peugeot iOn parked in a carport, the car ChargeMate reads over Bluetooth OBD-II
ChargeMate
Team of 2, wrote all software: OBD-II, threading and charge planning
EV charging planner reading live battery state over CAN bus
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Brewing pot installation glowing with coloured light and rising mist
Brew your own beer, a multisensory museum installation
Team of 6, original idea, first prototype and all the programming
Aesthetic experience design for the National Museum of Denmark
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Tacton configurator screen for selecting a mountain bike's gears and brakes, with live price and weight totals
Mountain bike configurator
Team of 6, process flows, class diagram, PVM engineering view
From manual quotation to a Tacton configure-to-order system
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Screens from the final GoGreen prototype laid out in sequence
GoGreen
Team of 6, first prototype UI, usability testing and the pitch
UX design and prototyping against measured targets
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Studio photo of the assembled Alfred prototype emerging from its enclosure, with a sensor-data laptop behind it
Alfred, an office companion for indoor climate
Team of 3, all CAD drawings and the mechanics
A mechatronic mouse that reacts to noise and air quality
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Portrait of Patrick Guldager Heen
About
I am Patrick Guldager Heen, a Product Development Engineer with an MSc in Design & Innovation from DTU. I work from the requirement to the tolerance scheme, and I test with the people who have to use the thing.