Embedded / Hardware
Tic-Tac-Toe with Minimax on FPGA
Single-player game implemented entirely on FPGA, displayed via VGA, with alpha-beta pruning to shrink the search tree.
boot://portfolio — system online
Zakriya Asif Paracha
Software Engineer — Embedded Systems Background
I build reliable backend systems by day, and I'm steadily working my way back to the embedded and hardware roots that got me into engineering — firmware, FPGAs, and the machines underneath the software.
// about
Curious about how things work, down to the transistors
I'm a Software Engineer at Motive with a Computer Engineering background (BE, NUST–CEME, 2024) and hands-on experience across embedded systems, FPGA development, and robotics. That curiosity goes back to childhood tinkering with electronics, and it's shaped years of projects spanning FPGA logic design up through backend web services.
My core interests are embedded systems, IoT, FPGA/ASIC design, and computer architecture — and increasingly, software architecture and system design. I'm currently building professional experience in backend engineering while working toward a long-term move back into embedded and hardware-focused roles.
// featured projects
A few things I've built
Final Year Project
Multi-Hop Robotic Warehouse Network
A fleet of ESP8266-based robots with region-segmented routing to eliminate collisions, plus a Python backend and Angular control dashboard.
Embedded / Hardware
MQTT-Based IoT Device Network
NodeMCU and Raspberry Pi devices controlled through a custom Android app, communicating over MQTT.