Hi!

I'm Álvaro de Cózar (Varo)

An university student 😐

My skills My projects

About

About Me

Hi again, I'm studying at Málaga's University

  • Name: Álvaro de Cózar Castillo (in case you've already forgotten)
  • Birth date: 2005-12-12
  • Enrollment: Degree in Electronics, Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
  • Building: School of Industrial Engineering (Málaga)
  • Email: varodecozar@gmail.com
  • Instagram: mynameisvaro_ (there's nothing of intereset there)

Skills

My Skills

Throughout all these years, I should have developed some skill, right?

Vehicle Mechanics

Electronics (For Embedded sytems)

EV and ICE vehicles (General knowledge)

Solidworks

PCB Designing

Linux-based embedded systems

3D Printing

Python/JavaScript

C/C++

HTML/CSS

Projects

My projects

Some of the projects I've made:

Racing drone (2017 - 2019)

Assembled and piloted by me
150km/h (peak) with FPV

Aixam Remote Start (2021)

Simple remote start
No security involved

KETI hackathon (2021)

Best Application Award
Teaming up with 3rd year students from ETSI

Bluetooth-WiFi car (2021)

Upgraded a RF old toy car
Controlled with a DualShock4 and a phone app

Home automation (2022)

Automated the whole house on a budget
Running on custom server

Reverse engineer Apple Trackpad (2023)

Just for fun
Could work as a controller

BMW (late 2021)

BMW 3 Series E46
Bought broken to fix it
(ended up in the scrapyard, not enough tools or space)

350z (mid 2023)

Nissan 350z project car
Bought it as a daily and an excuse to learn more

350z Remote Start (2024)

Remote start system
Keeping all security features

350z Airbag OCS (2024)

Emulator for broken airbag sensor
(Keeping all features)

350z CAN DBC

DBC file with CAN data
Tool for reverse engineering

Sonoff Firmware Reflash (2025)

Swapped with ESPHome, to enable local only control

Garage Door Control Board (2025)

Custom PCB to control w/ Home Assistant my garage door

Custom Racing Wheel (2025)

Made from a Hoverboard Motor and tons of 3D design/printing

BMW E36 Cluster (2026)

Fully custom PCB to pair the car's cluster with Assetto Corsa

More documentation on my GitHub. Each picture has a link to its repo, if available.

Take a look at my GitHub

(Don't ask about the username, please)

Every recent project is perfectly documented there, with code examples, procedures and much more...

GitHub

Contact

Contact me

Just a quick summary of my contacts

Instagram

mynameisvaro_

Github

mynameisvaro

Email

varodecozar@gmail.com