Knoxville, TN · Residential tech & low-voltage

Smart homes, Wi-Fi and networks, installed right. Knoxville.

Tennessee roots, California standards. Smart home, network and micro-electronics work for Knoxville homes.

  • Tennessee native, California trained
  • Electrical engineering background
  • Shows up when he said
Three pillars

Residential tech, installed like it matters.

From the router in the closet to the solder joint on the bench: one dependable specialist for the technology in your home.

PILLAR 01

Smart Home Automation & IoT

Lighting, shades, audio and climate that work together and keep working.

  • Smart lighting scenes and app control
  • Motorized shades
  • Whole-home and room audio
More services
  • Smart thermostats
  • TV mounting with clean, hidden cable runs
PILLAR 02

Network Infrastructure & Wireless

A fast, stable network is the backbone everything else depends on.

  • Mesh Wi-Fi design and setup for full-home coverage
  • CAT6 cable drops to the rooms that need them
  • Server and network racks, neatly built out
More services
  • Modem, router and switch setup and configuration
  • Smart device network setup
PILLAR 03

Precision Micro-Electronics & Audio Tech

Bench work at the component level, from guitars to drones.

  • Drone calibration and repair
  • Board-level soldering and repair
  • Guitar pickups, pots and rewiring
More services
  • Home studio setup
  • Low-voltage equipment troubleshooting

All services

Hardware Lab

Real work from the bench and the field.

Real project photos only. Client names and addresses are always kept private.

Modem/router with blue and yellow ethernet cablesMonitor showing the recorder's network settings
Network

Network Setup & Device Configuration

Modem and router brought up, ethernet run, and devices configured on the network.

Scope
Router, ethernet, device config
Where
Coachella Valley, CA
Hands at work inside an electron microscope chamberElectron microscope column on its stand during service
Engineering

Electron Microscopy

Electrical engineering work servicing STEM and SEM electron microscopes with my father’s business, MicroFix Service.

Scope
STEM / SEM service
With
MicroFix Service
Cherry-sunburst Les Paul-style guitar on a wood benchVOLVOLTONEPICKUPSJACKIllustration · not a photo
Audio tech

Custom Guitar Rewire

New pots and wiring in a Les Paul-style guitar, done carefully at the bench.

Scope
Pots, wiring, controls
Where
Coachella Valley, CA

Open the Hardware Lab

Tennessee roots · California standards

Born in Tennessee. Trained in the desert. Back home in Knoxville.

I'm Tennessee born and raised. I spent my first 30 years here, learning to fix what was broken and build what was needed, the way East Tennessee does it.

Then I spent ten years in California's Coachella Valley working as a handyman in Palm Springs, Indian Wells and the towns around them. I set custom cabinetry in a high-end estate, hand-shaped wave headers to match a home's one-of-a-kind artwork, opened up a desert-modern house with new structural headers and walls of glass, turned a cluttered garage into a full gym, repaired a luxury spa's hydrotherapy bed, and set up home networks. Desert homes taught me California standards: precision with stucco, heat and glass, and clients who expect it done right.

Now I'm back home in Knoxville, bringing both together: Tennessee roots and a decade of California craft. If you've moved here from California, you'll recognize the standard. If you're from here, you'll know you're working with one of your own.

Under all of it is an engineer’s habit. I worked as an electrical engineer servicing STEM and SEM electron microscopes with my father’s business, MicroFix Service. Today that same patience goes into smart homes, networks and bench electronics.

More about Hillsides LLC

The Sunsphere in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, framed by autumn treesHome: Knoxville, TN
Photo: “Sunsphere in Autumn” by David Ratledge, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized with a green tint.

How it works

  1. Call, text a photo, or email what you need
  2. Get a clear plan and estimate
  3. Clean install, tested and explained, and the site is left clean

Service areas

Based in Knoxville and serving nearby communities:

Get an Estimate

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