Like many enthusiasts around the world, Richard O. Ocaya lives in a region where access to electronics stores and new components is limited. The motivation for some his circuit was robustness and realizability using parts salvaged from discarded equipment.
Professor Ocaya specializes in electronics and solid-state physics, which he teaches at the Qwaqwa Campus of the UFS. He is active in computing, mathematical methods, new techniques for device characterization, material science, and microcontroller-based instrument design. He holds a C3 rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.