Engineering Services
I love the process of working from a concept, to a first physical prototype, towards something appropriately polished. There are a lot of steps involved, but also a lot of people. Being just one of these, I'm always looking for a team to work with.
Whether you're bringing an artistic vision to life, or solving complex commercial challenges, I'd be happy to help out, especially with the services listed below.
Whether you're bringing an artistic vision to life, or solving complex commercial challenges, I'd be happy to help out, especially with the services listed below.
Prototyping
Do you want to get something working quickly? Try different approaches? Test feasibility? I've trained for over 30 years in finding the right shortcuts to get to a specific goal with the least amount of wasted resources.
Hardware Development / PCB Design
One of my favorite puzzles - circuit boards. First we design ourselves a problem; Interpreting requirements, component selection, drawing schematics. Over a thousand lines to connect, 10 square centimeters of board space, strict thermal limits. Then we get to solve it in 3D.
I'm known for making 'pretty' PCBs. I prefer an organised, tight, symmetrical layout where possible. On one hand, proper component placement makes routing a whole lot easier and cleaner. On the other hand, I think it's easier on the eyes. Feels more calm. I think it's worth paying attention to aesthetical details, even when something's hidden inside of your product. Someone will do a teardown. I have a gallery dedicated to the boards I have designed here.
From a technical perspective, I have a similar attention for proper decoupling- and signal integrity strategies. One of my Deep Dives recently was on this topic. Exploring all the paracitic inductances you find in a typical design, trying to get answers to what réálly matters. You can read more about this by clicking this link.
I'm known for making 'pretty' PCBs. I prefer an organised, tight, symmetrical layout where possible. On one hand, proper component placement makes routing a whole lot easier and cleaner. On the other hand, I think it's easier on the eyes. Feels more calm. I think it's worth paying attention to aesthetical details, even when something's hidden inside of your product. Someone will do a teardown. I have a gallery dedicated to the boards I have designed here.
From a technical perspective, I have a similar attention for proper decoupling- and signal integrity strategies. One of my Deep Dives recently was on this topic. Exploring all the paracitic inductances you find in a typical design, trying to get answers to what réálly matters. You can read more about this by clicking this link.
Firmware Development
I excell at efficient low level C / C++ firmware development. I write clean, human readable code - a bit like my circuit boards - with appropriate comments where required. For my clients, for future engineers working on the project, as well as for my future self. Documentation is knowledge!
I prefer working on STM32's, have experience with Atmel and Espressif, and am comfortable switching to other platforms if required. Bonus points if your project needs control theory (PID loops, feedforward), low power consumption, field oriented control (motor drivers), or signal processing.
I prefer working on STM32's, have experience with Atmel and Espressif, and am comfortable switching to other platforms if required. Bonus points if your project needs control theory (PID loops, feedforward), low power consumption, field oriented control (motor drivers), or signal processing.
Production
Do you need up to 50 of something? I'll help you out. Do you need more? I'll find someone to help us out.
Getting from prototype to production is quite an adventure. I'll help you navigate sourcing, design for manufacturing, assembly, and quality control.
Getting from prototype to production is quite an adventure. I'll help you navigate sourcing, design for manufacturing, assembly, and quality control.
End-of-Line Testing
Ensure every unit leaving your facility works perfectly with comprehensive test strategies tailored to your product. I design automated test systems that catch defects early, validate specifications, and provide clear pass/fail criteria.
From simple go/no-go tests to complex parametric validation, I'll help you build confidence in every product you ship.
From simple go/no-go tests to complex parametric validation, I'll help you build confidence in every product you ship.
Data Logging Setups
Who doesn't love data? I sure do. But where do you put it?
I'll set you up with data gathering hardware, user friendly dashboards, refresh rates as higher than you need, and an easy way to scale.
I'll set you up with data gathering hardware, user friendly dashboards, refresh rates as higher than you need, and an easy way to scale.
Hardware Patches
I’ve often been the guy people came to for replacing 0.4mm pitch QFN’s, putting on some 0201s, or soldering 0.1mm botch wires to belly-up leadless packages, and enjoy doing so quite a bit.
Cutting and re-routing 80 μm traces? Also fun. Milling through the bottom of a circuit board to get to a signal only available on layer 3? Nerve wrecking, but I'll help you out regardless.
Cutting and re-routing 80 μm traces? Also fun. Milling through the bottom of a circuit board to get to a signal only available on layer 3? Nerve wrecking, but I'll help you out regardless.
Troubleshooting
Mysterious failures keeping you up at night? Do things sometimes work? It doesn't work at all? Sign me up! I'll scratch my head so you don't have to.
Complex problems are the ones I can get beautifully lost in - verifying measurements, trying all the silly things that you thought you didn't have to, testing assumptions, until you get that "huh?" moment, and find the trace that will ultimately lead you to the root cause.
The project I did at Rena is my best example of this, getting it passed to me after multiple other engineers couldn't figure it out. You can read more about it here. If you have something similar, something simpler, or something even more challenging - I'm your guy.
Complex problems are the ones I can get beautifully lost in - verifying measurements, trying all the silly things that you thought you didn't have to, testing assumptions, until you get that "huh?" moment, and find the trace that will ultimately lead you to the root cause.
The project I did at Rena is my best example of this, getting it passed to me after multiple other engineers couldn't figure it out. You can read more about it here. If you have something similar, something simpler, or something even more challenging - I'm your guy.
Woodworking
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Mechanical Design
Circuit boards aren't too useable without something of an enclosure, making me get into mechanical design quite early in my career.
Processing Holiday Sand for Hourglasses
I found this beautiful black volcanic sand on Iceland and Fuerteventura, and wanted to use it in hourglasses. Turns out that for consistent (and usuably long) timing you need a specific grit, washed and cleaned, magnitite-particles-removed batch of sand.
I now have the equipment for this, and feel like it would be a waste not to put it to further use. Hit me up if you happen to have some sand laying around that's too unrefined for your hourglass.
I now have the equipment for this, and feel like it would be a waste not to put it to further use. Hit me up if you happen to have some sand laying around that's too unrefined for your hourglass.