Electronics that have to work: designed, fixed, tested and made.

If a product you make keeps failing in the field, won't pass its compliance test, isn't built yet, or runs on software nobody updates any more — or the meters and sensors in a building you run keep dropping off the network — that's what I do: one engineer for the electronics, the firmware, the test rig and the manufacturing handoff, with the price on the page before you get in touch. And if the controller on your boat's winch or windlass has died, post it to me. Melbourne, Australia.

What one engineer covers, and what gets brought in An unbroken chain of seven stages done in-house: circuit design, PCB layout, firmware, bring-up and debug, verification and soak, EMC pre-compliance, and the pilot run and factory handoff. Custom enclosure design sits off the chain, dashed: it is brought in and managed rather than done here. circuit design PCB layout firmware bring-up and debug verification and soak EMC pre-compliance pilot run and factory custom enclosure design brought in and managed off the chain

Swipe the diagram sideways to see all of it.

One engineer along the whole chain, which is why nothing falls between two suppliers when a board fails its EMC scan or the factory asks a question. The one thing off the chain is there on purpose: I’d rather say so here than at tooling time.

I have a product idea and need it designed, built and made

Concept to production in fixed-price stages: feasibility week, proof of concept, prototype, pilot run and manufacturing handoff. Real cost bands on the page.

Something we make keeps failing and nobody can say why

One week inside the problem, one written answer: what's wrong, why, and what it costs to fix. Also the first step when the engineer who knew the product has left and you need to know what you actually have. AUD 6,000.

We need to get it made, tested or certified

A check of what you're about to hand the factory before the first batch; a bench test before the compliance lab; a second opinion on a board someone else designed; meters and sensors in a building or plant that keep dropping off the network; old software nobody can update. From AUD 2,000, every one priced on the page.

My winch, windlass or motor controller is dead

Post it to me. AUD 175 to find out what's wrong, credited against the repair; six-month warranty on the work. Or read the free fault notes first — they may save you the postage.

Diagnostic weeks, reviews and compliance pre-scans: next start from late October. Build work and new products: from February. Repair desk: opens late October, 6 units a month to start. Diagnosis within 10 business days of arrival.

Start with the intake form