Prototyping Page

Prototyping

Prototyping new concepts or product ideas is our specialty! At Scientific Solutions we believe in well crafted prototypes that provide answers!

Prototypes are developed for many reasons but the primary reason is to answer technical, conceptual, or performance related questions. If a prototype fails due to poor construction or implementation, critical decisions might be compromised. These decisions might be made on the quality of workmanship instead of the parameters you were intending to evaluate; unfortunately, you might not even realize this.

At Scientific Solutions we believe in crafting reliable prototypes to ensure your evaluations are focused on the incorporated design concepts and technologies.

BACnet PRODUCT PROTOTYPE Complex prototypes can be fabricated quickly! Here we have a prototype of BACnet controller. This prototype platform enabled us to develop the firmware quickly!	LPKF PCB CNC TOOLS We have LPKF Rapid PCB tools for quick evaluation of new PCB designs. Form, fit, and function tested in minutes!
GAS SENSOR PROTOTYPE Critical PCB mechanicals can also be tested for form and fit. This is a specialized gas sensor.	MCU PROTOTYPE Quick prototypes can help get the firmware started early! Here is a prototype based on a tiny SOT-23-6 MCU.
POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE Specialized low noise, high efficiency, power supply prototype for a portable, battery operated, long wave, high sensitivity, IR camera.	MORE BENCH TESTING Bench testing a new prototype. Let's test it to the limits!
CANopen CONTROLLER PROTOTYPE We designed the HW and FW, then prototyped the designs, for these CANopen devices. Here they are being tested with CANopen Magic.	PROTOTYPE IN PROGRESS Sometimes the prototyping and firmware development process can get pretty involved! No Problem!
PROTOTYPE OF OLED DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION INTERFACE With new touch screen technologies, the excitement around optical finger navigation has died down somewhat. For very small displays OFN's may still have a place!	DUAL RADIO WIND MONITOR Rapid prototype of dual radio system (WiFi, and custom protocols)
DUAL RADIO PROTOTYPE With LPKF PCB tools, even RF boards can be prototyped quickly.	PCB PROTOTYPED WITH LPKF TOOLS Nice clean PCB prototype!
CLA POWER ADAPTER Prototype of high power CLA adapter ready for testing....	GPS NAVIGATION DEVICE GPS Navigation device with Apple ID Authentication chip.
RF PCB PROTOTYPE 6 layer GPS/RF PCB design with CPU and Apple Authentication.	GAS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES Rapid prototype of ultra low current, low noise, gas sensor circuitry.
GAS SENSOR AND CALIBRATOR PROTOTYPE Prototype of gas sensor with non-volatile storage of calibration and mode parameters.	FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE OF DUAL SENSOR TRACKBALL Complete HW and FW development for dual sensor trackball.
ADVANCED OPTICAL TRACKBALL PROTOTYPE Early concept prototype for a new double sensor, optical trackball. This platform served as a firmware development platform and a critical mechanical verification model. This technology received a full patent.	ADVANCED OPTICAL TRACKBALL PROTOTYPE Mechanical trackball prototype (Painted SLA model). We designed the MCU based wireless electronics and wrote the patented firmware.
Energy Harvesting Technologies We designed this device, with built in radio, to operate from solar charged Vanadium Pentoxide Lithium Coin cells.	Dual Radio Base Station Coming Together! Two Radios, and a very smart energy management system in firmware.
Gas Sensor Interface We pulled together the hardware design, designed the PCB, assembled the Prototypes, and tested for performance.	Expanding Existing Designs Adding new life to older products is common practice for us.
Not Your Typical Product Configuration! Sometimes the designs call for strange configurations!	Energy Harvesting Another look at one of our carefully implemented Energy Harvesting prototypes.
Just Another Prototype Run Several prototypes required? No problem!	QUICK BACnet PROTOTYPE Here we have put together the core hardware for a quick BACnet Prototype. The firmware was another matter!!
MICROCHIP 10F222 Ever seen a SOT23-6 microcontroller? We have developed battery charge managers with these tiny devices.	ENERGY HARVESTING Here we have developed the hardware for an energy harvesting device. It uses the audio output of a smartphone to power a specialized remote control.
ANOTHER CLA CHARGER We designed the circuitry for this CLA adapter to meet the rigorous requirements of Apple's charger specifications.

Prototyping

BACnet PRODUCT PROTOTYPE

Complex prototypes can be fabricated quickly! Here we have a prototype of BACnet controller. This prototype platform enabled us to develop the firmware quickly!

LPKF PCB CNC TOOLS

We have LPKF Rapid PCB tools for quick evaluation of new PCB designs. Form, fit, and function tested in minutes!

GAS SENSOR PROTOTYPE

Critical PCB mechanicals can also be tested for form and fit. This is a specialized gas sensor.

MCU PROTOTYPE

Quick prototypes can help get the firmware started early! Here is a prototype based on a tiny SOT-23-6 MCU.

POWER SUPPLY PROTOTYPE

Specialized low noise, high efficiency, power supply prototype for a portable, battery operated, long wave, high sensitivity, IR camera.

MORE BENCH TESTING

Bench testing a new prototype. Let's test it to the limits!

CANopen CONTROLLER PROTOTYPE

We designed the HW and FW, then prototyped the designs, for these CANopen devices. Here they are being tested with CANopen Magic.

PROTOTYPE IN PROGRESS

Sometimes the prototyping and firmware development process can get pretty involved! No Problem!

PROTOTYPE OF OLED DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION INTERFACE

With new touch screen technologies, the excitement around optical finger navigation has died down somewhat. For very small displays OFN's may still have a place!

DUAL RADIO WIND MONITOR

Rapid prototype of dual radio system (WiFi, and custom protocols)

DUAL RADIO PROTOTYPE

With LPKF PCB tools, even RF boards can be prototyped quickly.

PCB PROTOTYPED WITH LPKF TOOLS

Nice clean PCB prototype!

CLA POWER ADAPTER

Prototype of high power CLA adapter ready for testing....

GPS NAVIGATION DEVICE

GPS Navigation device with Apple ID Authentication chip.

RF PCB PROTOTYPE

6 layer GPS/RF PCB design with CPU and Apple Authentication.

GAS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES

Rapid prototype of ultra low current, low noise, gas sensor circuitry.

GAS SENSOR AND CALIBRATOR PROTOTYPE

Prototype of gas sensor with non-volatile storage of calibration and mode parameters.

FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE OF DUAL SENSOR TRACKBALL

Complete HW and FW development for dual sensor trackball.

ADVANCED OPTICAL TRACKBALL PROTOTYPE

Early concept prototype for a new double sensor, optical trackball. This platform served as a firmware development platform and a critical mechanical verification model. This technology received a full patent.

ADVANCED OPTICAL TRACKBALL PROTOTYPE

Mechanical trackball prototype (Painted SLA model). We designed the MCU based wireless electronics and wrote the patented firmware.

Energy Harvesting Technologies

We designed this device, with built in radio, to operate from solar charged Vanadium Pentoxide Lithium Coin cells.

Dual Radio Base Station Coming Together!

Two Radios, and a very smart energy management system in firmware.

Gas Sensor Interface

We pulled together the hardware design, designed the PCB, assembled the Prototypes, and tested for performance.

Expanding Existing Designs

Adding new life to older products is common practice for us.

Not Your Typical Product Configuration!

Sometimes the designs call for strange configurations!

Energy Harvesting

Another look at one of our carefully implemented Energy Harvesting prototypes.

Just Another Prototype Run

Several prototypes required? No problem!

QUICK BACnet PROTOTYPE

Here we have put together the core hardware for a quick BACnet Prototype. The firmware was another matter!!

MICROCHIP 10F222

Ever seen a SOT23-6 microcontroller? We have developed battery charge managers with these tiny devices.

ENERGY HARVESTING

Here we have developed the hardware for an energy harvesting device. It uses the audio output of a smartphone to power a specialized remote control.

ANOTHER CLA CHARGER

We designed the circuitry for this CLA adapter to meet the rigorous requirements of Apple's charger specifications.