Black Oak Engineering - Basic Instruments
electronic instruments for science & industry
LLC
Recent Projects
Competencies
Core Competencies
· Electronic instruments and sensors.
· Design from concept to finished product. Analog, digital, DSP, embedded, mechanical, PCB, power, RF systems.
· Software development, embedded and MS Windows.
· Turnkey manufacturing.

Specific areas of concentration:

· Analog signal conditioning.
· Battery charging and monitoring, including lead acid, lithium ion, NiMH.
· Communications systems, including CAN, Ethernet, HART, IIC, Modbus, RS-232/485, SPI, TCP/IP, USB, ZigBee.
· Control systems. PID, digital, motion, process, temperature.
· Digital Signal Processing
· Embedded systems, microcontroller-based design.
· Heaters / coolers / temperature controllers.
· Low-power design.
· Microchip Design Partners.

· Military and US government agency work. Certified CCR vendor.
· Motor control, including DC, brushless, stepper.
· PC-based systems, MS Windows platform. Internet-TCP/IP connectivity.
· Photonics and spectroscopy. IR, visible and UV optical systems.
· Printed circuit boards. Layout and fabrication.
· Programmable logic devices. CPLD, FPGA.
· Rapid prototyping.
· Regulatory agencies. Assistance with ANSI, CE, CSA, FCC, RoHS / WEEE, TÜV, UL, USPTO compliance.
· RF communication, including ISM, ZigBee.
· Robotic systems, including vision, auditory, ANN processing, sensor integration.
· Sensor and instrument design, including rugged, portable devices.
· Signals and systems modeling, including Matlab, Simulink, Spice. Classical and modern, state-space control.
· Solar power systems, remote installations.
· Ultrasonics. NDT, flow measurement, transducers.
· Windows development, including ADO, ASP, C, C++, C#, .NET, SQL Server, VB, XML.