PDD Inc. provides custom designed Industrial and commercial Electronic Circuit Boards for OEM customers. PDD Inc. can provide turn-key solutions from concept through volume production. Our engineering and design capabilities include: Electronic Circuit Engineering and Design, Printed Circuit Board Layout, Micro-controller and DSP firmware development.
Project: Custom RFID Reader
Customer: Sealed Air Corp, Duncan SC
Description: This design is a handheld RFID reader used to communicate with ISO15693 RFID tags used in cold supply chain temperature monitoring. The reader is battery powered and includes an internal battery charging circuit. The unit has a USB drive interface and the ability to transmit tag data to a corporate website using GPRS technology. PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development for the embedded microprocessor in this product. Additionally, PDD produced the development prototypes used for firmware evaluation, FCC testing, and customer evaluation.
Project: Aircraft Magneto Tester Instrument Control Board
Customer: Champion Aerospace LLC, Liberty SC
Description: This design is a custom control board used in equipment for testing aircraft magnetos. It is used by the customer as part of critical test equipment in their FAA certified manufacturing operation. The board provides all of the high speed data acquisition, signal processing algorithms, and control logic for the tester. PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development for this product. PDD produced the prototypes used for testing and firmware development. PDD manufactures this product as part of the Magneto test equipment.
Project: Textile Shrinkage Measurement System Control Board
Customer: Perceptive Solutions Inc, Greenville SC
Description: This design is a custom control board used in equipment for onlinemeasurement of fabric shrinkage in the textile Sanforizer processes. Until theintroduction of this technology, reliable and accurate online measurement of textileshrinkage was not possible. The online shrinkage measurement capability has resultedin significant cost savings to customers due to a reduction of out of specification andscrap product. The board integrates encoder tracking, high speed solenoid valvecontrol, data acquisition, Ethernet communications, and data processing algorithms.PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development forthis product. PDD manufactures this product for Perceptive Solutions Inc.
Project: High Voltage Pulse Generation Board
Customer: Champion Aerospace LLC, Liberty SC
Description: This design is a custom control board used in equipment for testing High Voltage Ignition Coils. It is used by the customer as part of critical test equipment in their FAA certified manufacturing operation. The board allow pulse duration and voltage to be set using a digital communication interface. PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development for this product. PDD produced the prototypes used for testing and firmware development. PDD manufactures this product for the customer.
Project: OEM Packaging Equipment Keypad Interface
Customer: Hartness International, Greenville, SC
Description: This design is a custom membrane switch keypad interface unit for an OEM of Packaging Equipment. This unit is used to provide an operator interface to a PLC based machine controller. PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development for this product. PDD manufactures this product for Hartness International.
Project: OEM Packaging Equipment Display Interface
Customer: Hartness International, Greenville, SC
Description: This design is a custom Vacuum Fluorescent Display interface unit for an OEM of Packaging Equipment. This unit is used to provide an operator interface to a PLC based machine controller. PDD provided all of the circuit design, PC board layout, and firmware development for this product. PDD manufactures this product for Hartness International.
