This page is devoted to consulting capabilities at Oregon Research Electronics. If you need technical assistance in any of the areas listed below, please contact ORE for more information or a quote. We are looking forward to serving your needs.

Capabilities: ORE is ready to provide services in the following areas. If there is another area that you need help with, please contact us for information. ORE may also be able to direct you to another skilled consultant if we are not able to help.

• Linear and switch-mode power supplies to about 50Watts with special attention to cost, efficiency, heat dissipation, and noise.
• Battery systems for low-power and hand-held devices including charging and safety issues.
• Filters, both active and passive, from DC to 500MHz.
• Sensors for a wide variety of scientific and industrial measurements.
• Microprocessors systems, especially AVR-family, 8051-family, MSP430-family.
• Microprocessor interfacing.
• Microprocessor programming including c (gcc), and proprietary assembly language environments.
• Microprocessor peripherals including A/D converters, D/A converters, displays, and memory.
• Serial data transmission including RS232, RS422, and RS485.
• RF from 50MHz to 500MHz; receivers and transmitters in a variety of modulations.
• Antennas from 50MHz to 1GHz.
• RFID, especially UHF (North America and Europe), hand-held, mobile, and fixed; antennas.
• Avionics, Navigation and Communication.
• Field instrumentation including severe environments such as ocean bouys, underwater, and shipboard.
• Video transmission and manipulation including switching, text overlays, and cable equalization.
• EMI suppression and susceptibility to meet FCC and CE standards.
• FAA High Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) susceptibility.
• System design.
• Circuit board design and layout.
• Circuit and system modeling.

Software Capability & Experience: "Capable" means available for immediate use.

• LTSpice (highly compatible to PSpice) - Capable
• EAGLE (schematic capture and board layout) - Capable
• WINAVR (Windows port of gcc for AVR micros) - Capable
• AVR Studio (AVR assembler) - Capable
• ELNEC (antenna simulation) - Capable
• Sonnet (electromagnetic simulation) - Capable
• OpenOffice (compatible with Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Paint, etc) - Capable
• RealBasic (high-level cross-platform similar to Visual Basic) - Capable
• IAR C Compiler for MSP430
• Avocet (8051 assembler)
• Mentor Graphics Design Capture (schematic capture)
• Mentor Graphics Expedition/Ascent (board layout)
• Lattice Semiconductor "ISP Lever" (VHDL compiler for CPLD)

Experience: ORE has had the following experience to support the services listed above.

• Oregon State University Oceanography: over 15 years experience with instrumentation in ocean, ship-board and other severe environments. Also high resolution temperature measurements to better than 0.01C. Employee.
• Kalatel, Interlogix, and GE Security (same company through sequential purchases): over 15 years experience with video, power supplies, and microprocessor-based systems. Extensive EMI and susceptibility experience. Employee.
• PSC Scanning (now DataLogic Scanning): extensive experience with integration of UHF RFID subsystems into hand-held devices. Special emphasis on antennas, battery power systems, and FCC certification. Contractor and employee.
• OpTechnologies: early design of aircraft NAV/COM hardware including Marker, ILS, VOR, and voice communication. Also FAA HIRF testing. Employee telecommute & on-site.
• Personal research: design of high-capability data radio for Amateur Radio Service. Amateur radio call: KA7EHK.
• Education: BA in Physics and Mathematics (Oregon State University), MS in Electrical Engineering (Oregon State University), PhD in Electrical Engineering (Colorado State University).

Services: ORE Consulting is able to provide the following services:

• Full-time or Part-time employee.
• Contract services on a fixed-fee or per-hour basis.
• On your premises, remote (tele-commute), or a combination of on-premises and remote.
• Service area for on-premises work is primarily Western and Central Oregon. Remote service is provided within the United States.
• Travel in support of services (such as FCC, CE, or FAA testing, shipboard support or remote on-premises visits) can be provided. Extended duration travel is possible.
• A current US Passport is available for foreign travel.

Thanks for stopping by.

James Wagner, Chief Engineer, Oregon Research Electronics
31677 N Lake Creek Drive
Tangent, Oregon, 97389
Telephone: (541) 928-7869
e-mail: wagnerj@proaxis.com

Updated September, 2007