News
June 2024: Pathfinder Electronics delivers the first PE-451 shipboard ruggedized radar display for qualification testing.
August 2023: Pathfinder Electronics was awarded a development contract to design a shipboard ruggedized radar display for the US Navy.
July 2021: The US Navy awarded Pathfinder Electronics a 6-month SBIR Phase I feasibility contract to develop a digital intervalometer electronic module for Hydra-70 rocket launchers.
Capabilities
Electronic Design
Create complex electronics that use MCUs, FPGAs, high-speed serial, high-speed ADCs, low-noise analog circuits, ultra low-power, batteries, switching supplies, and RF/antennas.
Electromagnetic/RF Design
Simulate, build, and test antennas, frequency selective surfaces (FSS), HPM/EMP protection, RFID/NFC, wireless power transfer, and EMC solutions.
Prototype Manufacturing
Get your prototype faster using our in-house capabilities: pick and place, reflow, hand assembly, 3D printing, final assembly, wire harness assembly, testing, and engineering characterization.
Medical, Military, and Aerospace
Rigorous electronic design for mission-critical applications in medical devices, avionics, and weapons systems.
Digital Video Processing
We create custom hardware and video processing IP solutions for proprietary analog and digital video systems used in radars, avionics, and scientific instruments. We are world experts in stroke video format conversion for HUD, electronic warfare, radar and sonar displays, electronic flight display (EFD), and scientific instruments.
Battery Power
Battery-powered electronic design addresses a wide range of challenging demands: battery chemistries, operating voltage range, single cell and multi-cell, ultra-low power operation, long life, extreme temperature, extended shelf life, high-rate charge and discharge, supply chain, regulatory requirements, and of course safety. We provide support from concept through production for new battery-powered electronic designs.
Products
PE-451 Shipboard Radar Display
Video Attenuator for Aegis Combat System Sustainment
The Video Attenuator is an operator control for the OJ-451 radar display and OJ-452 sonar display in the Aegis Combat System. It is form-fit-function compatible with the obsolete and unserviceable part NSN 5985-01-111-9316, providing a new source for this critical wear item. From design to production, Pathfinder Electronics delivered units in 3 months.
PE-451 Display Tester for Aegis Combat System Sustainment
The PE-451 Tester is the manufacturing test set for the PE-451 Display. It provides a built-in multi-channel stroke video test pattern generator for stand-alone radar display testing, a test point and switch matrix, and can be inserted between the AN/UYQ-21 console and PE-451 Display for console/display troubleshooting. The compact Tester fits inside airline carry-on luggage.
Let’s discuss how we can support your product testing needs.
Contract Engineering Services
Electronic Flight Display (EFD) Scan Converter
Head-Up Display (HUD) Scan Converter
Aerial Rocket Launcher Intervalometer Feasibility
As a 6-month SBIR Phase I feasibility contract for Navy NAVAIR PMA-242, Pathfinder Electronics designed and built a fully functional intervalometer prototype designed to meet aircraft military standards for shock and vibration, temperature, aircraft power, temperature range, and EMC. The module is fail-safe to single-point failures. The design solution overcame a challenging and unusual combination of constraints for small volume, operation within milliseconds of power-on, and safety functions when powered off. The form-fit-function compatible prototype was functionally demonstrated over the full temperature range.
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