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Pathfinder Electronics
Pathfinder Electronics
Innovation | Excellence

Innovative Electronic Design

Excellent Solutions

Bring us your problem and we will build you a solution.

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 sys​tems.

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.

Partners

Pathfinder Electronics has strategically partnered with Ansys to use HFSS to design advanced antennas for the US military.

Products

PE-451 Shipboard Radar Display

Pathfinder Electronics is proud to announce the start of  qualification testing for its newest product, the PE-451 Display, a rugged shipboard radar display for the Aegis Combat System. This high-resolution display features an illuminated writing surface, advanced stroke-to-raster scan converter, and high brightness for use on the Bright Bridge and Combat Information Center. Pathfinder Electronics performed full lifecycle product development from design to delivery of the first qualification unit in 10 months.

Extended Service Life, Simplified Sustainment

The PE-451 Display extends the operational life of the AN/UYQ-21 Operator Console into its fifth decade of service by replacing the obsolete and unserviceable CRT display in the OJ-451 BDU with a future-proof FPGA video format converter and flat panel display solution. This technology-refreshed display eliminates multiple unreliable console components, saves weight, and simplifies sustainment.

Please reach out to discuss custom rugged display and video processor solutions.

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

Pathfinder Electronics was contracted to write FPGA VHDL firmware to perform stroke-to-raster scan conversion for an Electronic Flight Display (EFD) as a key part of the customer’s hardware development effort. Features include stroke and raster video overlay, restricted color palette, and frame rate synchronization. 

Contact us to collaborate on your avionics hardware development project. (representative stroke EFDs shown)

Head-Up Display (HUD) Scan Converter

Pathfinder Electronics was contracted by a prime contractor to design the complete proof-of-concept analog hardware and FPGA VHDL firmware stroke video scan converter solution for a military Head-Up Display (HUD), as a key part of the customer’s DO-254 DAL-A certifiable product development effort. Pathfinder Electronics supports integration, design transfer, and manufacturing issues as needed. 

Please contact us to discuss your military hardware development needs. (representative HUD shown)

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.


Pathfinder Electronics understands the design of highly constrained systems to a high degree of rigor on an aggressive timeline. Let us propose an innovative solution to your challenging requirements.

Battery Consulting for a New Children’s Toy

A respected children’s toy brand was designing its first lithium-ion-battery-powered toy and asked us for an independent review of their initial electronics design. Pathfinder Electronics found significant design flaws related to the battery design and power architecture and gave practical solutions to those problems, and provided guidance on battery safety, design rules, supply chain considerations, and compliance to help them master battery as they move forward.

We can assist you with your battery-related electronic design issues. We have experience with extremely low power design, high drain rates, battery charging and safety, battery life and power budgets, chemistry selection, and primary and secondary batteries. (representative toy shown)

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