The MicroStar 2000 project started in 2000 with the initial encoder design. The first encoder was finished and flow in 2001 and has gone through continuos design upgrades and evolution. In addition to the encoder a number of other related designs are on this web site including a receiver. The main focus of all the designs on this site are radio control model aircraft.

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GAA Custom Engineering, LLC specializes in the development and manufacturing of custom engineered solutions to instrument control and data acquisition problems. We focus on the development of electronic controls and monitoring systems as well as embedded microprocessor based controls.

 

We also provide consulting services to help address your needs and analyze your data acquisition and instrument control challenges.

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About Us

GAA Custom Engineering, LLC was formed in 2014 after I retired (early) from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. I am an Electrical Engineer with over 40 years experience solving data acquisition and control problems. A significant part of my career focused on these skills in mass spectrometry and ion manipulations.

My google scholar page provides publication records. 

Our capabilities are outined here.

We develop electronic and control solutions aimed and toward the research community to aid in the development of unique instruments. Our focus is in the area of intelligent RF and DC power sources as well as the low level timing controls.

Our company philosophy is to provide open designs making all the technical information available to our customers. We also specialize is developing unique solutions to custom problems working closely with our customers to address their needs.

 

 

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Capabilities

Electronic design

-       Analog circuit design

-       Digital circuit design

-       PLC

-       PLD

-       SPICE analysis experience

-       Printed Circuit Board design and development

-       Prototyping and low volume fabrication

-       Packaging and assembly

 

Mechanical design

-       3D CAD

 

Software development

-       Embedded control

            • ATMEL
            • Microchip

-       Real-time software development

-       Assembly language

-       C and C++

-       IOS objective C

-       MicroSoft .NET

-       MicroSoft office suite and VBA

Resources

Electronics test equipment

-       Oscilloscopes

-       Spectrum analyzer

-       Logic analyzer

-       Power supplies

-       Pulse generators

-       Function generators

-       Soldering / de-soldering tools

-       Hot air rework tools

-       120 square foot electronics development shop

 

Design and development tools

-       Eagle schematic capture and PCB design

-       3D CAD software

-       Microcontroller IDE tools and experience

            • Atmel
            • Ardrino
            • Microchip

 

Fabrication resources

-       3D printer

-       3 axis CNC mill table

-       Mill

-       Lathe

-       Drill press

-       Various hand and power tools

-       600 square foot fabrication shop