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PRODUCT DESIGN & ENGINEERING SERVICES

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Design Services


Have a napkin drawing or even an early vague idea?  Westercom can make it real.

We have expertise in designing products incorporating the following technologies:
  • Electronics Design & Printed Circuit Boards using Cadence OrCAD & Allegro
  • Embedded Software
  • Processors: ARM, Intel, DSP's (TI & ADI), Network Processors
  • ​Processors & Microcontrollers:
    • ARM (TI, NXP, ST, Rockchip, and more)
    • MICROCHIP PIC & AVR 
    • STM32
    • Intel
    • Digital Signal Processors (TI, Analog Devices)
    • Network Processors
  • ​FPGA/CPLD Development:
    • Altera
    • Xilinx
    • Microsemi (Formerly Actel)
  • Wired Communications / Networking:
    • 10/100/1000/10G BASE-T Ethernet
    • Optical Ethernet
    • T1/E1/J1, DS3
    • CAN, RS232, RS485, etc...
  • Wireless:
    • WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
    • 3G & 4G Cellular
    • Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
    • Microwave/mmWave
    • Sattelite
    • RF Circuit Design Up to 86GHz​
  • Power:
    • PoE
    • DC/DC Switching Power Supplies (Isolated & Non-Isolated)
    • Battery Chargers
    • Renewable Energy


Additional Services​
  • End-2-End engineering program management
  • New Product Introduction & Ramp to Mass Production
  • Design for Manufacturing / Assembly 
  • Automated Product Test 
  • Regulatory Certification & Testing: FCC, ETSI, UL, CE, CSA, ETL, MET, HAZLOC
  • Product Root-Cause Failure Analysis


Partner Network:

  • Metal & Plastics Design
  • Antenna Design
  • Clould Based Systems and Element Management Solutions
  • World Wide Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions


Product Cost Reduction


​Want to lower the cost of your existing product but maintain or improve quality?  We can review your designs and provide advice on where to lower your BOM cost, manufacturing costs, reduce test time, and more.  We take an end-to-end holistic approach with the motto "every penny's a 'big-one'".  Not only can we advise what to do and how to do it, but we can take charge and make it happen. 


Our team has a track record of successfully lowering the COGS of cellular basestations, enterprise WiFi access points, and microwave/mmWave radios by 50% or more without sacrificing quality or performance.  We have SAVED businesses that would have otherwise been destroyed by aggressive low-cost foreign competitors.   


Lower your COGS to compete or increase the bottom line to your investors.      



PRODUCT ANALYSIS, TEAR DOWNS, Competitive technical analysis


Need to learn more about a device, need tear down technical and BOM analysis, or just want to clearly understand how something stacks up against others in the market from a technical basis?  We can do it.  


Product Analysis & Tear Downs:

  • Complete Physical Dis-assembly & Analysis Report 
  • Detailed reverse engineered BOM/COGS pricing estimation analysis at volume levels from prototype quantities to millions per year. 
  • High Resolution Digital Photographs including High-Res Microscope Photos (7-45x magnification)
  • X-RAY (upon special request)
  • Design for Manufacturing / Design for Assembly Analysis & Ideas for Cost Reduction 
  • Audit of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Filings and regulatory test reports


Competitive Technical Analysis

  • Easy to read side-by-side reports clearly detailing competitive technical positioning.  




Prototyping & Manufacturing


We can manage the complete product lifecycle for you.  We have hundreds of supplier, distribution, and contract manufacturing relationships that we have forged over 15 years.  Start with local domestic production and launch to low-cost international manufacturing when it makes sense for your business.      



Something else?


Don't see what you are looking for?  If it runs on electricity, we likely can do it or know who can.  

If we can't do it, we'll gladly point you to the right partner.