david ryan taylor

Principal Engineer & Designer

Expertise in

Analog and embedded Circuit Design

  • Over 35 years of advanced precision instrumentation design for Fluke, Wavetek, Measurement Systems, and Rice Lake Weighing Systems

  • Chief Designer of the extremely successful Fluke 8060A

  • Chief Designer of the Wavetek Model 75 ARB, and Model 52 DataMultimeter

  • Designer of numerous scale products including the MSI PortaWeigh Plus

  • Audio products, Prosound, Keyboard, and Guitar accessories

Component Specification, active and passive

  • Leaded to SMD conversions

  • Obsolete part redesigns

2-Layer and Multilayer PCB design, from schematic to gerbers

Project Management

Cost Effective design and component selection

Regulatory requirements: UL, VDE, HB44, CE, FM

What I provide

Conversion of obsolete leaded designs to modern SMD designs (size reduction if desired)

  • Reverse Engineering

  • Update for obsolete or inefficient components

  • Full Schematic

  • BOM with multiple sourced parts (In Excel)

  • Gerbers

  • PCB Fabrication Drawing (PDF)

  • PCA Assembly Drawing (PDF)

New Product Design

  • Implementation of your concept with practical circuitry

  • Full Schematic

  • BOM with multiple sourced parts (In Excel)

  • Gerbers

PCB Fabrication Drawing (PDF)

PCA Assembly Drawing (PDF)

Post Design Support

Interface with Contract Manufacturer during prototype and production

Prototype testing and evaluation

Billing

Billed hourly or by contract. Fast and responsive. ROM Estimates available by request. Design examples available.