Aerospace Electronics

Aerospace
Electronics

West Coast Solutions brings decades of demonstrated excellence in delivering high efficiency, radiation hard, and cost-effective solutions for space electronics, spanning applications from focal plane electronics to power supplies and cryocooler electronics to batteries.

Low Noise, High-Efficiency Power Supplies
Focal Place Interface Electronics
Cryocooler Control Electronics
Input Ripple Filter Design
Active Vibration Cancellation Design
Launch Lock

Advanced Customization
Digital Design and Firmware
Space Component Selection
Mechanical Packaging and FEA
Advanced Thermal Design
Prototyping- Build and Test
Flight Hardware

Custom Focal Plane Electronics Suite

West Coast Solutions developed and delivered a Focal Plane Electronics (FPE) suite for JPL which consisted of three separate modules: the analog Focal Plane Interface Electronics (FPIE), the FPIE Power Supply Unit (PSU), and the digital Interface Instrument Electronics (IIE). Based on prior strong performance on JPL programs, WCS was tapped to produce and deliver four (4) complete suites of Engineering Models for Flat Sat testing and four (4) complete Flight Model suites. All deliveries were completed in 2023 with the last deliveries taking place in June.

Analog focal plane electronics
Precision, low noise focal plane electronics power supplies
FPGA (RTG4)-enabled high speed data pipe
Closed-loop payload heater control
Payload power distribution

Airborne Focal Plane Power Supply Units (PSU)

West Coast Solutions designed, built, tested, and delivered seven (7) PSU’s to the Jet Propulsion Lab for various airborne flight experiments. The PSUs can generate five positive and two negative outputs that exhibit the following capabilities:

Low AC noise < 30mV pk-pk
High precision +/- 2%
Up to 6A Loads

The PSUs also provide the following system level features:

Discrete output control
Output regulation telemetry
Short circuit protection
Inrush current protection

Flow Sensor Electronics (FSE)

West Coast Solutions was contracted by Creare to develop the power and signal conditioning electronics for the oxygen flow sensor for the Portable Life Support System (PLSS). WCS developed the electronics for the novel Creare MEMS flow sensor. A “path-to-flight” brassboard was built and demonstrated with the Creare sensor and then delivered to the end user for additional testing. The fully-packaged radiation hard flight electronics has been designed and is soon to be implemented.

Space suit oxygen flow sensor electronics
Precision signal conditioning and communications
Brassboard build and test (hardware and firmware)
Radiation hard flight design

Precision Mirror Mechanism Pointing Electronics (PMMCE)

West Coast Solutions was hired by Aerospace Corporation to develop the control electronics for a novel, high-precision pointing mechanism for future USAF Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) missions. During the initial phase, WCS developed a “path-to-flight” brassboard with dual high-speed ADC channels, FPGA and firmware, and dual motor drive circuits. The fully-packaged radiation hard flight electronics will be developed in the future.

OPIR pointing mirror control electronics
Dual high-speed ADC, FPGA, and motor drives
Design and prototype, including firmware