What We Do
Welcome to Left Coast Engineering!
We’re all about turning your ideas into real, impactful designs – from the very beginning stages to the final production and everything in between. Our team is passionate about what we do, and we’re here to make sure your project is a success.
Since 1999, Left Coast Engineering (LCE) has been teaming up with some seriously innovative commercial and military partners to bring futuristic ideas into the here and now.
Feel free to explore the tabs below to delve deeper into our offerings. Cheers!
When it comes to creating new technology solutions, the Left Coast Engineering team really understands how to design innovation into reality – we combine expertise with creative thinking and always keep the end-user in mind. Our team deeply engages to understand your vision and product goals through close collaboration. Our wide experience in custom electronic and mechanical product development guides the design process from creative concepts to prototypes to finished designs. Add in rigorous validation, verification, testing and optimization for manufacturing, to get your product design across the finish line.
- Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
- Requirements definition
- Proof-of-Concept (POC)
- Rapid Prototyping
- Product Design/Redesign
- Validate/Verify/Test/Certify
- Patents/Intellectual Property – Founder is inventor on 20+ patents
- Obsolescence
- Design for Size, Weight and Power Reduction (SWaP)
- Cost Reduction
- Production Readiness
- Reverse Engineering/Diagnostics
- Low Volume Production
- Turnkey Design Expertise
- Design Support at Our Site or Your Site
- Hardware – Power, Embedded, Audio, FPGA, PCB Design, Keypads/User Interfaces, Laser Systems
- Software – User Interface, Embedded Firmware (Bare Metal or OS – Linux, FreeRTOS), Apps (PC or Phone – Android, iOS), Protocols, Low Power/Battery
- RF/Wireless – Discreet RF Line-ups, Antenna Design, Proprietary Wireless Protocols, Module Design, Standard Protocol Implementations, Satellite
- Mechanical – CAD, Dynamic Stress Analysis, Thermal Modeling, Portable/Rack-Mount, 3D-print
- Fluidics – Pumps, Valves, Vacuums, Pressure Sensing, Flow Sensing
- Optics – Cameras, Lensing, Image Processing, Particle Detection, Distance Measurement
- Sensors – Flow (Ultrasonic, Thermal), Environmental, Intrusion Detection, Light/Photon, Audio, Level
- Robotics – Motor Control, Conveyors, Automation, ROS
- Machine Learning – Data Accumulation/Storage/Post-Processing, Trend Analysis, Event Detection, Modeling
Companies, large and small, turn to LCE for either bandwidth or expertise (sometimes both) for their product designs in Commercial, Medical, DOD and Industrial spaces. We can support your vision in many ways with:
- Full turnkey product design
- Single aspect of the product design
- Design to your requirements
- Provide engineering resources on your site
- Selling you tested finished goods
