37 Years of Design Excellence

Complex Products.
One Integrated Team.

PDE is a full-service product design house. Whether you're scaling your engineering team, filling critical skill gaps, or need a partner to take your product from concept to certification, PDE integrates directly into your workflow. 37 years, 5,900+ projects, one commitment: your success.

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Cast Blacktrax Beacon 2.0 - A leader in real time stage tracking
CAST Blacktrax Beacon 2.0
VELscope Vx - Detecting oral cancer and saving lives
LED Dental VELscope Vx
iGuard For Stoves - Protecting your loved ones from kitchen fires
iGuard Home Inc. iGuard For Stoves
Eaton TD3100 - A highly configurable wireless transceiver
Eaton TD3100
RetailNext Aurora
RetailNext Aurora
3Z RF Vision - Keeping cell tower antennas in alignment
Viavi 3Z RF Vision
Eaton TD2100
Eaton TD2100
AGI Westeel Guardian
AGI Westeel Guardian
Eaton TD1140 - Lightweight versatile controls
Eaton TD1140
Cast Mini Beacon
CAST Blacktrax Mini Beacon
37 Years
525+ Clients
5900+ Projects
40+ Products Certified
>90% First Pass Certification
Our Capabilities

The Complete Technical Stack

From first concept to final certification, PDE's designers can deliver specialized expertise across all facets of product development.

Hardware and Electronics Design

Schematic design, PCB layout, power systems, RF and wireless design, signal integrity analysis. We design electronics that work the first time and scale reliably to production.

Altium, OrCAD, PADs; digital and analog design; DC-DC converter and power management; custom radio systems; prototype build management.

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Mechanical and Industrial Design

Enclosure engineering, thermal management, DFM/DFA optimization, industrial design. Products that look excellent, function reliably, and manufacture efficiently.

Solidworks and Pro-E CAD; design for manufacturability from inception; rapid iteration and prototyping.

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Firmware and Embedded Systems

Bare-metal, RTOS (FreeRTOS, ThreadX, Zephyr), and Linux-based development. From sensor integration to communication protocols to secure boot, we build the intelligence that makes hardware smart.

Protocol design, embedded systems architecture, secure firmware development, firmware code signing, and encrypted communications.

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Software and Cloud Development

Cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud), mobile applications (iOS, Android), and full-stack web development. Your products connect to the systems your customers depend on.

REST API design, cloud scalability from 10 devices to millions, multi-tenant architecture, production operations.

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Connected Products and IoT Systems Development

A unified service for the $545B IoT market. Hardware-firmware-cloud integration under single team.

Security architecture considerations including secure bootloader design, firmware code signing, and encrypted communications. Cloud scalability engineering from prototype to production fleet. Certificate-based device authentication. Database encryption for data isolation.

No separate security firm. No vendor coordination. One team owns the entire security posture.

Unified architecture; BLE, WiFi, Cellular, LoRa, Z-Wave integration; security-integrated development; cloud cost optimization.

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Compliance and Certification Management

FCC, ISED, CE, VCCI, KC, PTCRB, Verizon Open Development, and AT&T carrier certification. We navigate the regulatory landscape so your product launches without delays.

We maintain in-house RF isolation chamber, spectrum analyzers, and ESD simulation equipment for pre-compliance testing. Many products achieve first-submission success because we identify compliance gaps during design, not during formal submission.

Multi-jurisdictional expertise, design-for-certification methodology, pre-compliance testing, submission management.

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Products We've Helped Our Clients Bring to Market

See What We Can Do For You

VELscope VX Medical Technology

VELscope VX

The VELscope Vx is a handheld oral disease detection requiring integrated electronics, mechanical precision, and medical device compliance.

PDE provided mechanical, electrical, and firmware services to help make LED Dental’s vision a reality and solved a complex thermal management issue along the way.

Click to read more about PDE’s innovative solution to a complex thermal problem.
CAST Blacktrax Beacon 2.0 Entertainment Technology

CAST Blacktrax Beacon 2.0

The BlackTrax Beacon 2.0 is a wearable device that provides the power and 3D/6D tracking data needed to automate lighting, audio, and visual effects in real time.

CAST had a concept for the 2nd generation of their Beacon product, PDE helped turn that concept into something concrete by providing electrical design, firmware development, and mechanical design.

Click here to read more about how PDE’s one-stop shop methodology can reduce your engineering-management headache.
Eaton TD3100 Industrial Electronics

Eaton TD3100

The Eaton TD3100 is a high customizable transceiver for use in heavy industry.

Eaton already had an electrical and software design, but needed mechanical design capacity.

Read more about how PDE helped Eaton get to market faster by providing engineering capacity on demand.
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Industry Validation

Credentials that Engineering Leaders Trust

We've cultivated relationships with many of the major manufacturers and suppliers in our industry. This gives PDE the ability to navigate supply chain issues before they're a problem.

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Elite Design House Elite Design House
Arrow ACES Trusted Design Partner
AMD AMD Partner Partner Network
Renesas Design House Partner
DigiKey DigiKey Design Service Provider Design Service Provider
Problems all Projects Face

Sound Familiar?

Hardware is hard. Hardware product teams face recurring technical and organizational challenges. We've seen them play out hundreds of times. If you recognize your situation here, we know how to help.

Multi-Vendor Coordination Breaking Down

You're managing electronics, firmware, mechanical, and compliance across different partners. On paper the architecture is clean. In practice, your RF design doesn't account for enclosure constraints, firmware requirements emerge after PCBs are ordered, and nobody owns the integration. When something breaks at the boundary between vendors, you get finger-pointing.

PDE Can Do it All

One unified team owns the complete technical stack. Your electronics designer understands mechanical constraints. Your firmware architect knows RF requirements. Your compliance specialist guides design decisions from conception. Finger-pointing replaced with design discipline.

Discipline Gaps You Can't Hire For

You need RF expertise, or RTOS depth, or thermal management, but not permanently. Six-month hiring cycles don't work when the need is three months away. Contractors spend weeks ramping up on your architecture, and by the time they're productive, the engagement is half over.

PDE Provides Flexibility

Named specialists with pattern recognition from hundreds of similar projects. They integrate with your team from the first technical call, not from a separate vendor silo. They scale up and down with your project needs, not your headcount budget.

Your Market Window Won't Wait

Your product has a market window and your stakeholders are counting on a timeline you committed to. The first 80% of development goes fast. Then late-stage problems surface and the last 20% takes two to four times longer than planned. Invoices keep coming. Schedules drag. Confidence erodes.

PDE Has Been There Before

Structured onboarding, phased program planning, and dedicated Account Owner and Project Owner leadership. We surface risks early with impact assessments and recommended mitigations. The result is a deterministic timeline you can coordinate around, not a best-case estimate that falls apart in the last quarter.

Every situation is different.

What never changes:

You need technical expertise that solves hard problems without adding organizational complexity or risk.

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The PDE Difference

What PDE Does Differently

Full-Stack Technical Depth

Electronics. Mechanical design. Firmware. Software. RF. Compliance. Cloud architecture.

When your product needs multidisciplinary expertise, you don't coordinate three separate vendors and manage the handoffs between them.

37 Years of Shipping Products

PDE isn't a here today gone tomorrow contractor who will leave you high and dry when the going gets tough.

We've evolved continuously through multiple technology transitions. We can embrace new technologies because we have the experience to separate what's going to stick around from what isn't.

Flex Without Risk

Add specialized expertise exactly when your project needs it. Scale the team for parallel development, then scale down between phases to reduce burn rate. Your internal team stays focused on what they do best while PDE absorbs the multi-discipline coordination.

Proactive Risk Management Built In

When risks are identified, they're captured with impact assessment and recommended mitigations. Decision-makers are informed efficiently so the project keeps moving. Problems addressed when they surface are always more manageable than problems deferred to the end.

Designed for What Comes Next

We tailor the process to your product's stage. For commercially manufactured products, DFM and DFA are considered from the first design review. For proof-of-concept work, we prioritize speed and learning while documenting the decisions that will matter at scale.

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In Their Own Words

What our Clients Say

"PDE is a vital part of my product innovation team. Their inventiveness, grasp of the issues and expertise contributed significantly to the realization of the VX product, from the drawing board to the production floor"

Peter Whitehead, CEO and Founder, LED Dental

"Truly demonstrating our ability to meet the consumer's need for functionality and at the same time to use design to help brand and differentiate our products."

Ben Roberts, Director of New Product Development, Kensington Technology Group

"It's been a pleasure working with PDE. Our first project is just a few weeks from wrapping up, and we've appreciated the open and frequent communication which has allowed us to manage our internal stakeholders. We look forward to the opportunity to work with PDE again in the future."

Ben Sparrow, Product Manager, Wenco International Mining Systems

"We couldn't be happier with the outstanding service and high-quality products provided by PDE. We've been working with PDE for over 10 years and their team has demonstrated excellent professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail since the beginning. The level of care and expertise they bring to every interaction has made a real difference in our product development and our operations. It's clear that PDE values their clients and takes pride in delivering not just products, but solutions specific to meet our needs. We highly recommend PDE to anyone seeking a trusted partner for quality, reliability, and outstanding service!"

Aaron Densham, Director of Operations, CAST Group of Companies Inc.

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The Long View

Partners, Not Vendors

When you engage PDE, you're gaining a technical partner who understands that the first project is the beginning of a relationship, not a transaction. We transfer knowledge so your team can independently maintain and extend the product. We stay available when technical questions arise months or years after delivery. That continuity matters when your next product builds on the last one.

This is why our average client relationship spans multiple projects and multiple years.

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