Hardware and Software Engineering
Multidisciplinary designer, hardware and software specialist. Industrial and scientific crossover experience. Years of self employment and self starting work adventures.
Jonathan is an adept designer across both software and hardware, having worked across various teams at some of Australia’s leading research firms. With further experience in manufacturing and small business systems, he is ideally placed to support both research and development teams, as well as smaller businesses requiring support to bring their ideas from concept to production.
Prototyping and Sales
Prototyping | Random Idea Generator | Communicator | Organiser | Finder of weird and wonderful things
An experimental scientist with a background in research and project management and procurement, Patricia’s innovative design approach and refreshing communication style allow her to resolve issues with skill and creativity.
Bored Owl’s founders have a combined 50 years experience in building and working with systems to survive rugged field and demanding operational requirements. These systems need control and measurement computers and sometimes real‑time computing power. We found it saved time and money to keep the same lab hardware and software as the systems moved to higher readiness.
Many students, early career researchers, and engineers know microcontroller systems because this is what they are familiar with from university study and from hobbyist endeavours. These are usually fine for prototypes but not sturdy enough for final products. Turning them into reliable products takes a lot of work which equates to time and money and requires a learning curve to be able to solve problems with integrating equipment together to form a complete measurement solution.
At the other end of the scale of systems are Industrial control systems (like PLCs) are robust but costly and use programming methods unfamiliar to users like you.
Bored Owl’s Eddie Data Hub includes all the four basic functions needed in a measurement system (or DAQ system): software, control, communications and data logging.
The range of alternative systems which are out in the world to choose between include: PC connected to sensors via a device, PLC, Data loggers.From our market research, from these 3 types of systems (PC connected to sensors via device, PLC, data loggers) the affordable end of the spectrum is limited to USB style plug in devices for your PC. The limit of the plug in devices is whether you can connect what you need to them and they are not expandable and also require the PC which could be unsuitable for field applications.
Comparison of Eddie vs the Maker world and Industrial world options is shown below. For more detail visit our recent blog "Bridging the Data Divide".
The Eddie Data Hub is a rugged, modular system where you can choose and scale the processor, I/O and communications options. Its affordable to start with, and durable enough for final products.
We designed Eddie for non-experts. Our goal is to make STEM tools easy to use, so you don't need hardware or software expertise to setup a measurement and control system. Eddie can enable your ideas to turn into innovative products.
Comparison of Eddie vs DAQ systems is shown below. For more detail visit our recent blog "Mastering Real-Time Control and Multi-tasking in Science Labs"
