Flight-ready regulator.Proven-performance in extremes.
Designed to deliver
Results that make a difference
JASC developed a digital pressure-regulating controller for aerospace use. This compact system keeps fluid pressure steady in high-stakes environments, from placing satellites to guiding unmanned craft. Before moving to testing, they asked 28 Gorilla to review its readiness for certification.
The original board layout, firmware logic and valve interface left the system vulnerable to heat, electrical drift and unstable feedback. Any of these could cause failure in flight. We quickly delivered a new concept that addressed the most urgent risks. That depth of review earned us the lead engineering role for the rest of development.
Working closely with JASC and our integrated manufacturing partner, 29Tech, we redesigned the board and firmware for durability under vibration and pressure swings. The result was a controller ready for environmental testing.
Review for readiness
When flight safety depends on steady pressure, even small design flaws can have big consequences. The original controller had never been tested under aerospace-level strain, so it wasn’t proven for extreme temperatures, pressure changes or sustained vibration. Our challenge was to find what might fail, redesign it to survive, and do it fast enough to keep an accelerated test schedule on track.
Assess and adapt quickly
We started with a full review of the electrical design and control logic, reworking the board layout to reduce heat buildup and improve signal stability. We rewrote the firmware to read sensor data in real time, react to abnormal conditions and keep the valve operating within tight limits.
By collaborating early with 29Tech, we ensured the controller was ready for real-world testing without delays, rework or translation-loss between design and manufacturing.
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Results that make a difference
Skills & equipment used
- Compact board architecture
- Mounting flexibility
- Ruggedized interfaces
- SolidWorks, 3D printing, prototyping tools
- Signal stability
- EMI resilience
- High-temperature component selection
- Altium
- Oscilloscopes, harnessing tools
- Vibration-resistant mounting
- Strain relief design
- CAD modeling
- Stress analysis tools
- Real-time sensor monitoring
- Fault detection logic
- Precision valve control
- C/C++
- Microcontroller dev boards
- Bench testing
- Requirements shaping
- Early-stage risk reduction
- Concept-to-prototype transition
- Napkin sketch to CAD
