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Lynnwood, WA
Professional engineering design services specializing in instrumentation hardware and software development.
Andrews & Associates Engineering, Inc. is a full-service design engineering consulting practice. It specializes in instrumentation hardware and software design and development, converting client needs into reliable, testable, and documented products. Its capabilities span from minor design changes and worst-case analyses to complete, turn-key new product developments and space-qualified electronics.
Provides comprehensive hardware design from initial concept through circuit board layout, focusing on high-reliability instrumentation and embedded systems.
Develops system-level applications and low-level embedded firmware to control complex hardware and interface with users.
Evaluates designs through rigorous simulation, physical testing, and worst-case mathematical modeling to guarantee extreme reliability in the field.
Provides critical physical design services to package electronics and manage heat transfer.
Assists clients with product definition, resource planning, and manufacturing coordination.
Provides specialized engineering for extreme environments, heavy machinery, and human-interface hardware.
Space
Developed and documented a satellite thruster controller using full VHDL design without schematic capture. The project included conducting detailed power, loading, and timing analyses to meet the ultra-high reliability standards required for space flight.
View project sourceDefense
Designed and analyzed specialized switching power supplies used to drive lasers over a wide variety of power levels for military and law enforcement applications.
View project sourceMedical Devices
Performed exhaustive worst-case analyses on digital, analog, linear, and switching power supplies, alongside loading, timing, power dissipation, and FPGA Verilog code assessments, introducing vital design improvements for medical instruments.
View project sourceTelecommunications
Engineered an I/O-intensive controller board supporting multiple communication modes and an IEEE interface. The design was updated from the Motorola MC68360 processor to the more powerful MPC860 to meet enhanced performance and speed requirements.
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PE
Michael J. Andrews founded the practice in 1989. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1974, followed by a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1980. He became a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Washington in 1981. His engineering career focuses on microprocessors, microcontrollers, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA), hardware design, embedded software, switching and linear power supplies, communications systems, and bioengineering applications.