Braun Science & Engineering, Inc. is a small company that provides quality science and engineering solutions to companies ranging from 10 to 50,000+ employees.

Founded in 1988 by Chester "Chet" Braun and incorporated in 1992, BSE, Inc. provides many services for hardware, firmware, and software based projects to its customers who have been located as far away as Alaska and New Hampshire and as near as Silicon Valley. We use the latest communications tools to maintain close contact with our customers throughout a project. Our close proximity to Silicon Valley gives our customers access to the latest technologies and companies in the electronics industry.

Our broad base of experience spans many fields enabling us to contribute to your project almost immediately.

List of Services

BSE, Inc. is committed to providing high quality services to all of our customers. The services listed below represent highlights from our experience and are not all inclusive. Please contact us for further details.

• Project Management with accurate quotes, detailed design specifications, and periodic progress reports.
• Hardware Design using digital, analog, custom, and semi-custom components.
• Software and Firmware design and codingusing top down design methods.
• Design Review software and hardware design review can help your company avoid expensive and time consuming rework.
• System Integration and testing in order to deliver zero defects.
• Documentation that is complete, professional, and meets the highest standards.
• Production Management that ensures a balance between cost versus reliability and develops good vendor relationships.
• Product Support to ensure long term success and customer satisfaction.

Areas of Expertise

Design Types

• Systems Design
• Science and Medical Systems
• Avionics and Marine Electronics
• Entertainment Systems
• Test and Measurement

Design Components

• Microprocessors: Motorola 680x0 series (including the 68060), Intel 8, 16, and 32 bit series, and TI 34020 display processor.
• Embedded Systems: Intel 8 and 16 bit embedded processors (8051 experts), COPS, and Motorola.
• Digital Signal Processing: Motorola 5600x series and TI 320xx series.
• Firmware and Software: Assembly language, C, C++, Visual Basic, Visual C, Fortran, and Basic.
• PLDs and FPGAs: Lattice, Altera, and Xilinx.
• Bus Interfaces: ISA, EISA, VME, DEC TURBOchannel, and custom.

Additional Support

• Beta Site Testing
• Customer Support

About the Founders

Chester "Chet" Braun, the president, started in the electronics business in 1976 while a student at University of Miami. Chet worked for both large and small companies before starting BSE, Inc.. Over the years he has developed a test and debug methodology that has been summarized in a paper Mastering the Art of Test and Debug.

Martha de Forest, the vice president, joined BSE, Inc. in 1996 after 11+ years of employment in a VLSI lab at Hewlett-Packard, Co.

cbraun@bseng.com

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Last update: 17 February, 1997