We are a small electronics, engineering, physical science, and computer service business located in Medford, Oregon.  James Cooper is an engineer and physical scientist.  We also have a electronic and computer technician.  We have an electronics workshop at our disposal with parts, test equipment, prototyping equipment, and computer aided tools that speed up the designing and building process. 

We can contract local machine shops, software engineers, and other professionals if the need arises.  There may be times, when a part may need to be custom milled or software  is significantly complex, when we will need to contract a third party.

We do not discuss any of our projects with anyone other than the customer and the occasional contractor we may use.  Contractors are only given relevant information necessary  to carry out their task. 

We are more than happy to talk to you about a potential project so please contact us.

About James Cooper

A synopsis of my background

I have been working with electronics just about all my life.  When I was a kid I took apart everything I could get my hands on.  Later on, my parents were very happy when I could also put it all back together.  I entered my first electronic project in the eighth grade science fair.  It was not just point to point soldering either, I made an etched PC board that I soldered the parts onto.  I took two years of electronics in high school.  I also learned to program computers when I was a freshman in high school.

I was a musician for a many years running a home recording studio business, practicing, and doing some gigs.  I was always working on my projects and fixing all my friends broken electronic equipment.  I also started a computer hardware business where I built, upgraded, repaired, serviced, and sold computers for five years. 

When I moved to Southern Oregon I attended Rogue Community College where I graduated with an A.A.S in electronic technology and a certificate as a PC microprocessor technician.  The electronics program was very hands on and I had the opportunity to build a vast number of analog and digital devices.  The final project that our three man group chose was a digital guitar multiple effects processor.  The three of us designed, programmed, built, and demonstrated it in the time period of eleven weeks.  I took care of designing the hardware and writing code for the user interface.  I also became involved with the robotics club my second year.

I found a great job at a company called Enlightened Audio Design (EAD) as a technician.  EAD made high end sound equipment basically for the wealthy.  I had to learn about each product inside and out very quickly because I was the only technician working there and they were three months behind repairs when I got there.  In six weeks I had caught up on all the repairs including an amplifier that had been struck by lightning.  I was soon busy building test equipment and planning our new products.  I had been invited to be on the research and development team just before the company went bankrupt.

I taught a couple digital classes at Rogue Community College which was a great opportunity to give a little back. Eventually I decided I was going back to school so I could be an engineer  because I was already designing and building circuits anyway.

Earning my B.S in applied physics at Southern Oregon University gave me more than an engineering perspective it also made me a scientist.  I was able to lean the electrical engineering and mechanics I had gone there for but I also learned a lot about physics, chemistry, and material science.  While I was there I started a robotics club and was the president for three years.  The clubs members built robots for competitions and worked on a group project.   The high altitude glider project was my final senior project.  The project goal was to release a glider from a helium balloon at twenty to forty thousand feet. The glider would l then collect data as it autonomously flies itself back to home base.  The project is ongoing.

I continue to work on projects because I just love to build.  It makes perfect sense to be in business to build devices, work on projects, and be involved in science and engineering.