Lune Wolf Engineering

Lune Wolf Engineering independent electronics engineering firm specializing in low-voltage and logic-level applications

LWE, founded by Wil 'Loopy' Garou in 2011, specializes in low-voltage lighting effects for fashion accessories and costumes. At this point, all of LWE's costume lighting jobs are custom made. LWE also has experience in low-voltage lighting solutions for homes and businesses, and automotive electrical system solutions, including audio and lighting systems. Currently, LWE is developing applications

for the Arduino platform. LWE produces all printed circuit boards at its workshop in Pennsylvania. We use only components from reputable vendors, and we offer 'lifetime limited warranty' on many of our products. To get in touch with us, click the 'send message' button above, and we'll be in touch with you soon.

This is how to do it. Make it plain, make it clear, and don't just put it in the silkscreen layer. Silkscreen paint wear...
03/23/2020

This is how to do it. Make it plain, make it clear, and don't just put it in the silkscreen layer. Silkscreen paint wears off. Solder mask wears off. Copper is forever.

Shown here: the bottom of LWE's LR2032 battery recharger for use with USB-A ports. White labels are on the blue conductors. Green outline is the shape of the 20mm battery holder. The words 'LR ONLY' and 'READ THE MANUAL' are plotted into the bottom copper layer.

Most PCB makers can handle this kind of thing. We've done this before, and it looks great and clients notice it. There's something that they will remember, even if they forget where they put the manual.

The reaction to Rocktimus Prime
01/13/2019

The reaction to Rocktimus Prime

'it isn't stupid,' part 2A client of ours needed an external battery charger for a 3.7V Li-ion cell. The requirements w...
08/23/2018

'it isn't stupid,' part 2

A client of ours needed an external battery charger for a 3.7V Li-ion cell. The requirements were:

- durability, resistance to rough handling
- USB charging interface
- simplicity of design
- ROCK BOTTOM budget
- delivery ASAP (one unit, less than a week)

The result is the Lego-Akkuladegerätding. Featuring a resilient ABS shell bonded with DCM solvent, it maintains structural integrity after repeated drops onto a concrete floor from 2 metres. All of the client's requirements were met; manufacture took less than three days using on-the-shelf inventory and one custom PCB (thermal stencil: not fabulous resolution but good enough for this job and faster and cheaper than film resist), and my existing inventory of ABS plastic prototyping blocks (Legos). Total cost was ROCK BOTTOM.

And yeah, it looks stupid. But it works, and it meets all of the client's requirements. So is it stupid?

Our client was thrilled (and amused). 'Stupid' is in the eye of the beholder.

08/23/2018

One of the things Papa Garou said was: 'if it looks stupid, but works; it isn't stupid.' This was in reference to a job he was on with Siemens many years ago, when his supervisor (a desk pilot who focused on sales) reviewed dad's plan for an installation of a 'quiet room' resistant to electromagnetic noise at a factory somewhere in Texas.

'This all looks stupid,' said his supervisor, without going into details on just what 'stupid' meant or how it was quantified.

Dad replied, 'It's under budget and ahead of schedule, and the client's engineers have approved its design, as have our own engineers. Where's the stupidity?'

His supervisor growled something about stupidity and said no more. In the end, the job went ahead and the installation was finished below budget and ahead of time, AND IT WORKED.

At the end of the job, dad's supervisor repeated, 'it still looks stupid.'

'You think it looks stupid,' said dad, 'but it works. If it looks stupid but works, it isn't stupid.'

Words of wisdom. Not the most important thing to remember in electronic engineering, but still worth mention. I've seen a lot of designs and protos that look stupid, and work, but are overly complex or expensive, therefore are actually stupid, so this isn't a universally applicable rule. There's a lot of room for stupid in engineering, of course. Avoiding stupid is harder than it seems.

06/17/2017

You see kids...when a loves an ...

At LWE, 'lifetime warranty' means exactly that. Repaired an old RPI50 for Shawn Moretti, no charge.
05/27/2017

At LWE, 'lifetime warranty' means exactly that.

Repaired an old RPI50 for Shawn Moretti, no charge.

08/27/2014

More LWE illuminated goggles on set at a recent photo shoot. This was a fantastic shoot overall; LWE is proud, and honored, to have our goggles featured in this shoot.

(photographer: Scott Kammerer, used by agreement)

08/03/2014

Dateline: Philadelphia
Two pairs of LWE illuminated goggles were featured in a local fashion / model shoot. Details, and pictures, to follow. Stay tuned!

07/24/2014

Lune Wolf Engineering is very pleased to announce that we are nearing completion of our consumer catalog. This catalog will describe our current available mass-produced models, and make order forms available for those who wish to purchase our wares.

Soon to follow will be a complete photograph gallery to better showcase our product line. Stay tuned!

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