Brown Computer Company

Brown Computer Company is an American electronics research and development firm based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. According to its official website, the company has been in business since 1988 and serves customers across North America, South America, and Asia from its North Carolina office. It describes itself as a provider of electronic product development services, designing and prototyping electronics for corporate and government customers. The company's work is centered on research and development services rather than mass-market products. Its stated capabilities include requirements capture, modeling and simulation, hardware and software development, testing, documentation, and the pursuit of agency approvals and patents. Brown Computer Company notes that its customers often have requirements for low-power and low-cost electronics, frequently with a high software content and real-time operating requirements. It delivers working prototypes together with the documentation needed for manufacturing. Brown Computer Company reports having delivered products for customers in a wide range of application areas. These include battlefield methods to reduce the effectiveness of RPGs, a space environmental control computer for the Space Shuttle, anti-submarine warfare, multi-casino gaming, pacemaker telemetry, psychrometric testing instrumentation, material movement control for distribution centers, and signal processing for RADAR, ultrasound, and nuclear magnetism. It also lists communications software for circuit switches, standards implementation for email, fax, VoIP, SMTP, and pager systems, and technical documentation for WebSphere Device Developer and Red Hat Linux. The firm offers services spanning mathematics, physics, model development, simulation, circuit design, power supply design, software development, and communications protocols. Its contact address is a post office box in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and it maintains a website at browncomputer.com. Wikidata records the company as being located in Durham, United States, consistent with the Research Triangle Park area. No parent company, ownership group, or public listing is indicated in the available evidence.

Brown Computer Company has been in business since 1988, according to its official website. The company is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and serves customers in North America, South America, and Asia from that office. Wikidata records the company as being located in Durham, United States, which is part of the Research Triangle region. From its founding, the firm has focused on electronic product development and research and development services rather than on selling finished consumer or commercial products under its own brand. Its website describes a service model in which it designs and prototypes electronics for corporate and government customers, covering requirements capture, modeling and simulation, hardware and software development, testing, documentation, and the pursuit of agency approvals and patents. Over its history, Brown Computer Company reports having delivered products for customers in a diverse set of application areas. These include defense-related work such as battlefield methods to reduce the effectiveness of RPGs and anti-submarine warfare; aerospace work including a space environmental control computer for the Space Shuttle; medical work such as pacemaker telemetry; entertainment applications such as multi-casino gaming; laboratory instrumentation for psychrometric testing; factory automation for material movement control in distribution centers; and signal processing for RADAR, ultrasound, and nuclear magnetism. The company also lists communications software for circuit switches and standards implementation for email, fax, VoIP, SMTP, and pager systems, as well as technical documentation for WebSphere Device Developer and Red Hat Linux. The company emphasizes that its customers often have requirements for low-power and low-cost electronics, frequently with a high software content and real-time operating requirements. It delivers working prototypes and all documentation needed for manufacturing. Its service areas span mathematics, physics, model development, simulation, circuit design, power supply design, software development, and communications protocols. No parent company, ownership group, acquisition history, or public listing is indicated in the available evidence. The company remains active as of the information published on its website, with contact details at a post office box in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

• 1988

  Brown Computer Company begins business, according to its official website.

A specialist electronics R&D and prototyping partner for commercial and government customers, focused on low-power, low-cost, software-intensive and real-time systems.

• Electronic product development services

  Design and prototyping of electronics for corporate and government customers.

• Research and development services

  Requirements capture, modeling and simulation, hardware and software development, testing, documentation, and pursuit of agency approvals and patents.

• Embedded and real-time systems

  Low-power, low-cost electronics with high software content and real-time operating requirements.

1. 1Research and Development for the Electronics Industrybrowncomputer.com
2. 2Brown Computer Company (United States) - Wikidatawikidata.org