Case Study: Full Gauge Controls achieves 86% faster hardware development and one‑prototype validation with Altium Designer

Full Gauge - Customer Case Study

Full Gauge Controls, a Brazilian maker of digital instruments for temperature, pressure and HVAC control, faced slow, costly hardware development driven by prototype-based verification. Manual assembly, multiple prototype cycles and poor integration between electronic and mechanical design stretched development to 30–50 days and increased rework and maintenance costs.

By migrating from P-CAD to Altium Designer and integrating 3D component data with SolidWorks, Full Gauge established a unified PCB-to-mechanical workflow (DXF → Altium → STEP) that detects mechanical conflicts early, automates Gerber output, and improves footprint accuracy. The result: one prototype is usually sufficient, hardware development time dropped to a maximum of seven days (up to an 86% reduction), lower costs and rework, and faster, more innovative product development.

Full Gauge

Maurício Hüsken

Electronic designer