Case Study: AeroLEDs achieves 50% faster, lower-cost aerial LED development with SOLIDWORKS

Lighting the Way to Faster, Lower-Cost Aerial Led Development With SOLIDWORKS Ecosystem

AeroLEDs, a designer and manufacturer of landing and navigational LED lighting for experimental, special‑use and military aircraft, needed to streamline its separated electronic and mechanical design processes to support rapid growth and reduce cycle time. To solve this, the company selected the SOLIDWORKS electronic design ecosystem—including SOLIDWORKS Premium, SOLIDWORKS PCB, SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation—to improve collaboration and create accurate, integrated mechanical/PCB models.

By adopting the SOLIDWORKS integrated ecosystem, AeroLEDs cut development cycles by 50%, reduced scrap and rework by 50%, and eliminated many prototype boards (saving about $1,000 per board). PCB import time improved from 15–30 minutes with rough models to a 5‑minute import at 100% component accuracy, enabling consistent “first‑time‑right” builds, faster product releases (about one new design every two weeks), lower costs and higher throughput.

AeroLEDs

Nate Calvin

Chief Executive Officer & President