Hercules Controls Ltd. — Products for Industrial Automation
Hercules Controls Hercules Controls Ltd.

Industrial electronics, designed and built from inception.

Hercules Controls is a consulting engineering company, specialising in industrial electronics and associated mechanical requirements. The company will take a design from inception, through the specification stage, to prototype and often pre-production volume manufacture. We have a network of suppliers and subcontractors who allow us to offer a turn-key service.

info@herculescontrols.co.uk What we do
Capabilities

Circuit & PCB

Electronic circuit design, PCB layout and assembly.

Firmware

C, C++ and assembly language, (microprocessor agnostic).

PC software

Application and machine-vision software development (Linux only).

EMC pre-compliance

Conducted emissions and conducted disturbances only.

Enclosures

Full in-house enclosure design and manufacture.

Stock & quick turn

Many standard components are held in stock, if the board is designed using our commonly used parts, there is minimal setup for the P&P machine, assembly can often happen on the same day as the arrival of the bare boards.

Customer project examples
Specialised machine-tool controllers, often based on LinuxCNC with custom UIs.
Machine-tool DC motor drive — a drop-in replacement for a historic part.
Power conversion and monitoring for small wind turbines — three-phase AC to configurable battery charging voltages.
Refrigerant leak detectors, in numerous types and with numerous sensors.
Data monitoring systems for deployment on a train.
DC/DC converters for system integrators — 24–60 V to fixed 19 V and other voltages rarely available off the shelf.
Specialised data acquisition and measurement equipment for numerous applications.
Machine-vision software for specific detection and measurement tasks.
Equipment

Electronic design

1 GHz digital oscilloscope
Differential voltage probes and current clamps
3 GHz spectrum analyser
Electrical Fast Transient (EFT) generator
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) simulator
Electronic loads up to 400 W
LISNs for DC and AC
Bench DC power supplies up to 1 kW
Bench AC power supplies up to 300 W

Electronic assembly

Automatic and manual stencil printers
Pick and place machine supporting up to 0402
Reflow oven
Wave soldering
Depanelliser
Automatic wire cut & strip

Mechanical prototyping

Press brake
TIG & MIG welders
Stud welder
Spot welder
CNC milling machine
CNC lathe
DIN rail cutting equipment
3D printer
Panel punches for various standard sizes
Vinyl label printer with cutting
Contact
Location
West Midlands, United Kingdom