B Burkart Studios

Electronics design • PCB layout • Embedded systems

Practical engineering for ideas that need to become real hardware.

Burkart Studios helps founders, labs, and product teams move from concept to reliable working electronics.

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Source Measure Unit electronics prototype in a machined aluminum enclosure.
SMU 1.0 Precision Source Measure Unit — One of several instrumentation, embedded systems, and electronics projects developed by Burkart Studios. From PCB design and firmware development to system integration and testing, projects like this reflect a lifelong passion for building practical, reliable technology.

What I build

Custom electronics from concept through prototype.

Whether the project needs a compact PCB, embedded control, analog front end, instrumentation interface, or a manufacturable prototype, the focus is the same: clear requirements, practical design decisions, and hardware that can be tested, improved, and trusted.

PCB Design

Schematic capture, layout, design review, bring-up planning, and manufacturing support.

Embedded Systems

Microcontroller-based control, sensors, interfaces, and hardware-aware firmware collaboration.

Instrumentation

Precision analog, measurement systems, power electronics, and test equipment concepts.

James Burkart, founder of Burkart Studios.

Meet James

Electronics has been a lifelong passion, not just a profession.

What started with electronics magazines, RadioShack trips, Digi-Key catalogs, and early microcontroller projects eventually became a career spanning electronics design, product development, research and development support, and entrepreneurship.

Through Burkart Studios, I bring together hands-on engineering experience, client-focused communication, and a practical approach to helping ideas become reliable working hardware.

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Why work with Burkart Studios?

Practical engineering with a builder’s mindset.

Hands-On Engineering

Real experience designing, building, testing, troubleshooting, and improving working electronic hardware.

From Concept to Prototype

Support for early ideas, schematic design, PCB layout, bring-up, and practical design iteration.

Direct Collaboration

You work directly with the person helping design your hardware, with clear communication from start to finish.

Let’s build something useful

Have a hardware idea that needs a practical path forward?

james@burkartstudios.com