About Us

We are two friends who have known each other since middle school. One took the career path as an Electrical Engineer while the other took a path as a Software Engineer.

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  Pete Laurina
  Bachelors in Computer Science
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  John Carlson
  Masters in Electrical Engineering

When Pete decided to get his Private Pilot License at the age of 41 he naturally wanted to use his general aviation headset with X-Plane and PilotEdge.net's Live ATC for practice. Looking at the existing options on the market costing $90-$120 he thought - that's insane! So, instead of spending a $100, he took his RadioShack soldering iron from high school and asked John to help with things like noise filtering and DC-DC converters. The RadioShack tools were quickly hung up as the investment into tools for surface mounted PCB components where needed. Needless to say, thousands of dollars and uncountable hours later - their wives are putting up with pallets in the basement and numerous trips to the UPS store.