Chassis Plans is a quality provider of Single Board Computers, industrial computer enclosures, rackmount keyboards and displays. We specialize in integrated systems for leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) and Value Added Resellers in the military, industrial control and automation industries. Chassis Plans is based in San Diego, California.

Chassis Plans was founded in 1997 by Mr. David Lippincott. Mr. Lippincott had previously cofounded Industrial Computer Source (now Kontron ICS Advent) in 1985 and was the Engineering VP until he left in 1997. Mr. Lippincott was instrumental in growing Industrial Computer Source from 2 people to 175 and over $60M in sales. Kontron still sells many of the Single Board Computer and Rackmount Computer products Mr. Lippincott personally developed or were introduced under his guidance. Mr. Lippincott brings over 20 years of high quality industrial computer design and manufacturing experience to the Company.

Chassis Plans original target market was companies using large quantities of industrial computers. The Chassis Plans engineering staff provided these customers Manufacturing Documentation to allow local manufacturing. However, many of these customers did not want to manufacture systems so Chassis Plans established a manufacturing and sales group to fill this void.

As customer requirements dictated, the product line was expanded and enhanced to include high quality Single Board Computers and Rack Mount Products including Chassis, Keyboards and Displays. A Systems Integration Group was established to provide total system turn key solutions.

Chassis Plans provides concept, design, prototyping, production, integration, and certification into one unique turnkey solution. Some examples of existing markets include Oil Refining, Automation Control, Internet Infrastructure, Computer Telephony, Government, Military and Banking.

Chassis Plans has developed a wide range of standard and custom products, from PC-based ruggedized Arcade PCs to MIL-STD applications. From the engineering team to the account executives, the Chassis Plans staff prides itself on quality and integrity. The Company’s focus is manufacturing medium to large run custom industrial computer enclosures. Chassis Plans is pleased to provides a single source solution for custom chassis design, quality fabrication, and system integration / project management. Our unique team can provide you with turn key solutions for custom and semi-custom industrial chassis systems.

With over 25 years of combined experience in industrial computer design, manufacturing, and agency certification, no project will present difficulties not previously resolved. We are experienced and conversant in the following subjects:

• SAIC Belcore NEBS compliant Central Office platforms
• European CE compliance
• Military applications
• Airborne applications
• Highly ruggedized platforms for oil and gas exploration
• Computer telephony
• Fault tolerant platforms
• Multi-CPU systems
• Medical systems per UL544
• Power supply designs and issues
• Mil-specs
• Extreme environments for temperature, shock and vibration
• All aspects of agency approvals
• Manufacturing systems
• System issues for CPU and backplane design and selection
• I/O card application and support
• I/O card design and manufacturing

Go to our Custom Showcase for several examples of previous work. We can package a PC for any environment. Several Sun compatible chassis are also available.

Our dedicated team can provide system definition, component sourcing, system integration, and testing. We can provide off-the-shelf solutions for simple applications. In addition, with the engineering services provided by Chassis Plans, We also have the ability to source highly customer specific solutions, both semi-custom and clean paper designs.

If you have a requirement for a high quality custom or semi-custom industrial solution, call one of our Sales Engineers at 858-571-4330 or email so we can discuss your requirement giving us the opportunity to fully explain the advantages of having a system custom manufactured.

If you are buying any quantity of chassis that is discontinued or are having supplier issues we can provide a custom package to allow you to have an identical chassis manufactured for your current and future needs.

What we will do for you is translate your ideas and system requirements from prototype to production. We can provide you with a quality custom chassis produced and integrated to your specification. This is hard to explain in print so please call if you are using any quantity of chassis and we'll explain the process.