Get Control

What Get Control does

Get Control, Inc. (GCI) is a privately held embedded systems and test equipment company headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona. Established in 1980 and incorporated in 1990, it designs and manufactures specialized hardware and software for semiconductor factory automation, with a core focus on the SEMI E84 standard governing automated material handoff between equipment and automated material handling systems (AMHS) in 300mm wafer fabs. Its customer base spans semiconductor fabs, equipment/OEM manufacturers, and — through secondary product lines — military, aerospace, and telecommunications companies. Named historical clients include Intel, Amtech Systems, Honeywell, Raytheon Systems, AT&T Technologies, Inter-Tel, ITT Cannon, and Cable Systems International.

The product portfolio centers on the E84 line: the E84 Emulator (a test/qualification tool positioned as an industry-standard automated test plan for E84 compliance), the E84 Handheld Tester, E84 Data Logging Device, E84 Analysis Application, E84 Monitoring System, PI/O and RJ-11 Optical Transceivers, and the E84 SPC serial-to-parallel controller. Adjacent lines include the Tri-Axial Accelerometer Test Tool with the VibCom and Information Center vibration-monitoring systems for AMHS, and Mil-Spec high-voltage Automated Connector Tester and Cable and Harness Tester products. The company also provides full-service custom embedded design services spanning specification, engineering design, prototype fabrication, PCB assembly, and manufacturing. Underlying technology is embedded control and test instrumentation built around SEMI E84/E23 communications, with proprietary elements such as the RJ-11 optical transceiver (using standard phone cord in place of parallel cables) and battery-operated data-logging test tools.

The business model is predominantly one-time hardware product sales carrying a standard one-year warranty, supplemented by professional-services revenue from custom engineering, plus firmware and hardware upgrade fees (e.g., the $2,000 E84 Emulator Windows 10 upgrade). Products are priced transparently and range from $50 accessories to a $5,995 Handheld Tester and a $3,495 Data Logging Device. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales (phone/email), a company-operated e-commerce store (shop.getcontrol.com, opened in-house in 2021), a channel partnership with Standards Technology Group (STG), and annual presence at SEMICON West.

Name

Get Control

Legal name

Get Control, Inc.

Website

https://getcontrol.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Get Control, Inc. designs and manufactures SEMI E84-compliant test equipment, optical transceivers, controllers, and vibration-monitoring tools for 300mm semiconductor fabs and equipment manufacturers, plus Mil-Spec connector/cable testers and custom embedded design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor Test Equipment

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Test & Measurement Equipment (Oscilloscopes, DAQ, signal analyzers, calibration benches) (IMAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Test, Probe & Burn-In Equipment (Wafer Sort/Final Test) (HDAHAEAJ), Military Aerospace Ground Support Equipment (GSE) & Test Systems (IMABAMAL)

Keywords

• Semiconductor test equipment
• Factory automation tools
• AMHS vibration monitoring
• Mil-Spec connector testing
• Embedded control solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Gilbert

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: One-time sales of test equipment including E84 Emulators, Handheld Testers, DLDs, Optical Transceivers, SPC controllers, Tri-Axial Accelerometer Test Tools, and Mil-Spec testers. Products are sold with a standard one-year warranty.
2. Custom Engineering and Design Services: Full-service product development including initial consultation, product specification, design specification, engineering design, prototype fabrication, pilot builds, manufacturing, and documentation. Services include schematic design, PCB artwork, software development, fabrication drawings, and assembly drawings.
3. Firmware/Software Upgrades: Firmware version upgrades for existing E84 SPC units, with backward compatibility maintained across versions.
4. Hardware Upgrades: Factory hardware/firmware upgrades such as the Windows 10 Upgrade for legacy E84 Emulators, requiring units to be shipped back to GCI.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Get Control, Inc. (GCI) designs, manufactures, and sells proprietary embedded test, control, and communications products for 300mm semiconductor factory automation, with the E84 Emulator as the leading test tool for SEMI E84 compliance. Its portfolio also includes handheld testers, data loggers, optical transceivers, a serial-to-parallel controller, an AMHS vibration monitoring tool, Mil-Spec high-voltage connector and cable testers, and supporting analysis software. Beyond products, the company offers custom embedded product development and engineering design services to semiconductor, military, aerospace, and telecommunications customers.

Product overview

Get Control, Inc. (GCI) provides a unified portfolio of specialized products and services for semiconductor manufacturing automation and testing. The core E84 product line includes the E84 Emulator (industry-standard automated test tool for SEMI E84 compliance qualification), E84 Handheld Tester (portable field troubleshooting instrument), E84 Data Logging Device (DLD for capturing signal state changes), E84 Analysis Application (diagnostic software for data analysis), and E84 Monitoring System (multi-port real-time monitoring). E84 Communications products include the PI/O Optical Transceiver and RJ-11 Optical Transceiver (for optical extension of material handoff communications), and E84 SPC (serial-to-parallel controller for equipment integration). Environmental monitoring is addressed through the Tri-Axial Accelerometer Test Tool for vibration measurement. Mil-Spec testing products include the Automated Connector Tester and Cable and Harness Tester for high-voltage connector and cable testing. The company also provides Custom Embedded Solutions design services. All products are focused on the 300mm semiconductor fab ecosystem and SEMI E84 standard compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• E84 Emulator Industry-standard automated test tool for development, implementation, and qualification of SEMI E84 Standard compliant products, used by virtually every 300mm FAB and equipment manufacturer worldwide to guarantee factory automation interoperability.
• E84 Handheld Tester (HHT) Self-contained, battery-operated portable tester (P/N GCI05001) for testing, troubleshooting, and resolving E84 interface problems in the field, integrating automated load/unload routines, real-time signal display, voltage/current measurement, and SD Card storage options.
• E84 Data Logging Device (DLD) Self-contained recording device (P/N GCI06001) priced at $3,495.00 that inserts between passive equipment and PI/O transceiver to capture E84 handshakes to non-volatile memory, storing more than 50 FOUP handoffs with time and date stamps.
• E84 Monitoring System (EMS) Real-time monitoring and storage system for E84 PI/O signal transitions across two to four 300mm load ports simultaneously, providing daily log files, search features, and detailed timing analysis.
• PI/O Optical Transceiver Optical transceiver that extends parallel I/O communications for 300mm material handoff operations between active and passive entities, with over-molded DB-25 connector, high-pot tested, fully SEMI compliant, CE/UL certified, and starting at $269.00. Compatible with DMS-HB1 and DM-HB1 devices.
• RJ-11 Optical Transceiver Next-generation optical transceiver using error-free communications protocol between electrical and optical interfaces via a standard 4-wire phone cord with RJ-11 connectors, fully SEMI E84 compliant and Hokuyo compatible with built-in data logging and diagnostic software. First North American 300mm production facility installation was June 2004.
• E84 SPC (Serial to Parallel Controller) Off-the-shelf controller priced at $1,695.00 providing SEMI E84 compliant communications for process tools, stockers, load ports, FOUP buffers, and smart storage shelves via RS232 with built-in Load and Unload algorithms and a line-based ASCII message set API.
• Tri-Axial Accelerometer Test Tool (Vib Tool) Battery-operated, self-contained vibration measurement device for AMHS and conveyor manufacturers with on-board data reduction at 512 data points per second per axis, RMS/Peak/True RMS measurements, and SD Card storage. Used to detect early track misalignment and prevent wafer damage and particulate generation.
• Automated Connector Tester (ACT) Self-contained test bench for testing filtered and non-filtered electrical connectors that automates pin-to-pin and pin-to-shell testing for DC and AC leakage, capacitance, and diode protection for Mil-Spec high-voltage filter connector applications.
• Cable and Harness Tester (CHT) PC-based tester providing DC Insulation Resistance (IR), DC and AC Dielectric Withstanding Voltage (DWV), and 2-Wire and 4-Wire Continuity measurements for up to 300 connector/harness test points on Mil-Spec cable and harness assemblies.
• Custom Embedded Solutions Design Services Full-service engineering offering spanning initial consultation, product specification, design specification, engineering design, prototype fabrication, pilot builds, manufacturing, and documentation including schematic design, PCB artwork, software development, fabrication drawings, and assembly drawings.

Quantifiable outcome

• The RJ-11 Optical Transceiver reduces installation costs and complexity by using standard 4-wire phone cord terminated with RJ-11 connectors instead of cumbersome 2 and 5 meter fixed-length parallel cables
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Standards Technology Group (STG)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 July 2007GCI partners with Standards Technology Group (STG), the semiconductor industry's leading Standards Solutions Provider. The partnership consists of STG reselling GCI's E84 Test and Sensor Products through their online store. STG is a consortium of specialists in semiconductor manufacturing and design with extensive experience in SEMI Standards compliance, development, and testing. All GCI E84 Test and Sensor Products are available for purchase through STG's online store at store.stgnet.net.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Keysight Technologies: Keysight is a broad incumbent in electronic test and measurement (oscilloscopes, signal analyzers, parametric test) serving semiconductor and aerospace customers-overlaps with GCI's E84 electrical signal testing franchise but as part of a much larger product portfolio.
• MKS Instruments: MKS supplies instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions for semiconductor and industrial markets-overlapping with GCI's factory-automation and test-and-measurement roles inside 300mm fabs.
• Keithley Instruments (Tektronix): Keithley specializes in precision electrical measurement instruments (source measure units, switching, semiconductor parametric test)-comparable instruments category for the same semiconductor and Mil-Spec testing customer base as GCI.
• Fluke Corporation: Fluke manufactures handheld and bench electrical test instruments widely used in industrial maintenance, aerospace, and electronics testing-overlapping category to GCI's handheld E84 tester and Mil-Spec testers.
• National Instruments (NI): NI provides DAQ and modular test platforms used across semiconductor and aerospace test-overlapping with GCI's electrical test and embedded control offerings but at greater breadth and scale.
• Yokogawa Electric Corporation: Yokogawa provides test, measurement, and control instrumentation for industrial and semiconductor applications-an incumbent with comparable test-equipment category reach to GCI's niche products.

Direct peers

• Cimetrix (a PDF Solutions brand): Cimetrix (acquired by PDF Solutions) provides SEMI standards compliance software and connectivity tools (Interface A, EDA, GEM300) for semiconductor factories-comparable niche focus on SEMI standards and 300mm factory automation where GCI also competes.
• Hokuyo Automatic Co., Ltd. Hokuyo is a Japanese manufacturer of optical and photoelectric sensors whose DMS/DMG-series devices are explicitly compatible with GCI's RJ-11 Optical Transceiver; both supply optical components for E84 300mm material handoff in semiconductor fabs.
• Standards Technology Group (STG): STG is GCI's channel partner and a leading SEMI Standards solutions provider in the semiconductor industry, offering E84-related test products and standards compliance services through its online store-directly comparable niche serving E84-compliant customers.

Others

• Daifuku (Murata Machinery Cleanroom FA): Daifuku is a leading supplier of Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) inside 300mm fabs-adjacent (not direct) competitor since GCI's Tri-Axial Accelerometer and Information Center monitor Daifuku-installed tracks for vibration issues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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