Name

CDN

Legal name

株式会社シーディエヌ

Website

https://cdn.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Miyazaki

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom/Order-Made Equipment (特注機器): Design and manufacture of custom measurement equipment for specific clients. Products include pulse transformer inspection devices for NTT, ultra-low-frequency LCR meters for heavy industry, printed circuit board inspection equipment for research institutes, laser diode precision GPIB temperature controllers for telecommunications companies, and emergency radio switching equipment for NHK. Revenue generated on a project-by-project basis with no standardized product.
2. Standardized Hardware Products: Sale of standardized products including ultra-low-power DC-DC converters (LVBC03 series), NFC-compatible acceleration sensor data loggers, high-insulation DC/low-frequency amplifiers, and telephone line voice monitor alarm systems. Volume-based pricing with unit prices decreasing with quantity. One-time hardware purchase model.
3. System Design Services: Design and production of hardware and software systems including building HVAC/lighting management systems, multi-product picking systems, and hotel automatic entry/exit systems. Covers both hardware and software system design and production.
4. Technology Guidance and Education Services: Technical education and development cooperation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CDN Corporation designs and manufactures custom electronic measurement and control equipment, specializing in analog and sensor circuit technologies for enterprise clients. The company offers end-to-end capabilities from circuit design through PCB design, prototyping, and mass production, alongside standardized products including ultra-low-power DC-DC converters, NFC sensor loggers, high-insulation amplifiers, and telephone line voice monitor alarm systems. Their core competency is full-stack analog circuit design spanning temperature, pressure, radiation, moisture, rotation, object detection, and material analysis sensors, backed by comprehensive in-house measurement infrastructure.

Product overview

CDN Corporation is an electronics design and manufacturing company founded in 1991, specializing in sensor circuit technology and analog circuit design with capabilities extending to digital circuits, software, and complete system-level solutions. The company offers custom equipment design and manufacturing, from circuit design and PCB design through production and mass manufacturing. The product portfolio includes: ultra-low-power DC-DC power supplies (LVBC03 series for energy harvesting), NFC-enabled acceleration sensor loggers, telephone line voice monitoring alarm systems, high-insulation DC/low-frequency amplifiers, and custom broadcast equipment. The company also provides educational circuit kits based on CQ Publishing technical books, and has developed numerous custom measurement and control systems for clients including major electronics manufacturers, heavy industry, NHK broadcast stations, and research institutes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ultra-Low-Power DC-DC Power Supply LVBC03 Series

Quantifiable outcome

• No lightning-related failures in over 8 years for high-insulation amplifier systems deployed in lightning-prone areas.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CQ出版社 (CQ Publishing)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCQ Publishing distributes CDN's circuit board kits and products through its published books, including '定本・トランジスタ回路設計' (Transistor Circuit Design) and '高周波回路の設計' (High-Frequency Circuit Design). CQ Publishing publishes technical magazines (Transistor Technology, Interface) and facilitates product distribution to the engineering hobbyist and professional community. CDN recommends CQ Publishing publications to customers for detailed circuit descriptions corresponding to the board kits sold.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Anritsu Corporation: Japanese electronic measurement specialist in RF, microwave, and high-frequency test instruments. Comparable Japanese measurement-instrument heritage and analog/RF expertise to CDN, though at much larger scale and broader product range.
• Rohm Semiconductor: Japanese analog IC and power-management semiconductor vendor. CDN's ultra-low-power DC-DC converter business intersects Rohm's power-management portfolio, though Rohm operates at vastly larger scale as an integrated device manufacturer.
• Keyence Corporation: Global leader in industrial sensors, measurement systems, and machine vision with deep analog and digital circuit expertise. Comparable sensor-circuit intellectual core, but operates at far larger scale with a much broader product catalog.
• Horiba: Japanese maker of analytical and measurement instruments for environmental, process, and scientific applications. Comparable custom-instrument approach with similar industrial and research customer overlap to CDN's measurement design work.
• Murata Manufacturing: Largest Japanese passive electronic components and sensor module maker with extensive sensing and analog circuit integration. Compares to CDN's multi-sensor circuit expertise but at far greater scale and with global OEM distribution.
• Yokogawa Electric Corporation: Major Japanese measurement and industrial-control conglomerate whose test & measurement and sensor businesses overlap CDN's analog sensor circuit and custom measurement activities, though at vastly greater scale and broader portfolio.

Others

• Shimadzu Corporation: Japanese analytical and scientific instrument manufacturer with strengths in spectroscopy and chromatography. Compares thematically to CDN's analytical-sensor and custom measurement instrument capabilities, though Shimadzu is a much larger diversified scientific-equipment maker.

Direct peers

• NF Corporation: Japanese manufacturer of electronic measurement instruments, signal generators, amplifiers, and power supplies with a similar boutique-specialist profile to CDN. Comparable custom analog/electronic instrumentation focus for industrial and R&D customers.
• Hioki Electric Corporation: Japan-headquartered specialist in electrical measurement instruments (multimeters, clamp meters, power analyzers, data loggers) with strong custom-engineering capability. Closely comparable to CDN as a domestic Japanese firm selling precision measurement hardware into industrial and utility customers.
• A&D Company: Japanese maker of precision measurement and control instruments (weighing, force measurement, vibration, data acquisition). Comparable custom-electronics-and-measurement approach and customer overlap in Japanese industrial and research segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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