History of Technology Development

We will introduce the various technologies and products that have been developed over the years by Honda Electronics, which launched the world's first transistorized portable fish finder in 1956.

Cultivated Technologies and Products

December 1956

Develops the world's first transistorized portable fish finder

June 1957

Succeeds in developing a new type of cylindrical resonator

July 1959

Development of Precision Bathymetric Instrument for Very Shallow Seas

September 1959

Successful high-frequency oscillation by SCR and completion of ultrasonic oscillator

April 1966

Obtained patent for fish identification fish finder.

April 1969

Developed an ultrasonic ground altimeter for helicopters for the Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, successfully detecting high-voltage power lines 10 meters away.

May 1971

Became a member of a working group of the Japan Railway Technical Association's Committee for the Development of Rolling Stock Collision Prevention Devices, responsible for the development of all airborne ultrasonic devices.

1973

Herring fish school acquired by our fish finder (Sea of Okhotsk)

Herring fish school acquired by our fish finder (Sea of Okhotsk)

Pollack fish school acquired by our fish finder (Sea of Okhotsk)

Pollack fish school acquired by our fish finder (Sea of Okhotsk)

July 1974

Succeeded in developing the world's first color fish finder (LED) "HE-12 type".

HE-12 type

February 1976

Succeeded in developing the "HE-801" fish finder/selector and started sales.

June 1979

Ceramic transducer production plant began operations

January 1984

Succeeds in developing a color ultrasonic microscope

January 1986

Commissioned by the New Technology Development Corporation of Japan to research and develop ultrasonic microscopes for medical biology

February 1987

ToreTore-kun

World's first compact LCD fish finder 「とれとれくん」"ToreTore-kun" wins Nikkei Superior Product Award for Excellence.

February 1991

Succeeded in developing the 「爆洗」"BakuSen" W-338, a CFC-free ultrasonic cleaner.

November 1994

Developed the industry's first 6-inch color LCD GPS plotter fish finder "HE-6701GP" for pleasure boats

1995

using a flasher fish finder

Catching fish on ice in North America using a flasher fish finder

Flasher fish finder for ice fishing

Flasher fish finder for ice fishing

April 1996

Announcing a new series of ultrasonic motors

January 1998

Developed and started sales of "NAMIKI PRO Series" fish finder for bass fishing.

June 1998

Developed and launched the "HD700 Series" of high-quality, low-cost ultrasonic aerial level meters.

May 1999

Developed and started sales of Windows-compatible ultrasound diagnostic imaging system "HS-3000

November 2000

Developed a pure rice brewing method using ultrasonic atomization separation technology

May 2001

Released USW-333 ultrasonic cutter for hobby use

February 2003

Development of Ultrasonic Microscope for Biological Tissues Enables Discrimination of Cancer Cells in a Short Time

2005

Developed the AMS50-SI medical ultrasound microscope

September 2006

Developed lead-free piezoelectric ceramics for powerful ultrasound (world's first)

2007

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics put on the market

July 2011

Collaborated with Tsuburaya Productions to develop a bottle rotating tabletop ultrasonic cleaner with Ultraman as the character.

April 2011

Developed dual-frequency simultaneous oscillation WDX series washers

2012

Development of Ultrasonic Flowmeter for High-Temperature Chemicals

2013

Launched the Multiscan HE-773-Di Ultracompact Sonar

2014

T-shape probe for puncture

Developed T-shape probe for puncture

November 2015

Released WV-231S tabletop ultrasonic cleaner with decompression function

2017

Released high-end model ZO-80 ultrasonic cutter for hobby use

March 2020

Launched Doppler ultrasound imaging system HS-2700

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