**Exhibit
        31.1**
 
  **CERTIFICATION
        PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
        2002**
  I,
        Lorin
        E. Krueger, certify that:
  1.  I
        have
        reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
        March
        31, 2007 of Winland Electronics Inc.;
  2.   Based
        on
        my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
        fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
        in
        light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
        with respect to the period covered by this report;
  3.   Based
        on
        my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
        in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
        results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
        periods presented in this report;
  4.
          The
          small business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
          in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer
          and
          have:
  a)
          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
          controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
          that
          material information relating to the small business issuer, including its
          consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
          particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
  b)
          Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls
          and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
          effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
          of the
          period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
  c)
          Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal
          control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business
          issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal
          quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,
          or is
          reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal
          control over financial reporting; and
 5 .  The
        registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
        recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
        registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of
        directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)  All
        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
        adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
        report financial information; and
  b)  Any
        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who
        have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
        reporting.
  Date:
                  May 15, 2007
              /s/
                  Lorin E. KruegerLorin
                  E. KruegerPresident
                  and Chief Executive Officer