The parts showed up as expected. We have completed the first full product build. It was quite a learning experience. We hope to share some of our experience at a later time.
The board we are about to release is fairly complicated due to the combination of electronics and software involved. After the first production board was completed, it was obvious that we needed specialized hardware tester and a rather robust software testing engine.
So it was back to designing software and hardware. We were able to quickly design the hardware tester in Eagle and etch the board using the toner transfer method. All the parts I needed came from the junk box in the corner of the office.
The software for the tester was also not all that hard using the libraries created for public use along with the software test suite that was created during the development process.
We are currently updating the site with a considerable amount of information, and in the process of setting up the store and testing it.
If you look around the site, you can probably guess what we are doing. The formal announcement will come out in the next couple of days.
