Production Begins!

Sep 29, 2023

Posted by: Dave Zuverink

Filed under: Behind the scenes, Electronics, Production

Well, I should say continues... since we've already made the first batch of about 1000 electronics. But we were facing a challenge getting the transparency of the plastic just right. See, it needs to be translucent enough to let the...

Electronics Samples Passed Testing!

Jul 16, 2023

Posted by: Dave Zuverink

Filed under: Behind the scenes, Electronics, Production

I'm excited to share that the latest round of samples has passed functional testing! As you'll recall, an unexpected issue came up in the electronics which forced us to troubleshoot a bit. It was pretty challenging because in order to...

Theory, Practice, and Pause

Jun 16, 2023

Posted by: Dave Zuverink

Filed under: Behind the scenes, Design, Electronics, Production

There's a saying that goes something like... In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're much different. When I last checked in, we had a bug that was a bit mysterious. See, we had identified a change...

Interaction Refinements & PCB Samples

May 15, 2023

Posted by: Dave Zuverink

Filed under: Behind the scenes, Design, Electronics, Interaction Design

In the last update I shared how we needed to do an additional sample of the printed circuit board (PCB) before production. Well, based on testing that sample, we found another small change we needed to make and will need...