Kickstarter

Beta:

We started shipping Beta backer Sensordrones last week.  Only a few went out but most of the remaining are in testing now and will ship out by this Friday.  Our yield will determine whether they all get out or a few will be left next week.

The initial releases are trickling out fairly slow, but should speed up in a few weeks.  This is because our current yields are only about 50%, typically with 1 sensor giving unreasonable values.  Most of the issues we've found have been connection related (e.g. one or more solder pads having issues).  One issue was a firmware timing/clock problem.  We also had some seemingly trivial solder issues, like shorting USB connectors. A few issues related to the solder printing steps have been identified and are being fixed for a lot of 300 boards being assembled next week.

Early Bird:

We'll be sending out a survey for Early Bird backers later this month.  Just like Beta, you'll need to fill this out with your shipping info in order for us to ship to you. Early bird shipments will start before the end of this month.

App:

The initial app (Sensordrone Control) is being emailed along with initial shipments, but we'll be publishing it in Google Play in a few days.  When we ship you your device we'll give you instructions regarding the App.

Next Update:

Our next update is scheduled for February 27.

We're in production (pilot production at least).

The 1st batch of production Sensordrones, (earmarked for the Beta backers), is currently in our facility being programmed/built/tested.  We're using these to get extra data regarding our production process, things like device to device variation, testing sensors at both the board and finished assembly level, finding new software bugs, etc.  This week, we'll send out a survey to all the Beta backers to get your shipping information.  If you are a Beta backer, make sure you fill it out and send it back to us so we can ship you your Sensordrone this month.  Some people have moved/sent us updated shipping info, but we never got it in the first place, as the only time we get your address from Kickstarter is when you fill out the survey.  Again YOU MUST FILL OUT THE SURVEY WE SEND TO GET YOUR SENSORDRONE!

What are we shipping?

You'll get your Sensordrone, a USB cable for charging via a computer, a quick start guide, and a box.  Beta backers will get a breakout board and a non-production box and label.  The 1st app we're releasing is the Sensordrone Control App for Android, which will let you turn on/off all of the sensors and get data from each of them.  It WILL have some bugs!  Your job as Beta backers is to try it out and send us your feedback.  Some of the sensors will be working better than others at this stage.  We're still refining some of the algorithms, and will provide you with a firmware update with improved ones as well as additional features/fixed bugs when ready.  To start, a firware update will be performed via a download from your PC via USB.

What about everybody else?

After we ship Beta this month, early bird backers products will be built out in the beginning of February.  We'll start building production devices in the 2nd half of February.  Based on the orders and our current yield/rate, this will likely carry over well into March, but we'll refine that once we've built out the early bird units.  The "official" release of Android Apps will be in late February.  We don't have an exact date yet for iOS, but ~2 months after the official Android release is what we previously estimated, and it seems to still be fairly accurate.

Next Update:

We'll send out another update on February 4th.