Official
The IR-Blue passed FCC and CE testing. It will be a week or so before the report and documentation is ready but the testing is done and passed.
Apps
The IR-Blue iPhone app is now available in the Apple App Store. The Android app is available in the Android Play Store and the .apk file is also available on GitHub if you need it.
If you have problems or suggestions for either app you can check existing issues or open a new issue on GitHub for iPhone or Android.
Getting close
Hey everybody, the kits will start assembly in the next 2 weeks. The contract manufacturer will run a couple of boards called a first article and we will then verify that everything looks good and approve the rest of the run. We hope to be shipping kits by the last week of May.
The sample run of 100 cases looks good so the production run is in process now. Those should be here within 2 weeks.
The assembled units are scheduled for manufacturing the first or second week in June. We hope to be shipping those by the third or fourth week in June.
The Android App is available in the Play store and the iOS app is waiting for review and should be available in the Apple App Store soon.
Injection molds
We will have a couple of updates this week. First off is the injection molds are done and sample parts are on the way here to be approved. Once they are verified the rest of the cases can be made next week. We are using Protomold for the molds and they were nice enough to take some pictures of the molds for us.
Case
Just wanted to post some pictures of the sample cases. The black one is milled out of ABS and is almost exactly like the injection molded ones that will ship with the IR-Blue. The white one is a 3D printed case made by Shapeways with selective laser sintered nylon plastic.
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