Production Update

by Lazar D

Hi everyone!

We’ve been working away, heads down on getting the Tau Cameras produced and ready to ship. Here is a quick update on the progress. Spoiler alert: it’s almost done!

Summary

Circuit boards are complete
Currently: attaching lens and shielding, quality testing
Expecting shipment to customers to start mid-June

Production Status

All of the Tau LiDAR Camera circuit boards are complete!

This involved:

Manufacturing the PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards)
Sourcing all of the required electronics components - which was a Herculean effort in current market conditions
PCB Assembly - permanently affixing electronics components to the PCBs

We’ve included some photos of the production process. Check them out below!

Huge shout out to our manufacturing team for working tirelessly to make sure we could actually produce the Tau Camera given the current craziness in the electronics component market.

What’s Happening Now

Wrapping up production

Our contract manufacturer is currently attaching a lens and metal shielding to each Tau Camera, and then performing quality and functional testing on each unit.

This is underway and we expect it to be complete this week.

What’s Next

Shipping

After testing, we will package and ship all everything in bulk to Crowd Supply, who will in turn ship to individual customers. At this point, we’re estimating shipments to customers to start mid-June.

Please take this time to check your delivery address, and update it through your Crowd Supply account if needed. Updating your shipping address helps avoid delays and get your orders shipped successfully. Once your order details have been sent out by our warehouse team for processing, it can be hard or impossible to re-route a shipment. Contact Crowd Supply Support with any shipping questions or concerns.