It’s been only couple weeks since the last update, but we’re back and with amazing news: DIY Kits are shipping!
Since we’re still waiting for some components to arrive, namely, cases, straps and boxes, but we already have everything we need to ship DIY Kits, we decided to make this small step and ship them ahead of everything. It’s a drop in the ocean of all the orders, but it’s an important small step for us to iron out all logistics, customs clearance, and just cross the line of "we finally starting the shipment!", which is very exciting after almost two years of delays! Let’s hope that’s just the start of a bunch more deliveries.
Please Check Your Address!
If you ordered a DIY Kit, please check that the address in your order is your current address! You can do this by opening an order in the list of orders in your Crowd Supply account. We’re shipping 25 DIY Kits - all orders placed before February 6, 2023, but even if you ordered later, please check your address, since your order still might get shipped if orders before yours get cancelled.
Production Progress
That’s not all! Since the last update there have been a few updates in production, so let’s get through them too in the production progress round-up.
Production State
Let’s start with the list!
What we have right now
- BNO085: 51500 / 32000
- Batteries: 22400 / 22000
- IMU Modules: 23467 / 32000
- Extension Cables: 8300 / 8000
- Main Tracker PCBs: 21500 / 22000
- Extension Tracker PCBs: 8000 / 8000
- USB Cables: 4000 / 3650
- Main Case Screws: 38000 / 43000
- DIY Kit Packaging: 100 / 25
- Stickers: 8000 / 8000
Currently on order
- Straps: 30150, delayed in shipment, awaiting "soon"; 40000 ordered with air shipment, should arrive mid or end of March
- IMU Modules: 12000 on order from another company, should be ready at the start of March; 16000 more will be ordered soon
- Main Tracker Cases: 46000 ordered, shipment time by end of February for purple and mid-March for other colors
- Extension Tracker Cases: 10000 ordered, mold is being manufactured
- Packaging: 8000 ordered, finalizing graphical design, should be done by the end of March
Not ordered yet
- Instruction manuals: 3650 not ordered, everything is finalized, lead time one week so won't cause delays
Assembly state
- Main PCBs assembled and tested: 4660 / 21600
- Extension PCBs assembled and tested: 180 / 8000
- Main Trackers assembled: 0 / 21600
- Extension Trackers assembled: 0 / 8000
- Tracker Sets packaged: 25 / 3650
- Tracker Sets send to Crowd Supply: 25 / 3650
The Progress
Since last update a few things have changed:
- We received 16000 BNO085 modules from a local PCB Assembly - Hortec Electronics. That's still not all that we need, but 12000 more will be delivered soon too, which will cover all first batch!
We finalized boxes dimensions and insert design. Now our artists is finishing graphical design of the boxes outside, which should be done in around a week, and the boxes can go into production!
We received Extension Case samples! They look really good and work well, so they will be put into mass production soon.
- We should be getting purple and white Main Cases in the next few days, so we will be able to start final assembly right away, and prepare Slimes for packing and shipping!
See Ya Soon!
We will keep it short today, but if you love getting lots of updates, we post at least weekly in our Discord server!
See you soon with more shipping news <3 Don’t Forget To Be Awesome!