The first objective will be to finish development of the Anelok device and to turn it into a product. This is a very high-level timeline of the planned production process:
http://downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/anelok/biz/prod.pdf The phase 0 devices are boards made some time ago by Canaan. They use the CR2032 design and have no case. They are available "now" but are mainly aimed at R&D. Phase 1 will be an AAA-based design. I hope that we can make them relatively quickly once the company starts operating. These are primarily intended for software developers. The underlying idea is to grow the community and give more people a chance to actively participate in the project. Phase 2 will be for early adopters. These should be Anelok devices one can actually use but they won't be as neat as the final product. One major purpose of phase 2 is to find and eliminate issues (on all fronts, not just hardware bugs) that would cause trouble when moving to larger volumes. Phase 3 is then the mass production of a hopefully perfect product. The times between products are somewhat optimistic rough estimates and will have to be updated once more details are settled. One major source of such details is the financing, coming up next. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
