Postby vputz » May 05 2017, 13:53 PM
Hey, Doosh--the short answer is it's pretty small (the width of the RS232 plug and about twice as long, so about as long as your thumb), there's a "case" (two pieces of plexiglas, so it's sturdy but not watertight), and it was released about two years ago and like an idiot I decided to "improve" it after I ran out of inventory, and then moved intercontinentally, and then got really busy...
SO the new version is inches away from working, with a more powerful processor and memory and a slightly simplified circuit board; I've had one fully-working prototype but I'm having the voltage problems mentioned above. However, since my wife just moved out to start a new job (I'll follow her in a few months) I have more time to work on it and I really expect to have a working design by the end of the weekend, which means about 3 weeks to prototypes (If they work I'll sell two of the three) and then a small production run.
The annoying thing is that it's felt close for months. Things worked a little faster when I could prototype faster, but it's really really close, promise (the current version works perfectly except that it's not providing enough power to the orb for the ball sensor to work; I have the chips to try for making an additional voltage doubler and I think we'll get that running on a breadboard this weekend and press on from there).