Just wanted to give you a glimpse of the initial prototype board that I hope to get made up in another few weeks after I finish the design and testing… If anyone is good with electronics and is interrested in helping out or doing some design checking, please let me know!
So, things are moving, and very quickly. Some prototype probes arrived today and more test chips and memory storage is on its way from China.
Just a quick update to let you all know that things are moving along.
The control circuits for the fan speed control, hot rod, and auger are done! The temperatrue sensor circuit is working! The UI is working! The power circuit is working! You may ask well, what is next? Time to put it all together! I will be working over the next two weeks to assemble everything together and write ALOT of microprocessor code. I am hoping then I will be able to to my first test with my Traeger.
What is after that? Designing and sending out to have a circuit board made. I don’t want prototypes that if you sneeze in the wrong direction they will break! (And I am a bit of a perfectionist, and will not send out anything sloppy) PCB’s can take a month to get, then two weeks to assemble and test. Then I send them out to a few select testers! After a few weeks of feedback, I will order a production run and begin some pre-sales. (I know my bank account will be hurting by then)
Please let me know if you have any questions, or post in the forums! I will post some pictures next week.
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