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First big batch of boards on the assembly line

February 2, 2010
Posted by: gruso

If you needed a reminder that China isn’t the only player in this saga, this is a nice way to get one. MWeston has informed us that 1,000 boards are being populated with components this week in Texas. Also interesting is the impact certain software developers are having on the hardware production process. What, you thought they just sat around porting Quake? (No offence to those who sat around porting Quake. You’re all doing a bang up job.)

It’s worth saying again that Notaz’s work on the kernel is clearly the reason the device is as advanced as it is today. Sure the hardware may have come along fine with minimal testing as the assembler learned how to solder the boards better but Notaz has helped me develop a comprehensive suite of test software that has helped the assembler perfect their process. So good in fact that they have started building a batch of 1000 this week after tweaking their pilot runs. :)

(MWeston)

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22 comments

  1. good stuff Notaz :) glad to hear things are moving along nicely

         by Sam Watkins February 2, 2010 at 7:17 pm

  2. Mweston actually said the bit about building a batch of 1000 this week.

         by Phawx February 2, 2010 at 7:25 pm

    • Do they have 1000 Keymats?

           by Asmo February 3, 2010 at 10:20 am

  3. Oh wow, big news: we are waiting for something that is ready to start and should start soon enough.

         by Yoneda February 2, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    • Boards are being assembled by the hundreds each day and we’re going to just keep going until all 4000 are ready and tested with no break.

      (MWeston)

      That would be the opposite of waiting, no?

           by gruso February 2, 2010 at 8:13 pm

      • That would be the opposite of waiting, yes? Sorry, no offence, but I couldn’t resist it.

             by NoOneLikesASmartypants February 3, 2010 at 2:35 pm

        • But it’s good news all the same.

               by NoOneLikesASmartypants February 3, 2010 at 2:36 pm

  4. Cheers!

         by nutsenmai February 2, 2010 at 8:07 pm

  5. I’m betting that with all the work the factory has been under in china making the cases that they’re probably already getting prepared to start spitting them out(perhaps even starting before they get the official green light.)

         by Alpha2 February 2, 2010 at 8:40 pm

    • After waiting 15 months to give us the good news, i don’t think they’d lie and delay giving us that little gem.

           by neogramps February 3, 2010 at 2:37 am

  6. :rockman:

         by atomicthumbs February 2, 2010 at 8:54 pm

  7. pandora nao

         by Butterman February 2, 2010 at 8:58 pm

  8. Yay…good news good…bad news bad…

         by OddyOh February 2, 2010 at 9:52 pm

  9. now things are making like those oldskool pandora developing feeling days

         by FWings February 2, 2010 at 10:05 pm

  10. Take my hand, and let’s take a ride backwards down the number line…

         by rabidpoobear February 3, 2010 at 1:54 am

  11. when there was lack of news i checked git.openpandora.org because it is always something new there :D

         by r00tw00t February 3, 2010 at 3:17 am

  12. neato!

         by traylorpark February 3, 2010 at 5:54 am

  13. He waits; that’s what he does.
    And I tell you what: tick followed tock followed tick followed tock followed tick…
    Ahab says, ‘I don’t care who you are, here’s to your dream.’
    ‘Here’s to you, Ahab’.
    And the fat drummer hit the beat with all his heart.

    Here’s to waiting.

         by ashdjones February 3, 2010 at 6:47 am

  14. I’m just a tad confused, I thought the boards were already at the factory being populated as the whole cases expedition went down?

         by Derek February 3, 2010 at 11:22 am

    • IIRC it was said they didn’t want to populate them until they could be assembled, as there were storage risks for the exposed boards (ESD, handling, space etc).

           by Asmo February 3, 2010 at 1:10 pm

      • That makes sense.

             by Derek February 4, 2010 at 1:03 pm

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