Pandora Press: The unofficial community blog

The unofficial roadmap is now a little more official. This is thanks to the colourful table you see below, which we have lovingly borrowed from the official status page and wedged into place here. Scroll beyond it for elements of the old roadmap, which we’ll continue to maintain.

Task	Status	Comments
Board Design	Done
Case Design	Done
TV Out Cable Design	Done
Keymat Layout	Done
Batteries, including label	Done
Mould creation for the keymat	Done	Done by the same company that does the case
Mass Production Test Run	Done	105 PCBs have been created
Create TV Out Production Sample	Done	Done by the same company that does the case
Burn-In and Stability Tests for the 105 Boards	Done	103 of 105 passed.
Mould creation for the case	Done
CE Testing	Done	FCC not required
Mass Production of 3895 Pandora boards	Commenced!
Case production	Green light given!	Case factory to start on them ASAP.
Keymat production	Green light given!	Will be made along with cases.
Assemble Pandoras	Prepared. Can start as soon as the cases, keymat and boards are finished.	These will be the first REAL Pandoras!
Ship all of those Pandoras!	Hasn’t started yet (obviously )

Recent changes to table shown in italics.
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MOULD CREATION
- COMPLETE!

BURN-IN TESTS
- COMPLETE!

KEYMAT PRODUCTION
- Fine tuning complete! Mass production of keymats will begin alongside the cases.

FCC/CE TESTING
- COMPLETE! Final CE tests were passed with flying colours on December 28. Separate FCC testing is no longer required.

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Progress on Pandora accessories:

Mains power adaptors: Too easy.
TV Out cables: COMPLETE! Photos | Video
Carry case: TBA
User Manual: Likely to be a PDF on an included CD.

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This page was last updated on Monday 8th February 2010