UPDATE: FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE TESTING. SCHEDULED PRODUCTION
I am thrilled to share that we have finalized electronics including EMC testing etc. to pass CE marking. After several prototype iterations, the final mechanical as well as enclosure design is ready and plastic molds are in production. All components for the first production batch are secured (ordered/delivered).
We are currently doing extensive testing on fully functional prototypes:
- Final enclosure prototype
- Firmware release 1.1 (next release in week 29)
- Homey app test version 1.1.7
What is currently working?
After installing the smpl app, the on-screen and in-app pairing instructions easily connects the display to Homey which then awaits the first data instructions. Then, creating a display layout in the smpl app and a flow to push the layout to the desired display, will start the data push. All sensor templates are now updated once per minute, if data has changed, as a standard.
Pushing the back-button on the display once, will change orientation (portrait/landscape), twice will change the theme (positive/negative) and three times will show a service screen with battery status and release numbers etc. A long press will pair/un-pair the device.
Currently there are 50 different icons to choose from. And three different data types (numeric, boolean and enum/text). The app supports data from Homey device capabilities (sensor values from your installed devices) as well as Homey logic variables (your own list). The device capabilities screen of the display in Homey will show the current display layout including icons and live data of the selected sensor templates. Battery level is also included in Homey. A trend indicator and a recent update indicator has also been implemented as on-screen graphics. The trend indicator will show a small up or down arrow for numeric values. And the recent update indicator will show a small dot to indicate if the data has been updated since last update cycle.
What is next?
Everything now works as intended. And production planning is in process. Scheduled production is August/September.
Further firmware and app development before production includes e.g.:
- Optimizing power consumption (beyond 1-3 months battery lifetime with dynamic update frequency)
- Optimizing connectivity (further improve pairing process and stability)
- Adding more icons within memory limitations (for more use-cases)
- Optimizing on-screen design and graphics (aesthetics)
- Optimizing Homey app performance
Remember that you can test the app and a virtual display already now by installing the most recent release of the smpl app in the Homey app store: smpl App til Homey | Homey.
And use our signup page on smplproducts.com to be notified when our shop opens.
