Project Update: We’ve passed Z-Wave, Zigbee, FCC/IC, and ETL Certifications. Great news!
The next step is production.
Here’s the bad news. The FCC came back and said we need to modify one small thing on the PCB. We’ve checked and it doesn’t impact any of the existing certifications as it’s just a small shield that needs to be put on the back of the mmWave sensor (facing inward towards the switch).
We had to send them the updated PCB prior to approval. The issue is that it has to be installed by the mmWave manufacturer which is separate than our manufacturer, so they needed to acquire the shield as they produce the mmWave PCB and then ship it to our manufacturer who assembles it along with the switch itself.
The timeline impact, I’m told, is one month. So, rather than starting in early August, right now we are starting in early September.
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I don’t know why this was just disclosed to us after the fact, but I found out late last week and wanted to check some things prior to announcing it.
I’m frankly upset about it because the night before I was talking to Linus about getting him his switches and was excited about it and then right after I sent the email, I got the MS Teams message about the shield, so now I look like an idiot as I told him we were starting production in August.
So, right now, that’s all I have. Everything is completed, it’s just a matter of producing the switches now.