Open Source Robotics/Microelectronics Educational Board

A project in Spokane, WA by Ari Alvarez
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Arduino-compatible board that includes a prototyping area and rechargeable battery power management circuit (and a battery holder)
Backers: 27
Average Pledge Per Backer: $93

Funded: $2,500 of $2,000
Dates: Jan 3rd -> Feb 2nd (30 days)
Project By: Ari Alvarez
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Latest News

Funded and almost closed!

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The campaign is currently 125% funded and closing in a couple of hours. Thank you for all your pledges! Once the project closes, Kickstarter will process the payments and provide us with the list of supporters and details on how to ship the rewards... (Read More)

70% reached - batteries being tested

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Today we hit 70% funding! All the ST EDU boards were tested and passed our production test. While testing the boards we used them with different Li-Ion batteries bought online (trying to duplicate testing conditions that customers will experience).... (Read More)

Screwdriver samples approved

January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We received some screwdriver samples with SimplyTronics logo and they were approved. Moving into production now. This is the screwdriver that $5 pledges will receive.  (Read More)

ST EDU boards arrived

January 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We have a batch of finished boards: Now let the testing begin! All boards will be 100% tested before being shipped.  (Read More)

Half way there...

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Almost 50% backing in 4 days, with 26 more days to go.  This project should certainly be fully funded, so we decided to move everything into production and should not have any issue to ship all material before the end of February (the timing will be... (Read More)

Robot Magazine post

January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you Rachel from Robot Magazine for the interview and posting an article about this Kickstarter campaign: http://www.botmag.com/a-next-gen-boe-board-for-stem-education/ We are currently at about 40% backing and plenty of time to go...  (Read More)

Big first day

January 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
The first day of the Kickstarter campaign was a huge success. Our Twitter and Facebook posts received a lot of attention and we received almost 20% backing on the first day. With 29 more days to go it looks like this project will certainly be funded!... (Read More)

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