First prototype almost ready for testing

I brought my bike down to Radicand on Friday this week because we had every intention of installing the ultrasonic radar prototype onto my bike for some initial testing. We want to get this first functional prototype up and running as quickly as possible so we can get it out onto the road and really understand what types of information is most helpful while riding and what the best way is to communicate that information.

Here are some pictures of both the radar sensor and the handlebar unit plugged in on the work-bench. 

After playing around with the prototype for a bit, the engineers decided they needed another couple of hours to get things dialed in and ready for installation onto my bike. We planned on meeting the following day, but then the microprocessor got fried somehow and needs to be replaced.

Bummer that it'll be another week or so waiting for the new microprocessor to arrive, especially since this holiday weekend would have been perfect to get in some good rides testing out the prototype. Such is life developing new products.