Approaching Production
over 4 years ago – Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 02:11:47 AM

We hope you enjoyed your summer. Let us start by addressing some of your understandable concerns. Producing the first batch of our boards has taken longer than expected. We know. We appreciate your patience. Your trust. Let us reassure you, we are very much alive. And working, tirelessly, in Europe, in China. And we hear you. We know the waiting must be difficult. It’s a trying time. But, the boards will arrive. And, while it might feel like it, we’re not the Fyre Festival of electric skateboards.

We’ve been quiet with our communication, but largely it’s due to our focus in other areas of business and development. We will try to stay in touch on a more regular basis. We owe you that. We also understand that today there are a number of competitors on the market, but we’re dedicated to delivering you the most advanced electric skateboard money can buy. Bear with us. Because when the boards do arrive, we’re sure you’ll be happy with the results. All good things in time.

In fact, we’ve made huge progress during the last couple of months. But, naturally, that also meant greater unexpected challenges got in our way. On the whole, the team is very excited about where we are now. So, let’s take a closer look at some specifics.

We made more than ten iterations of the board during the first half of the year. We were ready to manufacture our first prototype in China. Let’s call it EP1. We were not physically present in China while the parts for this sample were manufactured and we had them shipped to our office right after they were finished. That turned out to be a bad decision, but it seemed unavoidable. The sample took a couple weeks to arrive, because there were problems shipping the uncertified battery packs it contained. Then when we received everything, we had to do the assembly ourselves. As a result, our manufacturing partner did not see the issues we had during assembly, and explaining these issues later proved difficult. As you can imagine, this cost us some valuable time. But, we managed to fix all the issues we encountered on the EP1. And, we knew then that we’d need to fly to China for the manufacturing of EP2.

The process of getting from EP1 to EP2 took a couple months. It involved a great deal of testing and redesigning of the mechanics. The electronics were solved separately, without our Chinese manufacturing partner. We made some improvements there as well and prepared a new set of PCBA samples to use with the EP2. More about that later.

We arrived in Shenzhen right when the parts for the new prototype board were ready. Our first impressions were mixed. The EP2 was definitely more advanced than the EP1 and it didn’t have the problems we found on the previous sample. But we also chose a different material for this sample (the final manufacturing process requires expensive tooling, so we are using different methods and materials for the sample) and it was simply too flexible. So flexible, that we were worried about breaking the electronic parts inside, and damaging the water seal.

It was also quite inaccurate and the parts didn’t fit together very well. So our belief that this will be the final sample was gone after a few minutes of seeing it. We found a couple more issues and thanks to our presence in China, we were able to have some parts reworked in less than a week. There were some bigger issues that remained open during our stay and we closed them last week, when we approved the EP3 for manufacturing. We will fly to Shenzhen again in a couple of weeks after this sample is ready.

During our stay in China, we visited all our suppliers, signed the agreements necessary for production, and collected new samples of battery packs, chargers, wheels, motors and other parts.

The motors we’re using now have a new and “improved” design, which looked nicer, but was noisier than the previous one, so we decided to go back to the original solution, but we reduced the weight by using different materials and changing the internal structure.

We also found two new separate suppliers for the battery pack assembly and electronics. This was necessary after the previous battery pack supplier was unable to meet our quality requirements and couldn’t handle some of our features, like the magnetic charging connector. We wanted to see a green LED when charging the battery pack, not occasional fireworks. The new suppliers have a lot of experience in the electric mobility area and we also made the battery pack much smarter with their help.

The communication between the battery pack and the skateboard is now more advanced, which allows us to eliminate risks of losing power or brake failure from overheating or overcharging, because the BMS of the battery pack sends an early signal to the Brain PCB which warns the user and stops the board slowly and safely if needed.

We made some physical improvements that make changing the battery pack easier. We improved the water seal of the battery cover because we occasionally found a drop of water here and there when testing the water-resistance of the previous sample.

The remote also went through some major changes. We redesigned the PCB and internal mechanism many times. We’re finally happy with the way it works and feels in the hand, but we are still working on fine-tuning the feeling of the control wheel mechanism and the changes won’t be finalized until the EP3 finished. We need to increase the rotation angle of the control wheel elements and find the right spring tension so that your thumb doesn’t get sore while using the remote during your rides.

The sensors used to detect a rider’s presence and position on the board was occasionally misleading and provided inaccurate values on the EP1, so we improved this as well by completely changing their location as well as the type of the sensors. Now we are focusing on collecting riding data and further improving all the skateboard sensor measurements through software updates.

In order to make the entire board even lighter, we decided to change all of EP1’s aluminium parts to magnesium alloy for the EP2.

We can now connect the board to the app through Bluetooth Low Energy, send various information from the board to the app, as well as update the board firmware wirelessly. We focused on improving the remote wireless charging experience and reliability, and we got rid of NFC reader in the board that was used to open the battery cover because we found out that the wireless charging coil can take care of this function as well. That gave us some free space inside the board, which we filled with new lock electronics that will have a more advanced back-up system in case the electronic locks of the battery cover are closed without a battery inside or if a discharged battery is left inside the board for too long and doesn’t have the power to open the lock.

The mobile app itself has seen major updates. Starting with both customer and market research, and after interviewing several of the competition’s users and reviewing their mobile applications, we have a clearly defined goal: having an app which does not serve as just another tracking input with switching board modes, but rather a companion for the board allowing you to read through its data in a human way, set your preferences, and enjoy a more gamified riding experience.

Because the board is able to collect data on its own without needing the app, the interface is made to be as simple as possible, but in a way that tells a story about your riding style, improvements, and the achievements you have unlocked. The app is designed to be your central hub for any digital activity connected to the XTND service.

The app has the majority of its screens implemented. From onboarding, through to the dashboard, to ride statistics and settings. A great deal of our time has been spent focusing on Bluetooth communication with the board’s firmware (as touched on above) and collecting logs and metrics of over 30 parameters from the board for further data processing. App development is now underway, focusing mainly on connecting the backend to the firmware of the board, while we make use of any extra time we have to push pixel-perfect refinements.

During our stay in Shenzhen, we also established a relationship with the company that will provide packaging for our boards and accessories. They have an impressive factory and offices and we have seen some really beautiful examples of packaging they’ve made. We showed them our concepts and they shared their ideas for improvements, which we will incorporate into the final versions of the packaging.

The final prototype will be ready at the end of September, then we’ll fly to Shenzhen again for one last check. After we approve every single part one last time, we can jump into production very quickly.

We know it seems like you’ve waited forever. We know it sucks. But, the board has never been closer to delivery. Please, don’t doubt that we’re working our hardest to deliver you the board you paid for. You’ve been integral to our progress and development with your support. Hang in there, backers. We’re on the home stretch. Your board will be worth the wait.

Into the Next Phase
about 5 years ago – Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 06:57:09 PM

Overall, the whole team is super excited about the progress we have made over the last few months. Our development team went back to China at the end of November to work in close cooperation with our manufacturing partners and suppliers of the key components. The first goal was to confirm a clear understanding of all details, requirements and goals. It was quite difficult at times, but the development moved incredibly fast when we were there.

Besides that, everything went pretty smoothly even despite a few misunderstandings. Although we had prepared an extensive Product Requirements Document with all our finished designs, ideas and concepts, nothing beats being in China and discussing the project in person. Together with our manufacturing partners, we managed to solve a lot of technical issues that we hadn’t been able to solve ourselves.

After returning from China, we continued the development in remote cooperation on a daily basis. We were often impressed with our partners who replied to our questions or made changes to the designs even when it was late at night in China. We exchanged data back and forth many times, so there were countless iterations. Many ideas that came from the manufacturer’s team showed their experience with mass production.

We moved onto the next pre-production phase called engineering validation at the end of the year. Currently, we are setting initial production processes and we tried very hard to get the first pre-production sample before the Chinese New Year. In the end, we could have had it produced before the holiday, but we knew it would not be perfect, and since the sample costs as much as a decent used car, we didn’t want to rush it. We were not happy about it, but we didn’t want to compromise the quality for the sake of our self-imposed deadline.

This holiday gave us some extra time and now that all the details are settled, we can’t wait to get our hands on it. The CAD drawings we have now are vastly different from what we had before our visit to China, but don’t worry, the board still looks the same on the outside. It is the inner structure, location of the sensors and electronic components, battery lid opening and locking mechanism, lights inside the bumpers and other stuff under the hood where the biggest progress has been made.

We changed the sensor locations in order to prevent them from being damaged during use and also to ensure good quality of the collected data, so now the software has to be modified accordingly.

We focused on the design of our pre-production electronics. Most of the time was spent on function analysis, schematic design and designing the PCB layout. These electronics have already been used to write the firmware, but this time we know what parts will be used for mass production and we made sure they still would be produced in years to follow. In the meantime, software development will continue adding the new features to the board.

However, we are not designing and manufacturing all the parts in China. We still kept the development of the ESC and brain in Europe. The main reason is that there isn’t anyone in China who would be able to match the quality of the ESC we currently have, nor any electrical or firmware engineers with whom we would be able to communicate and cooperate as smoothly as with our partners in Europe.

We are still making some minor changes to the design of individual components. During the last visit in China, we worked closely with our motor supplier on changing the design of the rear motorized wheels to meet our requirements, which turned out to be a bit more challenging than we expected. However, the supplier's engineering team is now working on the final design of an easily manufacturable and safe motor without any visible bolts.

Simultaneously, we were developing a completely new remote control in terms of refining the system used for measuring the amount of throttle so that we can make the remote as precise as possible. We also implemented the wireless charging feature, plus one surprise that we will reveal in the next update. In the past months, the remote went through many changes and it looks nothing like our original prototypes. It is better in every way and we are sure you are going to love it.

During our last visit in China, we chose a new charger supplier. We had to find another manufacturer for our charger because the original one was not able to meet our requirements regarding the quality of the components. We found a bigger company that is manufacturing every single part of the charger themselves and overall left us with a much better impression.

We provided the supplier with our magnetic charging connectors to let their engineers test them and see if they will recommend them for our use as they didn’t have any previous experience with these connectors. After testing, the connectors proved reliable and therefore we have a green light here.

All the factories were closed for 2 weeks in February because of the Chinese New Year. We had to wait until it ended, but now we are back again in close cooperation with our Chinese partners. We believe that the first pre-production sample will be ready in March as planned in the project roadmap.

As always we are very happy for your support and we are looking forward to the next update in which we're going to share our progress.

On Partnerships and More
over 5 years ago – Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 07:01:13 PM

Hello everyone,

This is going to be a fairly long update, but we encourage you to go through it because all of it is important. A few things first before we get to the manufacturing news, our trip to China and other key issues.

First and foremost, we have gone quiet and we’re really sorry about that. We’ve been intensely negotiating with our manufacturing partner, which we will talk about in this update, and we had to wait for some crucial pieces of information first in order to avoid communicating something that wasn’t 100% confirmed. More on that below.

This also applies to another quite complex thing, which is the shipping fees. A lot of you have already asked about the customs and shipping fees especially for Europe with regards to our decision to move production to China. We think it’s only fair for us to bear any additional expenses caused by this so you don’t have to worry about it, and this applies worldwide for all the backers, not just for Europe.

Another thing we want to get out of the way is T-shirts. Does everyone have theirs? And more importantly, do you like them? Do they fit? We want to know! If you haven’t got yours, please check in with us. Some of them have already been returned to us due to incorrect addresses as well as some that haven’t been claimed. We’ve been in touch with most of you about that, but feel free to reach out if yours hasn’t come yet.

We have a new strategic manufacturing partner

The biggest task in the couple last months has been our trip to China and our mission to find the right strategic manufacturing partner. During our stay, we visited a number of factories that varied not only in terms of size, but also quality of production, processes and right types of partnerships. A few of the most significant factors for us have been financial stability, strong R&D background and production process management.

After 2 months and careful consideration of all the possibilities, we finally made a choice, which was about a month ago. The company we chose has vast experience with electromobility as well as our key components, including their manufacturing and assembly. Moreover, the company has a seasoned development team that is at our disposal. They have well-established basic processes not only for assembly, but also post-assembly, such as QC (Quality Control) and global shipping, which will be suitable for our purposes.

We are glad to say we get along well with the company management both on the personal and professional level. We share the same vision of smart electric vehicles and the passion for new technologies. Establishing this new strategic manufacturing partnership is a very significant company milestone that brought us yet another step closer to delivering our first batch of boards.

We have secured more key partnerships

Just as important as finding the strategic manufacturing partner has been securing suppliers for the most crucial and the most expensive components of the board.

Another key partnership we have established is with a company that will manufacture motors for our boards. The motor samples they custom made for us, which we then tested, achieved excellent results and are by far the most efficient and powerful motors we’ve had in our hands. They also meet our requirements in terms of design, which is another advantage.

The next partnership is with a company that specializes in the production of batteries and is among the leaders on the market. One of their biggest advantages is that we can use their R&D team that will help us with the final design and optimization of our battery pack, which they will then manufacture to suit our needs.

A few next steps forward

In terms of product development, we primarily focused on testing motor samples we acquired from our new supplier after coming back from China. After series of tests we are finally able to say we’re seriously happy with the results.

Based on what we learned in China, we adjusted the board’s design where we changed the rear wheels to fit the new motors as well as the trucks. We also changed the accessories, namely the batteries based on a design of the internal structure we acquired from the supplier, and a remote that was improved in terms of its visual aspects, ergonomics and less LED diodes used for communicating information. We made a model of the remote, based on which we slightly adjusted the shape of the controlling component. We also focused on details related to accessories, such as color, logo placement and texts of certifications.

Updated delivery dates

Our new manufacturing partner just sent us a timeline. It is not what we were hoping for and we are discussing potential improvements to save time, but we don’t want to underestimate it as we have done in the past and would rather count with the estimate at hand, so here it goes. It’s June next year. However, given their vast experience, we are confident that this estimate is close to accurate and that this is it, no more delays. Even if it’s not great, we’re still happy with the fast progress we’ve been making ever since we opted for China.

One of the reasons it’s pushed to June is the fact that we cannot make it before the end of January as we hoped and there will be the whole month of February that is devoted to celebrations of the Chinese New Year, which means all the manufacturing facilities are closed. We weren’t aware of this fun fact until our visit. We’re very much aware that you won’t be happy with this piece of news, but we hope that you will be able to see all the progress from this point on and be as excited as we are about it.

A few explanations and a small favor to ask you as our backers

We have a massive delay and it’s not ideal, we all are well aware of that. We cannot express how sorry we are about the fact you haven’t got your boards to ride yet. We learned that the journey from creating an innovative product to getting it into mass production is beyond any difficulty we ever imagined. But we assure you that every team member gives their 150% to get the boards to you as soon as possible.

Our board combines a lot of complex mechanical and electronic designs along with advanced software, which adds up to a seriously complicated product. An important factor adding to our delay is our lack of experience with mass production as well as, unfortunately, unknowing ideas about what phase our product was in. From the end of Kickstarter, we also had to face many serious obstacles we objectively couldn’t prevent. We went through hell and it hasn’t been easy to keep going underneath all this. Most people in our place would have already waved a white flag, issued an apology and closed shop altogether.

Most people don’t realize that a budget necessary to develop and produce a hardware product such as ours is at least $2M. The Kickstarter campaign was a condition from our investors to validate our project - it was never really about the Kickstarter money because getting the product into mass production for that amount is impossible.

As for changes on the product, it’s always slightly different to the prototype. It’s mainly because we didn’t focus primarily on manufacturability in the prototyping phase, but we later learned in the DFM phase (Design For Manufacturing) that some of the components were extremely difficult or expensive to manufacture. Every change we made, though, makes the board better in terms of functionality and safety.

A lot of people also criticized our decision to move production to China. It’s the best decision we ever made and we’re only sorry for not making it sooner. China offers vast manufacturing experience, automation and scaling of production, high quality and incredibly speeding the whole process up. Not to forget, reasonable prices.

We know a lot of people think badly of products being made in China, but the fact is China is far ahead of the rest of the world in terms of technology and manufacturing. It all comes down to what you want manufactured. If you want a premium product such as Apple, DJI or GoPro, which are all manufactured there as well, that’s what you’ll get. If you want a cheap, low-quality product to keep the price at minimum, you’ll get a cheap, low-quality product.

We spent 2 months choosing the right manufacturing partner and now we have a strong, experienced one that produces premium products, knows the ins and outs of production processes and has already been producing thousands of products each year, which means we will be able to deliver a product in high quality we promised, which wouldn’t be possible in Europe.

At the end of the day, we’d like to point out that Kickstarter is not an online store and when it comes to hardware products in particular, they are presented in their pre-production phase. We’re not the first or the last with a wildly incorrect estimated delivery date. And considering Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform, we’re all in this together, for better or worse. We just want to ask you to keep that in mind. We’re sorry about what we’ve kept seeing in the comments for a long time and we’d like to point out that all it does is make things worse, for us as well as for you. Having to constantly face not only waves of criticism, but also threats of lawsuits and even abuse is taking up a lot of our time we’d rather invest into delivering the boards sooner.

Frankly, it also demotivates the whole team, we have anxiety about what and how to communicate because it oftentimes feels like anything we do or say triggers another wave of backlash. Speaking of the team, which is fairly small due to our lack of resources, we don’t really have anyone in particular to handle the customer care area. One of our colleagues has been taking care of that, but technically it’s not her job. In any case, given the abuse from several backers that we’ve been dealing with and that we cannot share because it also involves what we find in private messages, emails and even on our personal social media, we can’t really blame anyone for not wanting to do it.

Nevertheless, over the last couple of months, we have made incredible progress and despite having a small team and a significantly smaller budget than necessary, despite the never-ending anxiety, we are happy that we keep overcoming the obstacles, which says something about our resilience and strength as a team. But we also want to say we are very grateful for any support we get and we are determined to deliver what we promised.

What’s next

We are back in China and we are working hard together with the development team of our new manufacturing partner. Hopefully, we will bring more specific updates on how the production itself is going. It is likely to be after Christmas, though.

As always, we are infinitely grateful for your support. Although it hasn’t been an easy journey, we believe that together, we can make this happen. And we will.

We’ve come a long way, literally
over 5 years ago – Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:07:40 AM

Hi everyone!

We hope you all had a nice summer. We certainly had a busy one, which means we have thrilling news and updates to share with you. We’re sorry to have kept you waiting, but the whole team has been run off their feet more than usual, which we will get to shortly.

Manufacturing process is on the right path

Originally, as you may know, we planned on developing, manufacturing and assembling everything locally in Europe where we had our whole R&D facilities. That, however, proved unreasonably troublesome. We did all we could to stick to that plan, but we kept encountering all kinds of problems in terms of incompetence of the manufacturers, which held us back for weeks at a time. As we already mentioned a couple of times previously, it’s next to impossible to find key production component manufacturers that would meet our requirements.

Which is why we made a decision to manufacture and assemble the boards in China where we found several top-level manufacturers with whom we established strategic partnerships. It has been a huge step ahead that offered us solutions that will have a positive impact on the quality and functionality of the product. We have strong faith in our new manufacturing partners mostly because they really know what they are doing, not to mention their insane work ethic that resonates with our own. Moreover, it means that we will finally have the content we have been wanting to share with you and we can’t wait to give you updates straight from there.

In fact, the reason we have been busier than usual is that most of the XTND team has just flown there two days ago to meet with our manufacturers in person and make sure everything is running smoothly. All this is mediated by our new Head of Production, who makes sure the production process is in the most capable hands. In the next couple of weeks we will be focusing on production molds, tooling jigs and sourcing of individual components.

We made a significant progress in several key areas over the last few months. Among them was improving and finalizing all the CAD models. We got held back a bit here because some mechanical solutions weren’t working the way we wanted or proved impossible to make.

As for the sensors, the hardware part is finished and now we’re working intensely on programing the complete software stack and on debugging individual smart features. There has also been a major progress in motor regulation where we managed to tune out acceleration and braking for a truly smooth ride.

Delivery dates

Many of you are rightly asking when the boards will be delivered and whether there will be another delay. We would like to wait to see what the trip to China unfolds first and then give you an update on that.

The prototype in the flesh

Guys, we tried. We know it’s not done in a kickass way and that you probably won’t like what we shot, but we did what we could to the best of our abilities, time and equipment so please take it easy on us. Also, don’t be alarmed. This is only the works-like prototype we use mainly for testing and it is not the final version. It won’t take long before we have nicer pre-production prototypes from China that we will be able to show you in greater detail. We nevertheless wanted to share it with you so here it is.

T-shirts are coming soon

How soon? They will be on their way at the end of this week! It took us a bit longer because we wanted to do it with an extra care that we hope you will appreciate. We also had to manage our time and budget carefully with all the preparations for the trip. Moreover, it wasn’t such a bad thing after all since it also gave you time to update and complete your addresses. In any case, we just can’t wait for you to get them in your post and to see how you like them!

Anyway, thank you all for sticking with us. We really appreciate all your support and feedback you’ve been giving us and we’re really excited to share with you what progress we’re making.

Greetings from Shenzhen!

Insight Into the Art of the Edge
almost 6 years ago – Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 07:05:40 PM

Today, we would like to divert a bit from our usual updates and give this a form of a blog post, which will be the first of a series, in order to talk about what we came to take for granted but might not be as obvious to the outside eye.

We will take you behind the scenes of the XTND Board and dive into the theory of its design. The signature look of our board is one of the features that make our brand unique, but not many people realize what science lies behind every inch it of.

The Intricacies

To say that designing an innovative product is a complex and challenging mission would be an understatement. Simply focusing on tech specs is not enough. There is an art to combining all the details that most of the time are not even perceptible into one compact unit. This unit must meet not only the functional but also the esthetical criteria in order to provide an absolutely seamless user experience.

Today, we’d like to talk about one specific detail that often goes unnoticed but is crucial for making the user experience as enjoyable as possible.

The Problem

Over the course of the day, there are plenty of times we have to handle or carry the board in our hands. This quite often proves to be, plainly speaking, a pain in the neck mainly due to the absence of a handle, the not exactly space-saving measurements of most boards, bad ergonomics and even sharp edges that cut into our hands. All these things make carrying the board an awful experience.

The Challenge

It’s clear: designing a solution that will improve the user experience of holding the board without using a handle.

The Solution

Our aim was to achieve a clean and elegant design that would complement the usefulness of the product itself. When we worked on the board’s design, we were keeping in mind the 10 principles of good design defined by a German industrial designer, Dieter Rams, at the beginning of the 80s. When we were designing all the shapes, angles and measurements, we were trying to adhere to the principle that says good design makes a product useful.

The shape of the deck was the essential step when designing the board because it is its biggest part and makes the XTND Board what it is. We went through dozens of different designs and assessed the strengths and weak spots in the user experience they offered both in terms of riding and handling.

One iteration after another, we gradually came up with the design that we know and love today. The signature feature of the XTND Board is its rounded edges that are found everywhere on the board. The benefits of this are many. For instance, the rounded edges on the side of the board make holding the board more comfortable because it prevents the edges from cutting into your hand. At the same time, it achieves the thin look of the deck.

Designing a thin deck that would hide all the electronics including the batteries inside was a great challenge, though. Even more so after we opted for the type of batteries that is significantly bigger in size.

The design of the bottom part where the deck has to be thicker because of the battery pack is done in a similar fashion without any sharp edges. The broadening of the bottom disappears smoothly, which makes it nearly invisible from most angles and it doesn’t disrupt the overall design.

The width of the board also narrows in its middle so that even an inexperienced rider intuitively knows where to put their feet. Moreover, it makes carrying the board easy even without a handle.

From the top view, the board transitions smoothly from the narrow areas at the ends of the board into the area for the rider’s feet.

However, the shape of the deck is not by far everything there is to it.

The shape of the trucks have been designed from scratch as well because regular components used on longboards didn’t meet our requirements and we had to come up with a new solution.

The shape of the trucks is also completely different to other products. They reflect the rounded and elegant design of the deck while also making it comfortable for you to carry the board in your hand. We don’t think that a mall grab is such a big transgression when it comes to electric boards after all.

What also relates to holding the board by the trucks is its length, which we adjusted so that you don’t have to drag the board on the ground while you still have the comfort and stability of a longboard. The deck is thicker in the area of the trucks, creating an elevation on both front and rear end, which prevents wheelbite and improves the board’s ability to tackle uneven terrain.

These thicker areas also contain the smart sensors that collect data about your riding. The elevation adds to the signature design elements and its sharp cut contrasts with the rounded shape. The baseplate is embedded into the deck, which underlines the elegant look of the trucks as well as the deck, achieving unity of the whole.

What’s Next

We hope you enjoyed this insight into the board’s design. We have a few more posts on different topics and features prepared for you, but if there is anything else that would arouse your curiosity, do let us know! In the next update, which will be a regular one, we’d like to show you the new remote as well as the latest design of the board in flesh through shots of our latest prototype.

In the meantime, many thanks for your awesome support!