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There and Back Again: An OSHW Project’s Tale – Part 2

Development News

This is the second in a series of posts recapping our 2017 Holoseat development and sharing our 2018 plan. In the first post we covered our 2017 goals and the reasons behind them. Today’s post is about how…

Alpha Status Update

Development News

Here we are going into November after hoping to be shipping our Alpha product by December…  So will we make it?  If you have been following the development posts on http://dev.holoseat.com (click the News link at the top)…

Good News Everyone! – HOLOSEAT AT SYNDCON 2017

Events

Like the picture says, good news!  Holoseat was back at SyndCon this year and we could not be happier with how the con went for us.  This year’s objectives were all about expanding our presence, introducing Holoseat v0.4,…

There and Back Again: An OSHW Project’s Tale – Part 1

Development News

This is the first in a series of posts recapping our 2017 Holoseat development and sharing our 2018 plan. In this post we look at the plan for 2017, aimed at taking a near production version of Holoseat…

2017 Sprint 3 Kickoff – Prep for SyndCon 2017

Development News, Events

The Big Picture The year is flying by. Sprint 2 is done and suddenly it is time to get everything ready for SyndCon 2017. Our last sprint was a roller coaster ride, full of mission critical Product Backlog…

From Fritzing to Circuit Maker – Changing EDA Software

Development News

Holoseat continues to march forward, but we have started having issues with our electronic design (EDA) software, Fritzing.  Fritzing is a great product, however as we increase complexity and add new components sourcing accurate libraries is becoming a…

2017 Sprint 2 Kick Off – Implementing HID on v0.4

Development News

This post is part of a series covering Holoseat’s development. Look for one at the start of each sprint covering where we have been and where we are going. The Big Picture We just wrapped up Sprint 1…

2017 Sprint 1 Kick Off – Finalizing v0.4 Hardware

Development News

This is the first in a series of blog posts covering Holoseat’s development.  Look for one at the start of each sprint covering where we have been and where we are going. The Big Picture Sprint 1 of…

From Arduino to CHIP – Looking Back on 2016 and Kicking Off 2017

Development News

Last year was all about migrating Holoseat from a hobby project to a commercial venture. We started the year by incorporating Model B, LLC and transferring the project to the Model B banner. We then began to formalize…

Exciting Start to 2017 – Holoseat is Certified as Open Source Hardware

Development News

As we shared in our last post, one of the primary goals for the final sprint of 2016 was to submit the current version of Holoseat (v0.3) to the Open Source Hardware Association for certification as open source…