ardoise

Roadmap

Seven milestones, published as they land.

The screen first: everything starts from what reads at six metres.

  1. M1

    Screen pages

    Mock-ups at the real resolution and full-scale sheets, to be read from cockpit distance.

  2. M2

    Design

    Board and enclosure drawn, ready for the first units.

  3. M3

    Prototypes

    Units assembled, readability tests in the sun and through polarised glasses.

  4. M4

    Firmware v1

    NMEA 2000 and Signal K reading, pages, standalone countdown, over-the-air updates.

  5. M5

    Environmental tests

    Sealing, heat in the sun, UV, vibration; reports published.

  6. M6

    Test season

    Ardoise at the foot of the mast, racing.

  7. M7

    First series

    Numbered units.