Are there one sided v-scores? If so, board might be flipped, v-score on other side? Or maybe using a depanelizer?
I might have bad eyes..... wheres the converter?
If you look realy closely you can notice at least a "big" cap at the downright edge, just where the sleeve connects to the pcb, so I assume there is actually some circuitry on there. How well it works... we will see "soooooon"
Curious because I thought the converter was the component needing redesign? I do think the park on the bottom right looks to be a passive. The pic is fairly low res unfortunately.
Guys... you're all missing something here...
Those PCBs are loaded with no IC... the pads are empty....
Well that explains why I couldn't see the converter.... it's not there, just the pads
Well that explains why I couldn't see the converter.... it's not there, just the pads
These are obviously prototypes for figuring out how to attach the sleeves to the PCBs, not final production.
Why would they have PCBs with caps but no chips? Maybe the chip didn't arrive yet and they were testing some other part of production.
The only thing that really bothers me is the name "Batteriser" in those pics. They have the Energiser lawsuit hanging over them and a couple of months ago they changed the spelling on the prototypes they were showing (I can't find the pics of that, anybody remember where they are...?)
We kind of decided that they were from an earlier prototype:
Why would they have PCBs with caps but no chips? Maybe the chip didn't arrive yet and they were testing some other part of production.Maybe for the conformal coating? The parts selected seem to be the tallest components.
For those interested here are the links to the higher res pictures:
These have full EXIF data, photos taken on the 3rd March.
My bet is that the photos are old, the EXIF data is probably mostly legit as they did originate from that old Sony camera, just the date and times have been modified.
b) They're about to announce the Energiser lawsuit to the world.
c) The Energiser lawsuit means the entire imaginary production run will have to be "scrapped".
These have full EXIF data, photos taken on the 3rd March.
I know that on my old HP camera, which I still sometimes use for things, it is pertty much never set correctly since it loses the date and time whenever you remove the batteries for any significant length of time and so I just never bother to set it.
I know that on my old HP camera, which I still sometimes use for things, it is pertty much never set correctly since it loses the date and time whenever you remove the batteries for any significant length of time and so I just never bother to set it.
what are the odds that they took this pictures last year and set the date on the camera to 03-2016?
For some reason even my google forum spell check is underlining the Batteriser as a mistake with the red squigglies and yet allowing Batterizer a free pass.
Anybody who would post a picture of a De-Sta-Co clamp with shims under the rubber tip because he/she doesn't understand how to adjust the clamp isn't smart enough
Switch your OS's language settings from "English (UK)" to "English (US)" and chances are it will do the opposite.
Switch your OS's language settings from "English (UK)" to "English (US)" and chances are it will do the opposite.Sorry, the very idea made the hairs stand on end. I had to make a cup of strong tea to recover. Thank you anyway.
Yep, I thought that as well. What's the chances of them bothering to set the date correctly for those photos? That's almost suspicious all by itself.
I have to admit these photos are a bit of a curvebal and I'm not sure what to think. The only theories I can come up with are:
b) It's not a con and they're actually manufacturing something.
This only makes sense if they've hooked some new investors. They know they won't get any repeat orders so there's no way they'd spend any of their own personal money on manufacturing Batterisers. It would be money down the drain from their point of view.
Conclusion: If they're spending money on manufacturing it must be somebody else's money.
What if they've got a big new investor who's prepared to invest in the company so long as manufacturing starts up ASAP? That would explain this.
Then again: Why post crappy photos on IndieGoGo? What's the point of that? The only person interested in updates would be the new investor.
One thing in Batteroos favour is they are calling their product a Batteriser, not a Batterizer. For some reason even my google forum spell check is underlining the Batteriser as a mistake with the red squigglies and yet allowing Batterizer a free pass. Clearly its spelling and grammar checks are AmericurricanizedTM.
Energiser, sorry, Energizer can go fuck themselves if they want to bring the lawyers in. As much as Batteriser is a scam, I cannot support a big corporate using ridiculously broad trademark interpretations, shit patents, and other "IP" expensive lawyer scams as a ploy to destroy any small business startup. I don't take any pleasure in others using that avenue to attack Batteroo.
Well that explains why I couldn't see the converter.... it's not there, just the pads
These are obviously prototypes for figuring out how to attach the sleeves to the PCBs, not final production.
Why would they have PCBs with caps but no chips? Maybe the chip didn't arrive yet and they were testing some other part of production.