Hello All,
First, we'd like to thank you all for your continued support, and apologize again for the delay in our delivery schedule. I know that those of you with experience in startups and especially hardware projects understand just how common it is for small and unexpected issues to arise that inevitably delay the project. For us, our largest delay yet was not caused by a problem, but rather by the huge amount of support and interest that the camera has generated. As we've proceeded, we've been met with much more enthusiasm from parts vendors worldwide and evaluating those opportunities has taken time. That interest has allowed us to source even better parts than we had originally planned, and has allowed us to produce a camera that is not only professional grade, but also very user-friendly.
Right now, our hardware design is complete, and we are working on our image processing software. This is without a doubt the most repetitive and tedious portion of the project. Constant changes to the imaging filter and Non-Uniformity Correction filter in order to produce a truly high quality image. Looking back through the updates, I realize that I may not have made it clear that we have been getting image data from the sensor for quite some time now, and that now we are only clearing up that raw data and saving it as video.
As soon as we have finished the firmware, we will cut the checks and give the manufacturers the go ahead! We can't wait for everyone to start using the camera.
I'll do my best to continue updating with some interesting content as frequently as possible.
Cheers,
-Charles and MuOptics