ProBUDDY Kits by Sunday Robotics - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 27, 2021, 09:37:48 pm
content: Dear all this is Salih from Sunday Robotics. It's a small, dynamic, creative, and versatile start-up founded in a 20m2 Office. Our aim is to create Robots and AI that can really change our lives so that we can witness some more majestic developments. But before that, we have smaller-scale products developed for makers and engineers for funding our big goals.I'd like to introduce our product, ProBUDDY (Project BUDDY) to you on this topic. We are planning to launch a Kickstarter campaign on 11th January 2022 and until then I'll be sharing some info and updates, with your permission, and will be so happy to hear your thoughts and take your feedback.Best regards.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2021, 03:27:43 pm
content: QuoteYou're going to spend the next 2.5 months dribbling stuff out and expect us to be here for every excerpt, just to find out what this thing is? You've lost me.Tell us what it is, what it can do for us. Simples. We don't need the actual thing (yet), just convince us that you are worth following to find out how to get one.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2021, 08:21:47 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 28, 2021, 03:27:43 pmDear @dunkemhigh thanks for the reply, I've posted the details on ProBUDDY landing pagehttps://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/and we have an active Instagram accounthttps://www.instagram.com/sundayrobotics_probuddy/. You are right, I was just preparing the info for here, will reveal the current state and then would like to share the updates with you guys.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2021, 08:42:36 pm
content: OK! That's much more interesting and I can see there is lots more to it than what we can see if your original photo. I am interested now and will keep an eye out for the kickstarter

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 28, 2021, 10:16:01 pm
content: Dear All, let me start giving info about ProBUDDY, I ll do my best and I am new in this forum, just learning the rules and the usage of the platform.What is ProBUDDY ?ProBUDDY quickly helps a lot with on-the-desk electronics work. It is a group of helpful items that eases our R&D life. Base Plates, Magnetic Bases, Holders, 3rd Hands, ProBUDDY Racks, Compatible Accessories, Carry Bags and Free 3D Printables Library. The hardware of your project will be built, modified, stored, carried, and switched easily by using all of these items in many combinations.Why do we need it? What's the problem solved?1) While building our projects we all use lots of Breadboards, Arduinos, Raspberry Pi's and such that are connected with lots and lots of cables and things around.. Between them, we use sensitive electrical connections that needs to be electrically and mechanically secured for reliable operation. Most of the time our hardware floats on our R&D desks and it creates unreliability for our project and stress for us.2) "Working with many projects at the same time on our R&D desks" and "locating and storing the projects" is another issue.3) When we need to carry our projects between home and school, or lab and office, or even "from one R&D desk to another" things get messy..4) Glueing hardware creates its own problems.What advantages does ProBUDDY bring?With it, mechanically securing the hardware of our projects becomes very easy. Magnetic bases and holders are so versatile, they are strong and won't let your hardware go even when it's upside down!ProBUDDY lets us use even the vertical surfaces for locating our projects, hang your Project A, Project B and Project C on the wall and start working on Project D on your cleaned R&D desk.With ProBUDDY accessories, we all will have great flexibility while building and working on our projects. Build large projects with Multi-Base Plate configurations, you will be able to use DIN Rails on ProBUDDY Base Plates, You'll have mounting plates, angled working options on Base Plates and so on..ProBUDDY users will be supported by our Free Printables library. Do you need a "screwdriver stand", "Item box" or "montage plates" for your ProBUDDY? You will find them all in our Printables for ProBUDDY library. A lot of different items are (and will be) available there for you to download easily, print out, and start getting more from your ProBUDDY set. Combinations will be limitless.. ProBUDDY + 3D Printables = Work on your RC Cars, Planes, Electric Skateboards, Plant Watering Projects, Robotics and more by the help of ProBUDDY..We will be so glad if you contribute and share your thoughts, experiences and any feedback you like.Best regards, Salih.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2021, 08:37:18 pm
content: Our timeline is and will be like this:I've finished design, prototyping, and even the packaging phases of our ProBUDDY project. We can now afford to do all the manufacturing needed (Base Plates, Holders, Accessories, Packaging..) but except for the Plastic Bodies of the Magnetic Bases. Currently, we are manufacturing them with 3D Printing but it is slow and expensive. We need extra funding to get plastic injection moulds built and then we can offer Probuddy at affordable prices. Hence we decided to create a KICKSTARTER project on January 2022.Guys, can you suggest high benefit/cost manufacturers for injection moulding?The image above seems full page, sorry for that, do you know how to make it smaller while using the insert image button?

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 29, 2021, 10:24:33 pm
content: How do the racks fit in with this? Is it just a way to store many of the bases, or is there some function? I thought maybe you could stack a couple of bases with parts on then connect them vertically, but I can't see that being neat and tidy, so perhaps I've missed something?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2021, 06:15:42 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 29, 2021, 10:24:33 pmDear @dunkemhigh thanks for your contribution. Magnetic bases with holders hold breadboards, cables and other electronics on base plates, hence whole project can be built on one base plate. This makes the project hardware sturdy, easy to store and carry. Magnetic bases and holders are reusable, easy to build one project, easy to disassemble it and take electronics out quickly and rebuild another project. It's not like gluing the electronics onto smt. A5-sized plate is small and for soldering and for 1-2 module projects, A4 and A3 are larger and enough for many project types.So, we build project 1, project 2, project 3 on different base plates, 1 base plate for each, then we put them in probuddy rack (our vertical storage unit) 3 Projects (or more) on 3 separate base plates in 1 rack. This saves space and protects the hardware and there will be available room on our R&D desk for other work (Clean desk, no-stress, clear mind. When we want to work on project 1, we take it out from the rack and put it on our desk, do our work and put it back to the rack easily. Then for example take project 3 from the rack, work on it, and put it back again.This increases efficiency, racks will be sized to carry 4-20 base plates vertically, hence we can work on 20 different projects on 1 R&D desk at the same time. Probuddy also makes carrying the projects easier. Take the base plate (with the project on it) out of the rack and carry it easily to school, office, lab. Do your work and carry it back to your house easily and safely.It's also helpful in schools. John, Mark, Tony can store their own projects in the lab vertically without any mess. Everybody can take their project from the rack, do their work, and put it back into the rack for another lecture.What do you think?

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2021, 10:52:12 am
content: OK, thanks for the explanation.QuoteI am tempted to suggest that it's not part of the kickstarter. There is already a lot of stuff which could make funding tricky: you either have lots of offers with varying numbers of parts to cover all options, or just have a couple of 'kits' which might be too expensive for some potential backers. The racks don't really seem to fit in and I would imagine a large proportion of users would just have a base or two and leave them on a shelf when between projects.I appreciate that they go some way to saving space, but perhaps they would be better as something to populate a shop front with. Kickstarter backers get the base and holders they want/need then later visit your shop to get more of the parts. At that point they see the racks and figure they're useful because they already have the bases and better know if they need to deal with holding in-progress projects somewhere.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 30, 2021, 12:02:26 pm
content: Thank you for your feedback, its valuable and I am taking your points into my notes.Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 30, 2021, 10:52:12 amYou are right, we are planning to create 6-7 kits as rewards, ranging from small ones from 20 US (for youngsters) to large ones for around 1000 US (for professionals, R&D Offices..) Each kit will have certain amount of base plates, magnetic bases and many kinds of holders, 3rd hands, accessories, racks and carry bags (yes, that's true, lets think about adding racks and bags into the Kickstarter kits or not). Expensive ones will even have custom prints on them, check these out:Quote from: dunkemhigh on October 30, 2021, 10:52:12 amThat is also true. We hope to sell ProBUDDY kits and items for a time to fund our start-up's sustainability, hence we definitely open an online shop. Yes, after receiving our kits with competitive prices and with many advantages on our Kickstarter campaign on 11.01.2021, everybody will be able to purchase more if they like it and need more items afterwards. And also there are few more ProBUDDY compatible products (sunday powerbanks, elevator probes and elevator analysers and loggers) are in line waiting their turn.Novadays when we present it, Schools, R&D Companies, Professionals and students say that they like ProBUDDY and they want to purchase it. The situation is very good, but there is an obstacle we can't sell it.. Because we can afford all the manufacturing and packaging except the magnetic holders plastics. Those plastics are 3d printed for now and this is expensive and time-consuming. In order to afford the plastic injection molding for those parts, we are going to launch that Kickstarter event and ask for your help.We will be sending our first prototypes to influencers, to get their opinion, with the custom prints on Base Plates they like. Would you suggest anyone ?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2021, 06:40:51 am
content: Is ProBUDDY just for building projects?No, while ProBUDDY Holders provide many easy-to-mount options for your breadboards and modules, special holder types like the "jumper clamps" mechanically fix jumper cables on base plates to create reliable test setups.3rd hands offer great flexibility while soldering and holding components for many kinds of operations. You will feel comfortable while fixing, preparing, connecting, soldering, building and testing your hardware in many Configurations.What do you think guys?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2021, 06:26:35 am
content: Advantages of ProBUDDY itemsProBUDDY have Magnetic Bases with thin, transparent & versatile holders. Just put them on the Base Plate and slide 'em.. They will hold Breadboards, Arduinos, Raspberry Pi's and all other modules easily in no time.. Our holders are isolated by nature.. Slots are labeled for precision and transparency let's us see the other side for full confidence.While others can't, thin ProBUDDY Holders can go in.. Since their simple yet clever and thin design, ProBUDDY holders can hold electronics from places that others can't hold on. Other than our simple holders we also do have spring-loaded versions which turned out to be very effective.Magnetic holders have soft textile layer beneath them, not to scratch the base plate and to provide smooth movements on it. Moreover, in order to increase surface durability and protect the custom prints, we've also designed a 4 layer coated rock-hard surface for our Base Plates.Any comments, feedback or any contribution will be appreciated, thanks for your patience.Salih

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2021, 10:40:17 am
content: Maybe it's a bit offtopic comment, but after watching your last posts I thought that it could be a good addition to your shop (not sure it fits the Kickstart bundles) if you can source some reliable breadboards to offer to your future customers.After all, sketchy breadboards are a common cause of frustration while doing R&D work.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 01, 2021, 12:36:41 pm
content: Quote from: bitwelder on November 01, 2021, 10:40:17 amThank you bitwelder, appreciated your contribution. Noted that and I will do it. What do you think of ProBUDDY itself? Will the kits be useful for you ? Will our campaign be successful? Any suggestions ?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 02:14:05 pm
content: We've built a free ProBUDDY compatible Printables LibraryDo you need a "screwdriver stand", "Item box" or "montage plates" for your ProBUDDY Kit? You will find them all in our Printables for ProBUDDY library. A lot of different items are (and will be) available there for you to download easily, print out, and start getting more from your ProBUDDY set. Combinations will be limitless..ProBUDDY + 3D Printables = Work on your RC Cars, Planes, Electric Skateboards, Plant Watering Projects, Robotics and more by the help of ProBUDDY..Here is the link to the library (files are not yet uploaded, will be done really soon):https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy_library/Could you check the library and suggest any designs ? How can we make it an open source library for everybody's contribution?Your contributions now worth a lot to our team! Make a comment, suggestion or anythingThank you..

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 02:43:10 pm
content: Looks good. You've clearly put a lot of work into this.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 08:23:21 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on November 03, 2021, 02:43:10 pmThanks @dunkemhigh, yes because I (and the team) believe in this ProBUDDY project. It's something that really helps people.. A product that we can afford to design, build, commercialize and provide fund for the early stages of our Sunday Robotic's Startup. Yet, ProBUDDY really needs people's opinions and suggestions to evolve.On the other hand, I think there is something wrong with me or the way I am trying to use this great forum. The majority of great people here are just observing, not contributing

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 03, 2021, 09:16:10 pm
content: Most people do lurk, but that doesn't mean they're not interested. You could tell a stunning joke that would have people laughing in the aisle, but not get a single comment. It's a bit complicated, but generally people saying something to disagree, not agree, and an entire thread of 50 messages all saying 'lol' can be tiresome.On the plus side for you, no-one has told you this project is rubbish and won't make a dime!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 04, 2021, 06:29:21 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on November 03, 2021, 09:16:10 pmI understand, thank you @dunkemhigh.Today I will take the new batch of Base Plate metal sheets (1.2mm thickness) from laser cutting (20xA4 + 20xA3 + 26xA5 sizes). They are now DIN Rail and T Slot Aluminum Mountable, Hangable, Configurable into multi-stage configurations (one or more on top of another plate).. Now, these sheets will be sent to painting, printing and other coatings. We will be building lots of projects on them, sending custom printed ones to influencers and friends from instagram and youtube (some of them already sent me their great logos to be printed on the Base Plates of their ProBUDDY kits, one of the good aspects of this is to get to know those productive, creative makers and engineers, we hopefully may cooperate with them on Robotics someday soon), starting to introduce ProBUDDY to local schools and companies and donate some to students.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2021, 01:26:04 pm
content: By using ProBUDDY kits, these 3 will create 3 projects to put onHACKSTER.IO(https://www.hackster.io/) andINSTRUCTABLES(https://www.instructables.com/) and they are now looking for project ideas.. Would you like to suggest any?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 05, 2021, 08:54:48 pm
content: Quote from: ledtester on November 05, 2021, 03:00:43 pmDear @ledtester thanks, not at the moment, planning and scripting some for the Kickstarter page for the launch (11.01.2021). Do you think, starting to shoot videos asap would be better?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 06, 2021, 09:03:25 am
content: Quote from: ledtester on November 06, 2021, 02:54:31 amYou are right, thanks, ok we will prepare and release an explanation video this week.To answer your question for now, I made a quick lift and let-go threshold test with our magnetic bases. We've finalized their designs and prepared their bom, one of them is labeled as 1 2 10/3 (1xscrew mountable, 2xN35 grade neodymium magnets with 10mm diameter and 3mm thickness each). It has a let-go threshold of 1-1.2Kg. The other is labeled as 2 3 10/3 (2xscrew mountable, 3xN35 grade neodymium magnets with 10mm diameter and 3mm thickness each). It has a let-go threshold of 1.8-2Kg. When 3-4 of them are used to hold a breadboard or any module, when horizontal or vertical storage, they provide a pretty large safety margin (For heavier components like large transformers etc the magnetic bases should be used carefully).ProBUDDY is not designed to be used in shaky or high acceleration environments when vertical or upside-down. It's more than fine when working in normal horizontal operation or from desk to wall, wall to desk actions. ProBUDDY will be also fine to store the projects vertically, It will be suitable to carry projects horizontally. I think nobody will locate ProBUDDY or use it upside down, but yes, since we used the words "even upside down" I think we should add "we don't recommend the upside down usage".Thank you @ledtester for your contribution, please share your feedback anytime.

author: wizard69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2021, 07:45:36 pm
content: I'm not sure I get the point of this product nor why you would call yourself a robotics company. From my perspective you have a fancy fixture board and some magnetically attached components, neither is revolutionary. Fixture boards have been in use for decades, probably over a century now. Magnets are nice and frankly better than ever but you don't always want them around electronics you are building up. Further I see no point at all in using paper sizes to describe the boards. In any event screw on rubber feet should be something that your fixture plates support.One area where I could see a similar approach working is for people in business servicing very low volume needs. Lets say you need to build 5-10, probably less, instruments for a lab, being able to move the prototype to a product quickly would be nice, but here you can't have a bunch of stuff stuck together with magnets. You need a snap together solution or screw mounting of components. In such a case the fixture boards would need to integrate naturally with some sort of professional housing. That is your plates either slip into or become part of the box. The idea here is a system that supports rapid transfer from prototype to a shipable device.Now my comment about the "A" size boards. The problem here is that the electronics world still revolves around the 19" rack with devices that are full rack width half rack width, one third & etc. Taking into account the need to put a product in a box, even if it sits on a rack shelf, it still needs to be mindful of these dimensions. I have no problem with metric dimensions as long as the resultant products don't mess with other hardware on these racks. As an aside these days with electronics so small, we really could use a micro rack standard. In any event I hope you see my point it would be better if the boards where sized for quick implementation compatible with common instrumentation. So a one third rack sized instrument would need a housing of less than about 150.25 mm in width so a fixture board would have to be less than that in width. That might work for A5 but A4 doesn't even fit half rack well.I have to agree that trying to get this off the ground with 3D printed parts is a non starter. This is where it might help to support DIN rail on your fixture boards. The reason here is that you can get a variety of snap together carriers for printed circuit boards really cheap. This would significantly reduce your need for hard tooling for the variety of devices you would want to mount on the fixture boards. The other plus here is that your users have access to complete DIN rail products. By the way that hard tooling should support parts that can be screwed down for permanent mounting, all on well documented pitches. So think about how you can leverage existing products from different industries as a way to get off the ground.I fully realize that much of this doesn't apply for designers targeting high volume products. That is an entirely different business in my mind. I'm leaning towards the developer that needs the low resistance way to solving a customers problem. Often that means taking a proto board / developers board and shoving it in a box with whatever support hardware was required.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 07, 2021, 08:16:10 pm
content: QuoteThat's an interesting viewpoint and one I hadn't considered appropriate for this - I am leaning more towards repair, test and build, so it would be a temporary solution just to hold stuff in place while you attack it (and, hence, one reason I fail to see the full benefit of the racks, although I suppose you might have a couple of projects on the go).

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2021, 07:25:40 am
content: Dear @wizard69 thanks for contributing. I took my notes of the good points I've seen in your feedback.We call ourselves,Sunday Robotics, a robotic company because we are. Lara, Munir, Safkan are the names of our robots that we are currently working on and developing know-how.Being started few months ago, our company needs time, funding and a better team to commercialize them. Hence, like every early-stage start-up, there is a death valley ahead of us.Start----->Death Valley---->Commercialisation and monetization of Robotic Products.Check this out;https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/death-valley-curve.aspBut luckily, we have another small scale product that is really helpful, people demand it and can provide us some sustainable funding: ProBUDDY kits. We created it for our own lab and we are using it, we can do multiple R&D projects on 1 desk, our team members can build their projects on it, work on the desk and when they are done working that time, they put it on the wall for the next time. That increased our office & labs efficiency 5-6 times, no more breadboards, arduinos floating around, no more glueing and no more "cant re-use the modules, they are glued, and we have to buy new breadboards and arduinos at each projects", projects look and work and presented to the customer professionaly. Small scale to large scale, for a product for 1 pcs prototoype , for a prototype to thousands of mass production units, we use ProBUDDY kits on first stages of development. We also dont need anything else while soldering, testing.. etc. I am using "we" all the time because we are our only customer now, we didnt commercialise it yet, we need funding for the plastic injection, hence launch ourKickstarter campaign on 11.01.2022.Yes I admit, its not "Revolutionary" or "Magical" or "Nothing like this on the market" kind of product (Let me know if I mention it as revolutionary somewhere and I correct the phrase). But I assure you, on top of its competitors, with the properties we added (versatility, cost effectiveness, design, storage options, 3d design library etc) now it is really and truly a helpful product.The sizing of Base Plates is set to well-known paper sizes, so is the naming of ProBUDDY kits (A5 Kit, A4, A3 kit). Each kit will have some number of Magnetic Bases and Holders with many shapes, we do have the spring-loaded versions. We want more and more youngsters and people start innovating with low stress and high efficiency. So instead of more professional terminology, we use common sizes that everybody know. To attract more people into electronics, we are now manufacturing our Base Plates with beautiful and cool prints on them.Soon we will even create Base Plates with very different shapes like transformers heads. But, of course, we are now also targeting the professionals, Schools, R&D companies, engineers, makers will use our kits.. Our term "ProBUDDY Racks" is different than industry sized racks. The confusion will be ended when we create the prototype and videos, sorry for that.Sizing is not an issue. We can manufacture any apropriate sizes and shapes for professionals very soon. We are ready to reshape and revise our product with the feedback from our customers, it's the only way that Sunday Robotics can survive. Plus to that, for professionals, ProBUDDY kits will be just a start and a base. There are ProBUDDY compatible products like ELEVATOR PROBES, ANALYSERS, LOGGERS and POWERBANKS and they are waiting in the line.ProBUDDY Kits will not be suitable for "prototype inside the device enclosure" stage. It will be used in the early "breadboarding and arduinoing" stage. They are also very helpful when fixing, soldering, testing and working on different projects. Everything will be more clear when we release our explanation videos.@wizard69 and @dunkemhigh thank you for contributing.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 08, 2021, 07:52:36 am
content: Dear all, we announced a Black Friday Giveaway contest on our Instagram accountsundayrobotics_probuddy, I want to announce it here also.We are kindly asking you to 1)Subscribe to our email list on our websitehttps://www.sundayrobotics.com/2) Follow @sundayrobotics_probuddy on instagram, 3) Tag 3 friends on one of the Black Friday Giveaway posts (instagram) and then have a chance to win one of the free 3 ProBUDDY kits on 26th November.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2021, 07:59:52 am
content: Come and join us on our Braindate on NVIDIA GTC Event!https://nvidiagtc2021.braindate.com/topics/76741/?utm_source=linkedIn

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 05:49:03 am
content: Dear all, we are rebuilding ProBUDDY's landing page;https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/I'll be really happy if you suggest anything about it.We began videoshooting as well, producing gifs. Here is an example showing the ugly truth about gluing the hardwareI want to add an "as seen on" part to the landing page, can I add eevblog? Do I need to ask for a permission ?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 11, 2021, 07:53:57 pm
content: I had to be the model, sorry for your eyes

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 12, 2021, 07:34:23 pm
content: Guys don’t miss any Discounts or Opportunities! Subscribe to our email list.https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 14, 2021, 03:05:41 pm
content: This week we will be manufacturing and shipping some ProBUDDY kits for our influencer friends (with their custom logos printed on their Base Plates) all over the world. With that, we will also be testing ourselves for a small scale of a mass production, here in the image you can see the organizer of 1000 pcs which is waiting for the manufactured ProBUDDY magnetic bases.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 17, 2021, 06:50:34 am
content: Here is our current team for ProBUDDY Project.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 19, 2021, 08:38:51 pm
content: Guys we've got the new batch of ProBUDDY Base Plates manufactured with custom prints on them! Next week ProBUDDY kits prototypes will be shipped to our influencer friends for their reviews.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2021, 04:24:39 pm
content: And the ProBUDDY Kits Giveaway Goes to!...

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2021, 06:38:24 am
content: This is how we package A4 Sized ProBUDDY Kits Prototypes

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2021, 09:56:09 am
content: About a month ago we posted "By using ProBUDDY kits, these 3 will create 3 projects to put on HACKSTER.IO (https://www.hackster.io/) and INSTRUCTABLES (https://www.instructables.com/) and they are now looking for project ideas.."Yes, we've created 2 projects and builded them on A3 sized ProBUDDY Kits (Campaing will be launched on 11.01.2022) (Product landing page:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/)Our first project is "INFINITY GEARS", its a meaningful project and it will be on hackster and instructables, want to create posts and talk about those here also, if its ok with you guys

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 04, 2021, 10:02:00 am
content: We've shipped our A4 Sized Custom ProBUDDY Kits to USA, ITALY, SERBIA and AUSTRIA for reviewHope that they will be good Christmas gifts to our Influencer friends!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 05, 2021, 10:30:39 pm
content: Our first project "INFINITY GEARS", which has been built on an A3 sized ProBUDDY Kit is on hackster.io..Here is the link to the project page:https://www.hackster.io/sunday-robotics/infinity-gears-135f7e

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2021, 04:28:05 pm
content: "INFINITY GEARS" has been featured on Instructables too, here is the link:https://www.instructables.com/Gears-of-346-Quintillion-346-X-1018-Years-a-Meanin/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2021, 08:10:18 pm
content: Our second project "REGULATOR TESTER WITH FACES", which has been built on an A3 sized ProBUDDY Kit is on hackster.io..Here is the link to the project page:https://www.hackster.io/sunday-robotics/voltage-regulator-with-faces-0e32fa

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 13, 2021, 10:41:28 pm
content: "REGULATOR TESTER WITH FACES" is on Instructables too, here is the link:https://www.instructables.com/Regulator-Tester-With-Faces/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 16, 2021, 09:49:30 pm
content: With ProBUDDY possibilities will be endless. You will always be supported by print-ready 3D designs that are compatible with our ProBUDDY Magnetic Bases. Work on RC Cars, RC Planes, Plant Watering Projects..Free STL files are ready to download on the "Printables for ProBUDDY" page:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy_library/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2021, 04:24:41 am
content: Guys, do you know Burgiclab? He is a great engineer and maker, just opened his youtube account, let's subscribe to his channel and watch him unpack his custom A4 ProBUDDY Kit.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 24, 2021, 11:07:15 pm
content: Two things:People who support us in the first steps are so valuable to us! First-hour and first-day backers are important for the Kickstarter campaigns!Hence we are preparing gold and silver supporter (backer) certificates for our 1st hour and first-day backers, which will be handwritten, numbered, and signed! Will give you exclusive privileges on all Sunday Robotics products and services for eternity!🙏ProBuddy Kits will be on Kickstarter soon (11.01.2022)

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2021, 02:35:00 am
content: Our "Infinity Gears" project has been featured on Arduino Blog by Arduino Team!..https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/12/31/this-gear-turns-only-once-every-346-quintillion-years/Its also on create pages!https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/sunday-robotics/infinity-gears-135f7e?_gl=1*b7odgl*_ga*OTYwMDI2NzI5LjE2NDA5MTc2ODE.*_ga_NEXN8H46L5*MTY0MDkxNzY4MC4xLjEuMTY0MDkxNzcyMS4wThey explained the magic in a better way "INFINITY GEARS does a fantastic job of illustrating both the passage of time on a cosmic scale and the vast power of gear reductions. "We've built that project on one of our A3 ProBUDDY Kits.. We will launch our Kickstarter campaign on 11.01.2022, dont miss first hour and first day opportunities and lets meet there!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 31, 2021, 08:36:08 pm
content: 11 Days to our Kickstarter campaign on 11.01.2022 friends! Super excited and feeling huge pressure! Please dont miss first hour and first day opportunities, thank you all for your support.Happy new year!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 01, 2022, 01:54:16 pm
content: Guys, we will be testing each ProBUDDY's in your ProBUDDY Kits before shipping to you. Here is the tester we are building!Thank you.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 02, 2022, 09:18:44 pm
content: We are finally shooting product videos for ProBUDDY Kits. It's been a while but going well..

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 06, 2022, 02:40:05 pm
content: Finally decided the number and the names of our rewards for our upcoming Kickstarter Campaign guys.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2022, 11:16:27 am
content: We've finally finished our explanation video (for our Kickstarter Campaign)As you can see in the video, ProBUDDY Racks will also be in the Kickstarter Kits (in Engineer Kit, Master Kit, and Kit of the Kings).

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2022, 01:42:48 pm
content: That video gets across what this is about quite succinctly. Hope it goes well for you.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2022, 06:13:10 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 09, 2022, 01:42:48 pmDear @dunkemhigh, it's so nice to have this feedback, thank you.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2022, 07:48:18 pm
content: This is the moment when all of our tiredness gone! I hope every start-up can see it's product in hands of a professional reviewing it with a nice smile! SETTOREZERO Great brand with professionals behind it!Lets subcribe to the channel!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 10, 2022, 08:37:44 pm
content: Dear all, to have a better start, we postponed our launch date to 01.02.2022 (01 February) Tuesday. Thank you for your understanding.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2022, 09:17:51 pm
content: We have almost %95 finished our Kickstarter page, planning to do a pre-launch this weekend. I've never created this much GIF's in my life I think!ProBUDDY Webpage has also been revised:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/Subscribe to our email list in the webpage to get notified first about opportunities.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2022, 09:21:56 pm
content: And Guys, I can clearly tell that the kits we've sent to professionals in Austria, USA, Serbia and Italy were approved for usability.These are what they say about ProBUDDY Kits:

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 14, 2022, 10:13:45 am
content: Guys, we are constantly upgrading the items in ProBUDDY Kits in order to decrease injection moulding investment need, increase the quality and design. I can assure you we will be supplying the best versions of ProBUDDY Kits in our Kickstarter Campaign (much better than the review versions, sorry(We are feeling really high pressure calculating the content of the kits, costs, prices.. But the upgrades mentioned above motivates us and we learn a lot! This is a honest sharing.)We will be grateful if you subscribe to our email list in Sunday Robotics webpage to get notified first about opportunities.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2022, 08:29:38 am
content: Meanwhile, I'd like to share our experience with Kickstarter applications.Before applying for the campaign, we are trying to decrease reward prices as low as possible and at the end of the campaign we are hoping to cover plastic injection molds and then go to mass production.Spreading word is important and what people do is to go to the Kickstarter agencies and collaborate with them. I talked to few and their demand is huge. Around 750-1K$ upfront (which is ok) then 3-4k for advertising and then %30 from the total fund backed from their audience! That means from total fund (rewards + shipment payments, yes) -{%10 (Kickstarter + C.Card Handlers fee) + %30 Agency fee} = The start up is left with around %60 of total fund (All the costs and shipments and everything will be paid from this) hoping to survive and finish the project successfully. Which seems very hard and makes whole Kickstarter system almost inefficient.Thats why we are now asking everybody to spread the word.. We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. Professionals say that building email subscribers list is important, our subscription form is on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/Can you spread the word? and/or are you in contact with anybody that can help us? Thanks a million!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2022, 08:53:48 am
content: Dear All, we finally set the number to 5 and visualise the contents of our Kickstarter Rewards, here I'd like to present them to you.You can find all other info on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. Professionals say that building email subscribers list is important, our subscription form is on our webpage. We will appreciate any help you can provide us to spread the word! Thank you!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2022, 10:23:59 am
content: Your Support is Important and Valuable to usWe have started up Sunday Robotics with big goals in Robotics, ProBUDDY Kits will be a good start for us to pass the death valley ahead (first years for Start Up until achieving sustainable income). With this campaign we will be sourcing our very first funding and those will be very important and valuable to us.With your support in this campaign, you will be putting very first Bricks into Sunday Robotics' foundation and this will not be forgotten. We will be providing you with Silver and Golden Supporter Certificates with unique numbers and dates which will be in our database as long as Sunday Robotics survives.Because of the Kickstarter rules we can't say much but if Sunday Robotics succeeds, these certificates will bring you much more than these rewards! We promise!You can find all other info on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. Professionals say that building email subscribers list is important, our subscription form is on our webpage. We will appreciate any help you can provide us to spread the word! Thank you!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2022, 06:21:04 pm
content: I'd like to share our experience with Kickstarter applications.I've sent our complaints to Kickstarter Support about Kickstarter agencies and they replied superfast with a detailed explanation and support. They investigated our webpage and the info in Kickstarter pageg and I think they liked our project (Kickstarter page is finished there ready for their approval). But there are so much to do for us to do the promotion of our campaign.-----------------------------------------You can find all other info on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. Professionals say that building email subscribers list is important, our subscription form is on our webpage. We will appreciate any help you can provide us to spread the word! Thank you!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2022, 09:12:59 pm
content: Guys, we've sent our project to review in Kickstarter!-----------------------------------------You can find all info on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. Professionals say that building email subscribers list is important, our subscription form is on our webpage. We will appreciate any help you can provide us to spread the word! Thank you!

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2022, 10:16:18 pm
content: QuoteLet me guess - those are the ones wanting you to pay them to provide the list facilities?Don't know about anyone else, but if I were on your list you'd be already in my spam trap and I'd make a point of ignoring your kickstarter (or, indeed, anything else you did). IMO, you want a single big hit on the internet's consciousness right as the stuff becomes available - having a persistent presence over weeks or months, and particularly without necessary info like prices, just inoculates your potential clients against you so they're tired and pissed with you before you've even got the product in front of them.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 05:41:44 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 16, 2022, 10:16:18 pmThanks for the contribution @dunkemhigh.. We've put lots of efforts developing ProBUDDY Kits, we'd like to have a success in Kickstarter. Do you have any suggestions?-----------------------------------------You can find all info on our webpage:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/We have to reach more people and let them know that ProBUDDY Kits will be on Kickstarter 01 February 2022. We will appreciate any help you can provide us to spread the word! Thank you!

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 09:38:40 am
content: I'm sorry I don't know how to market effectively (otherwise I'd be rich), but what you've posted here (and particularly the latest stuff) is good. You just don't want to wear people out prematurely.Personally, Kickstarter works for me when I stumble across a project. Perhaps a post here sends me off to there, or there is a mention somewhere on the web and I am intrigued. At that point I want to know what it is, what I get, and (this is really important) how much it will cost me. I will either buy it there and then or forget about it completely.I believe you have a period when the project is live and people can place orders. That's the time to push it in the various ways (posting somewhere like this, 'influencers', etc). I think many of your sales will be opportunistic, so give people the opportunity to actually place an order. You'll even have people that order in a fit of interest and then have second thoughts but can't be bothered to retract the order - admittedly, not many but you've lost those by pushing too soon, I think.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 01:05:59 pm
content: Dear @dunkemhigh thanks for the thoughts. You are right, I think campaign creators are feeling pressure to gather large audience right before the campaign. Kickstarter algorithm brings projects that do well in the first hour and first day.I didnt push any emails to anyone yetWas just kindly sharing updates here under this little topic, I started asking help under the posts but ok I'll only write the webpage adress thenYou are the best contributor of our topic here, would you like a Gold or a Silver Supporter Certificate?--------------------------https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 07:12:59 pm
content: That's very generous of you, thanks, but without knowing the price of the kits I don't know if I'm in the market for one

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 07:32:01 pm
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on January 17, 2022, 07:12:59 pmThanks man, I've saved a Gold one for you, will send you someday.. I've released the prices on the product page at rewards section:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/I was gonna but then I decided not to put them here, not to seem very pushyMay be a little bit scared too

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2022, 10:52:57 am
content: Guys we will be providing extra opportunities for the first hour and first day of our kickstarter campaign.--------------------------https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2022, 01:08:51 pm
content: --------------------------https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 18, 2022, 11:19:14 pm
content: Dear All, we will be launching the campaing at10:00 am EST01 February 2022.--------------------------https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy/

author: madmen2008
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 21, 2022, 10:52:51 pm
content: I know this is my first post so it's a little weird, but Jon from Undercover Electrics is a friend/co-worker of mine and lead me here. Jon brought his ProBuddy into work the other day and I was really impressed with how nice it was, the finish on the board is really good and looks like it will hold up well to many years of use. All the little magnet base holders where really nice, but maybe a little over the top with all the size markings. I'm not really sure what the value is of all the size markings on the holders? The option to 3d print parts for this (supported by the manufacture) gives you even more options, plus you're not buying parts you aren't going to use!The two parts I would like to see all the boards get are the lifter pins and 3rd hands (Jon's didn't come with them).I was a little disappointed that they pushed the Kickstarter back but I get it, waiting for the launch on the 1st. I will be one of the first to support and if the time lines up it will be in the first hour.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2022, 07:44:36 am
content: Quote from: madmen2008 on January 21, 2022, 10:52:51 pmThank you so much! Its an honor to see a professional friend of our Customer No:1 Jonathan sees the ProBUDDY Kit and gives the crowd positive feedback! He told me that you are a harness and electronics builder for racing teams? Awesome, I really want to get in contact with you.So.. TODAY (01 February) is the day! We would be glad if you come to Kickstarter at 10am EST (6pm GMT+3) and back our ProBUDDY Kits project!Here is the link:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easilyGuys I was blocked recently but today I can write, that is strange, there might be a mistake. But also there is a chance that these can also be my last words againSo, what I want to tell you is that I am and the whole Sunday Robotics team is thankful to you for your patience with us, the support you provide, for over 9000 views on this topic. We, Sunday Robotics will be developing cool robotic systems and will be sharing the tools, techniques and codes we developed for ourselves with the crowd.Stay motivated, stay healthy. There are great tech people among you, I hope we would find chance to work together someday. My email is salih@sundayrobotics.com. Take care!

author: nuh
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: February 01, 2022, 03:10:55 pm
content: ProBUDDY Kits campaign is live in Kickstarter! So excited!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2022, 10:24:16 pm
content: Quote from: nuh on February 01, 2022, 03:10:55 pmYes, %44.7 funded in 6 hours, it's going great!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2022, 07:44:08 am
content: %59 in 12 Hours in our Kickstarter, so far so good! Now, I'd like to introduce our experimental robotic platforms SUNDAY-A, SUNDAY-B, SUNDAY-C. They all have ProBUDDY Kits base plates on them to ease fixing and changing the hardware on these robot platforms.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2022, 11:08:58 am
content: Custom prints on ProBUDDY Kits Base Plates increase motivation a lot!All Base Plates in all rewards will be custom printed with your own graphics in The First Day of our Kickstarter Campaign. Just few hours left for this, Rewards 5&6 will still have this option after that.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2022, 06:44:37 am
content: ProBUDDY Kits are gaining popularity and we are getting huge support from the crowd. Gareth Halfacree wrote an awesome article about ProBUDDY Kits in hackster.io, explained the product and the advantages it provides, much better than us!Here is the link:https://www.hackster.io/news/sunday-robotics-probuddy-kits-aim-to-make-prototyping-neater-not-to-mention-more-portable-d42a0ed6f3d3

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2022, 11:52:50 am
content: ProBUDDY Locator Plates (Compatible with A4 & A3 size Base Plates) have been added to REWARDS 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in ProBUDDY Kits campaign. Our early backers will receive their new addition for sure!What are they?While working on your projects you will use a number of ProBUDDY's on your Base Plates right? Where to store the ProBUDDYs that are not being used at that moment? The answer is: ProBUDDY Locator plates.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 04, 2022, 04:10:05 pm
content: ProBUDDY Kits are just the begining and base of a large family of ProBUDDY Kits-compatible helpful products. ProBUDDY Probes, our follow-up product (see "What's Next" section on the Kickstarter Page), is one of them and coming right away! We are about to finish the ProBUDDY Probes prototypes and add it as an Additional Reward to our Campaign!Here in the photo you can see the finished PCB design, it will be sent to manufacturing in a day or two. Stay Tuned, back us and please spread the word!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2022, 08:22:01 pm
content: We were printing the signs on ProBUDDY Magnetic Bases. But from now on they will look better and can be produced faster with our new PU Stickers! The stickers just sent to production.7ProBUDDY Probes, our follow-up product (see "What's Next" section in the Kickstarter Page), is one of them and coming right away! PCB's of ProBUDDY Probes have been sent to production. Thank you for your support.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2022, 11:36:56 pm
content: ProBUDDY's are being transformed into something better!Dear all, we have developed ProBUDDY Kits to a good stage and its now even getting better. ProBUDDY's Top part (instead of acrilic) will now be made out of PCB's with electronics: Voltage Meter ProBUDDY, Regulator ProBUDDY's, Logic Display ProBUDDYs, and more are coming..Good News: Just sent the PCB's into production! Stay tuned and spread the word if possible!Thank you so much for your support!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2022, 12:06:43 pm
content: Dear all,Great news: We have an extra addition to our rewards! No need to wait! Back us now and receive all the Extra Additions! All previous backers will receive theirs too.Would you like to dring your coffee in an engineeringly tasty way? If yes, then our Legendary Circuits Mugs will give you that! These special mugs have the circuits' name, schematic and the definition on it!What are Legendary Circuits?Those are the very first circuits students, makers, engineers ever first build! Remember your first Flip-Flop circuit? or Bridge rectifier? Yess.. We will never forget them!Currently we have;Legendary Circuits 1: 555 multivibratorLegendary Circuits 2: Lm386 AmplifierLegendary Circuits 3: Bridge RectifierLegendary Circuits 4: Astable multivibratorYou can recommend us your Lagendary Circuit in the comments! You can have your Legendary Circuits Mug with Rewards 4,5,6 in our Kickstarter Campaign! Stay tuned, reserve your kit today and thanks for your support.--https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2022, 09:15:25 am
content: Let's see how ProBUDDY Kits help us solder parts on PCB's.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2022, 03:56:46 pm
content: Are you ready for the SUPER BOWL! We are! We present you the Reward 7,ProBUDDY Kits Super Bowl 2022 editionwith limited time and pcs between February 11 2022 - February 15 2022.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2022, 10:17:34 am
content: For Crowdfunding campaigns there exists affiliate platforms that creators provide commisions to others. We've found one and will provide %20 for those who help us, I am sharing the link here for anyone who might be interested;https://probuddy.kickbooster.me/boost

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2022, 10:43:28 am
content: Dear all, we've added ProBUDDY Kits Valentine's Day 2022 special edition to our rewards, as a precious gift to your Tech Pumpkin or Honey Bunny for the Vallentine's Day 2022, with limited time and quantity, between February 14 2022 - February 15 2022.For the great memory of Pulp Fiction Movie 1994!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2022, 05:47:39 pm
content: Let's see how ProBUDDY Kits help us solder Wire-Wire & Wire-PCB.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2022, 02:56:38 pm
content: Latest design of our ProBUDDY Kits Base Plates are %38 lighter (it was important for children and students) and they are more affordable now. PU Stickers looks cool on magnetic bases. All Rewards will be supplied with these new designs!ProBUDDY Kits Kickstarter Campaign is going well! With the motivation we had from your support, we got in contact with investors and ProBUDDY Kits will soon be a huge educational hub!But, our Rewards become limited now, reserve your ProBUDDY Kit today.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 18, 2022, 08:20:16 pm
content: Its time for a ProBUDDY Kits compatible Under-Powered Breadboards.. Its gonna be a powerboard located right under the breadboard. There will be multiple voltage outputs, protection mechanisms.. What do you think? Any suggestions?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2022, 10:50:08 am
content: Guys we've reached our Goal! Thank you for your support! We still have more than 20 days and our next goal is to reach 10k.We've received the ProBUDDY PCB's and started working on them, they look beautiful and they are more capable than the previous versions. We will be adding them into our Rewards. Check the image below, current ProBUDDY's are helping us build new versions of ProBUDDY's:)Foam plates are very useful when soldering and are great addition to ProBUDDY Kits. Check "How to solder components easily" video in "ProBUDDY Kits in action" part in story or from the link here. Now, we have added Foam Plates to all of our Rewards. (All previous backers will receive theirs too)Rewards are limited, better to reserve your ProBUDDY Kit sooner.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: palpurul
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2022, 12:50:13 pm
content: Quote from: salihkanber on February 24, 2022, 10:50:08 amCongrats on the campaign!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2022, 01:26:14 pm
content: Quote from: palpurul on February 24, 2022, 12:50:13 pmThanks, wish you success with your campaigns!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2022, 02:27:15 pm
content: Dear all, PCB's of our ProBUDDY Probes just arrived!ProBUDDY Probes are a great addition to ProBUDDY Kits and they ease probing on any electronics circuit, we will be adding them to our Kickstarter Rewards. Few days left in the campaign, so better reserve your ProBUDDY Kit now:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easilyThanks for your support.Sunday Robotics Team.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2022, 09:41:45 am
content: We've finished the prototypes of transformed ProBUDDYs and tested them. New members of ProBUDDY Kits family work perfectly, a.k.a Voltmeter ProBUDDY, Supply Jack ProBUDDY, Voltage Regulator ProBUDDY's, Logic Display ProBUDDY and Jumper Holder ProBUDDY.ProBUDDY Kits are now way more capable than the previous version and look really cool. We've will be adding them into our Rewards.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2022, 09:17:12 pm
content: 4 Days leftDear all,41 days have been passed in our Kickstarter Campaign and there is only 4 days left! We entered to our final week, we have some good news for all of our backers again!*We've upgraded all ProBUDDY's in all our rewards! Yes!*We've added "Additional Upgraded ProBUDDY's Set" to Rewards 5,6 which includes "1x Voltmeter ProBUDDY, 1 x Supply Jack ProBUDDY, 1 x 5V Voltage Regulator ProBUDDY, 1 x 3.3V Voltage Regulator ProBUDDY, 1 x Logic Display ProBUDDY"*We've also prototyped, tested and added ProBUDDY Probes to Rewards 3,4,5,6! (From Engineers Kit to Kit of the Kings, you will be among the first to use and test ProBUDDY Probes in the world)*We've added "A4 & A5 Base Plate stickers" to all rewards.So, with the motivation we got from your support, we have upgraded our ProBUDDY's and added 6 different kinds of extras to our rewards for all of our backers. Now, few days lef in our campaign.Would you like to reserve your ProBUDDY Kit now or upgrade your Reward?We are so happy with your support, thank you so much for backing us. Since with extra additions upper level rewards have been enriched a lot, we think that you might want to check again and Reserve your Upgraded ProBUDDY Kit or upgrade your previous Reward.We highly recommend you obtain one of our silver or gold certificates, they will provide you amazing opportunities for all of Sunday Robotics products & services for a lifetime!We are not planning to release such certificates ever again.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easilySome investments and Upgrades on our capabilitiesSome of them are small, but every upgrade counts and makes difference when you are in the start-up phase. Here are they;*We've rented a second neighbour office! Now we have 2, 1st of them is for office + electronics R&D, 2nd one is for manufacturing, testing and packaging.*We've purchased ESD Protection equipment and created a ESD Free manufacturing space in our office.*We've created a Playstation 4 corner in our office (TEKKEN 7 is our favorite, great way to releive stress)*We've purchased a professional label printer for our product packages.*We've purchased a UPS for our 3D Printers, we can print 7/24 now.*We've upgraded our "kettle" into a "tea machine".Few days left in our campaign, we will appreciate if you support us more by spreading the word.Thank you & Best regards.Sundy Robotics Team

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 15, 2022, 03:23:17 pm
content: All ProBUDDY's in the rewards will be the upgraded versions. 70 Hours left in our Kickstarter Campaign, Go Professional with Upgrated ProBUDDY Kits!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 16, 2022, 08:16:39 am
content: Dear friends, if you saw our kickstarter campaign first on this forum and backed us, please let us know. We will have special gifts for you.50 Hours left in our Kickstarter Campaign.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2022, 03:20:02 pm
content: Our ProBUDDY Kits are one of the best equipments in our lab.Last 24 Hours in Upgraded ProBUDDY Kits Kickstarter Campaign, Hurry up and reserve yours!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2022, 04:19:59 pm
content: We are building programming practice station for Microchip, Atmel, ST and Raspberry Pi's easily on our ProBUDDY Kits + ProBUDDY Rack.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2022, 04:57:28 pm
content: Quote from: salihkanber on March 17, 2022, 03:20:02 pmThose aluminium rails strike me as a great idea to mount stuff on the wall. Suppose that multimeter had a slot mount on the back and you just clipped it onto the rail (there would need to be some more of them to be really useful).Perhaps a pegboard is the way to do that, but the ally rails look a lot nicer

author: 50ShadesOfDirt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 17, 2022, 11:48:39 pm
content: Very nice product, brilliant way to fund further effort at your company! Looks like kickstarter effort was fully funded ...I'll order a la carte from the probuddykits.com site ... in support of our children's homeschooling efforts on electronics & such.Thanks again for your efforts!

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2022, 09:11:58 am
content: Quote from: dunkemhigh on March 17, 2022, 04:57:28 pmDear dunkemhigh, yes they are very useful, we use those T Slot Alu Profiles a lot. Actually, better than mounting on the wall, they are mounted on the desk easily with our 3d Printed adapters. No damage on the wall or on the desk. I added the adapter's STL files to ProBUDDY 3D Printables library:https://www.sundayrobotics.com/probuddy_library/Yes, lets add a holder design to the library for the multimeters too.. Thanks for the contribution

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2022, 09:18:06 am
content: Quote from: 50ShadesOfDirt on March 17, 2022, 11:48:39 pmIts so glad to have those kind comments, Our purpose is to ease project development efforts of everyone and then see more majestic things in our lives! ProBUDDY Kits will grow.. This is just a begining.. Reach us anytime you wish, we will help by any means.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2022, 09:47:43 am
content: Just 4 hours left in ProBUDDY Kits Kickstarter Campaign. Last 3 hours to join among Sunday Robotic's most valuable customers.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sundayrobotics/probuddy-kits-build-carry-store-your-projects-easily

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 09:01:18 pm
content: This happens when your project is successfully fundedThanks for your support, now its time to deliver the rewards!We will be releasing weekly updates on the Kickstarter Project Page.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 09:55:15 pm
content: Well done on the successful campaign.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 07:50:51 am
content: Thanks mate, thanks for the continuous contribution.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2022, 11:32:02 am
content: !! Warning: this topic has not been posted in for at least 120 days. Unless you're sure you want to reply, please consider starting a new topic. !!! Yes I know thatHey guys this is Salih.. We faced many bumps and obstacles during our manufacturing tasks right after our Kickstarter Campaign, one of which, and the latest, is me not being able to handle a life changing event properly, in the second half of August 2022. I had my first child.. My daughter!..Just wanted to share this with you too..We will be delivering ProBUDDY Kits on December 2022..Best regards..Salih

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 11, 2022, 04:53:20 pm
content: Congratulations

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2022, 06:36:22 pm
content: Dear All, after so many difficulties (as expected) we finally developed a reliable manufacturing process especially for the plastics and now we are in production with the ProBUDDY Kits. So happy to share with you the very first samples from the first batch;With the support of Kickstarter community and our friends, we have our ProBUDDY Kits being manufactured now and also have our proven production techniques that we also offer to the industry.We will start delivering ProBUDDY kits this month.Best regards.Salih

author: kermitfrog
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2023, 04:38:37 am
content: What are you expecting the price of the kit to be?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2023, 09:37:13 pm
content: Dear Kermitfrog, there are different sizes of kits which will be available soon, pricing is not certain yet. Do you have any suggestion on pricing?

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 04, 2023, 07:44:46 am
content: Dear friends,I want to inform you about our final stage of our Kickstarter rewards. All the manufacturing stages went well, rewards are packaged and we are shipping them. Here are some visuals from the final stage before shipment;Standard BasePlate Sticker (like others) packaged with the BasePlate bottom pads, ProBUDDY's and The Best SQUEEGEE CARD ever.Superbowl 2022 were happening during our campaign, Superbowl 2023 just passed and Superbowl 2024 is coming. So here we designed the BasePlate stickers for the Superbowl ProBUDDY kits for 2024! Valentines Day Kits' stickers looks cool too! We hope their owners will like them.3rd hands and the ProBUDDY Probes are put into additional packages.All rewards include a Sunday Robotics notebook now. And, instead of putting a comprehensive printed-on-paper instructions brochure in the boxes, in order to protect nature, we put a QR coded page which leads to our support page. We hope to finish and post the instruction documents and videos until you got the packages.Big kits require big boxes.. You are among the firsts that supports our journey! Thank you! All rewards now include Silver, Gold and Platinum Certificates which will provide you exclusive advantages over our upcoming products and services.Each certificate are uniquely numbered and binded with the email adresses. We will connect the certificates to a blockchain system soon,after that, they will also be sold to those who want them. The more we create the more the certificates gain value.We check each kit before the shipment stage.All packages got checked and numbered for their unique owners.Thank you for all your interests.Best

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2023, 09:18:20 pm
content: Guys, We've shipped all-1 rewards (will ship the last one, couldnt bcs of a missing-info issue). Here I would like to share some images from our goodbye moment with the out-going Kickstarter Rewards;Thank you all.

author: salihkanber
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2023, 05:18:30 am
content: Guys, all rewards have been shipped and received by their respectful owners. And, we are so glad that we received nothing but excellent comments.Being an entrepreneur, creating something new and receiving such great feedback from professionals globally worth a lot, one of the best feelings I might say.Thank you.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2023, 06:51:08 am
content: Well done. Great to see a kickstarter reach the conclusion successfully