History of Developement

Background

When releasing the v1 decals, we understood there would be many Wi-Fi complications due to the Wi-Fi infrastructure at varying venues. This is why we limited sales to run pilots on 150 decals across limited venues around Brisbane for three years (2017-2020). We did this as we could promptly visit site to rectify most issues, and worst case, express post replacement units. This was invaluable as it taught us:

1. What additional reporting systems we needed to build in
2. Over the air updating systems to make patches to specific venues / decals
3. How to make the product more robust and to be able to use worldwide with minimal setting up.
4. In total we have invested planning and vigorous R&D since 2017

Here is a list of venues running the pilot V1 decals:

• Brewski
• Hellbound
• Caboolture Sports Club
• Norths Leagues Club
• North Lakes Sports Club
• Crafty Fox Ale House
• Funkateers Pizzeria
• Monty Brewing
• Easy Times Brewing
• Sports Central Caboolture

Issues with the V1 decals

The main issue with the v1 decals (and the main push to develop the v2 decals) are:

1. Power related issues, essentially the decals did not have enough tolerance for power fluctuation which would cause some decals to experience difficulty maintain connection to internet or occasional screen power - This has been rectified with a completely new PCB / electronics design and two power delivery options (including daisy chaining)
2. Firmware issues spawning from original chipset – This has been rectified by using a replacement contemporary chipset with and software that bypasses issues that we experienced.
3. Wi-Fi – The original chipset was limited to 2.4GhZ. This made the product very hard to connect into venues with many wireless connected devices - This has been rectified by using more powerful 2.4ghz & 5ghz chipset which allows much greater versatility.
4. Over 7 years, only 10 decals had broken screens. Although not common, the screen protector was not as durable as it should have been - This has been rectified by adding tempered glass being moulded on the LCD panels to protect from ‘rowdy’ customers.

Chipset shortage prevented us manufacturing more decals and hindered supply for sales since Q1 2020. New components have been sourced and the electronics schematics has been finalised however pilot production, EMC compliance is required to be complete before they will be ready for sale. As of November 2023, chipset availability is back to pre-covid times, and pricing of components has started to normalise. As a result, we are close to releasing our v2 Digital Decals, and anticipate release Q2 2024 .