Okay, let’s quickly revise the proposed timetable by shifting the start back by four months (i.e. to the present), deleting one of the breaks, repositioning the other, and see what we get.
intermediate objectives (projected)
initial design phase: january 2008–
Software: design, preliminary implementation and testing of software components.
Analog electronics: design and testing.
alpha build: may 2008
Software: initial working system.
Electronics: begin final build.
Hardware: begin construction.
break: june-july 2008
beta build: november 2008
Complete working system: testing carried out with beta testers.