Development status
What is finished, what is being built, what comes next.
An engineering product should be described the way an engineer would describe it: by what has actually been done. This page says exactly that, and is updated as the project moves.
Status by part
The system today.
Percolation Manager desktop software
Working software: reads device data and saved files, applies the rules, draws the sheets and writes the memorandum.
Percometer circuit board
Design complete and clean in KiCad's electrical and design-rule checks. Not yet manufactured.
Percometer housing
Designed in Fusion 360 and checked for fit in software. First prototype print pending.
Percometer firmware
Compiles and passes 7,827 automated checks against simulated sensors and memory. Not yet run on a device.
Percometer support in the software
Reads the Percometer's export format; tested with simulated exports, not yet with a real device.
Measurement accuracy
Bench testing in a pipe, then side-by-side field tests. No accuracy figure is claimed until then.
Production units
Order requests are open now; availability and pricing are confirmed by email.
Online customer area
Device records, project access and support for customers.
What the labels mean
Seven words, used the same way everywhere.
Every status on this site is one of these. A design target is never shown as a measured result.
- Existing
- Built and working today.
- Tested
- Checked by automated tests or simulation; not yet proven on hardware in the field.
- In development
- Design complete or under way; not yet built or not yet finished.
- Prototype
- A first physical build for testing; not a production unit.
- Planned
- Intended next work; not started.
- Target
- A goal the design is aiming for; not a measured result.
- Validated
- Measured and confirmed against a reference. Nothing carries this label yet.
Recent milestones
How we got here.
Percolation Manager reads the Percometer's export format; every table value can be corrected by hand.
Percometer firmware written and tested on simulated sensors and memory.
Every purchased Percometer part checked against its maker's drawing; housing passes its layout and model checks.
Percometer circuit board designed and verified in KiCad; housing modelled as a Fusion 360 assembly.
Compact per-lot drawing layout, sized so nothing overlaps; final rates follow the bottom-3-inch rule.
Percolation Manager works from saved CSV files across several field days, with project files, deep test pit logs and MLSS.
What comes next
From design to evidence.
Prototype build. Manufacture the first carrier boards, print the housing, and assemble the first Percometers.
Bench testing. Readings in a pipe against a reference measurement, across water levels and air temperatures, to establish accuracy and repeatability.
Field validation. Side-by-side tests in real holes with the current method, through the pilot program.
Production. Units built for order requests, with the specifications on this site updated to measured values.
Next step
Start with a conversation.
The Percometer is in development. Order requests, demonstrations and pilot programs are open now — no payment is taken on this site, and every request is answered by email.