The big push to achieve a working OpenDendrometer prototype in time for the 2022 Hackaday Prize finals was very successful. Though the project did not secure any top 5 finisher funding through the prize this year, it did receive $500 as a top 50 finalist. Fortunately, $500 goes a long way on this project.  

I fully intend to use some of that $500 to continue development between now and the end of the year. I have decided on two focus areas for development:

1. new hardware strategies to reduce power consumption
2. full implementation of wireless data transfer over Bluetooth

These changes will require a revision of the OpenDendrometer PCB.