![]() ![]() The PC8 will be offered in both a plastic casing and an aluminum casing. The rechargeable SRM hub will be certified to 1,000 recharges (recharge cycles). Meanwhile, the hub will get 100 hours of battery life before requiring a recharge. The head unit (PC8) will get 30 hours of battery life with GPS on, and 100 hours with GPS off. It uses the same connector as their upcoming rechargeable battery SRM power meters, thus the cable can be swapped back and forth between the two. setting specific workout levels to target).įinally, the unit will feature a re-chargeable battery system. There is also no planned ‘workout’ type functionality (i.e. It won’t do turn-by-turn navigation like an Edge 800/810. On the GPS front the unit incorporates both recording of GPS tracklogs, as well as following of GPS/GPX breadcrumb trail style routes (similar to an Edge 500). The unit supports multiple bike profiles, but most importantly now – unique sensor sets per each bike profile. desktop app, cloud service, etc…) – but the details are still being worked out. I pressed for more information on how that works (i.e. ![]() Further, they plan to make use of the WiFi to allow configuration of the data fields of your unit. Android, iOS, etc…) to allow downloading of the workouts from the device to your mobile device. ![]() Their plan by launch is to develop apps across “a number of platforms” (i.e. Goldencheetah pair bluetooth Bluetooth#You’ll notice above that Bluetooth Smart is included. You almost need to apply the mantra that ‘less is more’ when touching them. The touch sensitive buttons though did take a bit of getting used to compared to the PC7. In playing with the unit, the display is as high-contrast and sharp as it appears below. – Backlight with light sensor (illuminates when you go through tunnel/darkness) – 240x400px screen, not restricted to just calculator style numbers anymore Outside of communications and sensors, there’s further changes: – WiFi for download/upload of data, configuration of the data screens/pages – Bluetooth Smart for connecting to smartphones/tablets (not planned to connect to Bluetooth sensors) – ANT+ for connection to ANT+ speed/cadence sensors, ANT+ power meters, heart rate straps, and weight scales The most significant changes come in the form of technical upgrades to the internal guts, namely the inclusion of a number of new communication types: To start off with a visual refresher, here’s a quick before and after comparing the PC7 to the PC8: The PC8 is without question the biggest technological jump we’ve seen from SRM, packing in every communications chip type that’s on the market today into a single device: GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, accelerometers, and ANT+. Today SRM unwrapped their PC8 head unit, which is the successor to their existing PC7 head unit that’s on the market today. Updated August 30th, 7:58PM with clarifications/additions from SRM, see note at end for summary of changes. ![]()
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