Essential features

• Works with damp fingers
• Generates files directly compatible with WebFMS
• Works with a browser based solution (e.g. parkrunPortable)
• Large “Runner crosses the line” button operated by a person’s hand
• Display showing the place number
• Accurate to better than 0.1 second in an hour
• 1000 runners
• Uses a standard USB connector - ideally the same one used by the stopwatch
• Predictable battery life

Negotiable features

• Waterproof
• “Undo” button - if someone accidentally presses the “Runner crosses the line” button
• A multi-funnel system - multiple stopwatches can communicate and produce a single stopwatch file controlled by a ‘master’ stopwatch
• Rechargeable

Luxury features

• Can use the Windows Parkrun stopwatch download software
• Download files directly from the stopwatch - don’t even need to use parkrunPortable

Physical

• Hand-held
• Buttons, actuated by a person’s finger
• Trigger for the ‘runner crosses’ button - hold it like a pistol?

Financial

• Should be competitive with a JUNSD ($25)
• Target run, should be viable to produce between 10 and 100 units
• Possible KickStarter campaign