Re: Smart box / Dumb box

Hi,

Axis board layout finished tonite. Goes to PCB fabricators next week.
Looks like $25 per axis. Motherboard will also have provisions for a
microcomputer card for the "smart box" crowd.

Mariss

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Jeff Barlow <jeff@b...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The smart box sounds good. I would like one. Alas, I can't afford
one. I
> don't expect that to change. The existing smart box type products
are
> all very expensive. They need to be. I don't think we can change
that
> enough to make any real difference.
>
> A smart box design effort would be a very large project. The market
for
> this sort of thing is not that large. It follows then, that a large
> development expense (NRE) will have to be amortized over a small
number
> of units. This requires a large per unit gross margin. The existing
> products of this type seem to validate this.
>
> If someone wants to develop a smart box for free and let us all
build
> our own for the cost of the parts I'd be happy to jump on that
> bandwagon. I not holding my breath, though.
>
> Jeff