Re: Integrated or Modular?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Phil Mattison"
<mattison20@...> wrote:

>
> Here's one of those rare occasions where somebody actually wants your
> opinion.
>
> Background: I've been producing driver/breakout kits in modular form

because

> I see that as an advantage when building an enclosure for a motor

control

> system. I recently had someone ask for a single board solution.
>
> My Question: Assuming you are building your own box rather than buying a
> ready-made one, and assuming the cost is roughly equal, would you

rather buy

> modular components or an all-in-one larger board? Integrated or Modular?
>
> Thanks to any & all who respond.
> --
> Phil Mattison
> http://www.ohmikron.com/
> Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software

Modular.

I have a friend who has a HobbyCNC board. fried one chip. the cost
of repair/replacement was higher than buying a single channel replacement.

If it was the breakout board interface, the whole thing would have
been shot unless it was bypassed.

Dave