ComputerVoltageSources

Dave

I certainly hope you are wrong!  The PISM was a great idea, but unless
Brice decides to release the next batch as PCB + Programmed CPU +
Parts List, this list is the only chance I have of getting anything
like it.  Brice may be a nice guy, but at this point I would not order
a complete module from him.

I'm sure that those working on the designs are still working (right?)
on them, but it is a labor of love and time with no actual payback
except for a "Thanks for a job well done" from the DIY community.

If I can get 2 or 3 PCB's to build the full module, and either an MOTM
or Synthesizers.com panel from the re-starting Stooge's or
Bridechamber, then I'll find the money to order the pcb's and panel,
and then start getting the parts to populate the system.  If it takes
a year or so to get everything and build it, so be it.

Larry T.

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "djbrow54" <davebr@...>
wrote:
>
> First, let me compliment you on your insanium project.  I have done a 
> bit with the speakjet but nowhere near your effort.
> 
> I doubt that your request will get much of a response which is an 
> indication that this project is dead.  I think that it is a great 
> concept but that the potential user community is too small for a 
> project to emerge.  There just aren't enough experienced volunteers 
> with time and energy.
> 
> John and I did a display board which is currently useful only to PSIM 
> users since the CVS does not exist.  I have learned that early 
> expressed interest really means "maybe and ask me again later when you 
> have it" and later turns into "not right now I'm too busy / broke / 
> whatever".
> 
> I think this project is too complex and too costly for the DIY 
> community. Obviously the project could be simplified, but with some of 
> the ideas that were proposed about 0 to +10V and +/-5V inputs with 
> offsets, two banks of potentiometers, etc. it translates into well 
> over 50 wires to a front panel and a BOM well over $400 in cost.  The 
> only practical implementation for the DIY community would be to do 
> multiple PCBs - one for the processor and another for front panel 
> mounted jacks, switches, leds, and controls.  This represents a 
> significant investment in both time and prototype costs.
> 
> There are also multiple formats so there will never be enough volume 
> to justify the cost of develping the PCB and panel.  There are just 
> too many formats for anyone to do a design with enough resulting 
> volume to make it worthwhile.
> 
> This forum has really turned into a support group for the few PSIM 
> owners that are active with their modules and general questions about 
> using processors for voltage control.
> 
> Anyone care to disagree?
> 
> Dave