PLAN B analog blog

The mini milton, like all new products (outside of ELFs) will have the
new jacks thus will be of the thin variety.

Unfortunately I'll still need Cliffs for ELFs.  There's no option
there and trust me, I wish there was as they are still a source of
constant aggravation. 

I was successful in getting them to stock the good jacks (after two
years of whining), and to keep our supplies coming I followed their advise and placed a 18,000 piece blanket order over a year's time...and they still can't seem to deliver regularly.

Finally got a shipment in last week which we needed ...and there were
25 pieces in the envelope.  25 pieces. So yeah, they're a joke. plus
they cost four times as much as the new jacks which have a superior
design to put it mildly.


- P

 



--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Don Kim <dkimcg@...> wrote:
>
> Will this module also be thinner than the older PlanB modules with the
> paralel boards instead of perpendicular?  It seems with the Model 15
> getting thinner (I finally saw a Rev 3 M15 at Big City), and the
> thickness of the joystick, the PlanB line is maybe getting thinner?
> i.e. thinner cases...  No complaints here, I like the slimmed down
> look.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, (i think you can figure that out)
> <peter@...> wrote:
> > After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be
> > microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a
> > variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some
> > years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but
> > done with individual logic chips with some design innovations which
> > were not part of it's first edition.
> >
> > The main consideration here was price. It's my intent to offer an
> > affordable alternative for multiple sequencers within a single system
> > and I'd like to release this module at around the same price point as
> > the Model 15. Given that most o, i's incorporation with the 21C
> > translated to more parts, more cost with no additional performance
> > benefits.
> >
> > it's on the bench now, board art in progress.
> >
> >
>