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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:34:27 -0500. Brice wrote:
>... I *thought* I was designing it for easy manufacturing...
>but I was thinking of it as how I would build it as a kit...
>not a bunch of them.  Yes, the PSIM-1 was originally designed
>as a kit (hence the extensive use of through-hole parts). ...

Brice, I had asked this once before, and I'll ask again.  Please consider
going ahead and selling them as kits.  Blacet does a good job and his
instructions are NOT in the same league as MOTM or PAIA.  But many of use
have assembled his kits and they work great.  (I just finished a Final
Filtre, and I'm debating the mounting of my Time Machine before I start it.)
We are used to complex kits and the necessary wiring, testing, ... involved.
You could expand your user community much faster and with fewer headaches
this way.  PLEASE?????

Sincerely, Larry Troth,
V.P. Technology
Larry@aspgs.com
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ASP Global Services, Inc.
21011 Itasca Street, Suite G
Chatsworth, CA  91311-8501
voice: (818) 678-2601 x206
 fax : (818) 337-7563
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Larry,

At this time, I have no plans to offer kits.  By the time you get all the 
parts "kitted", most of the work is done.  Assembly isn't the most difficult 
nor time consuming task.  I've offered kits before (Amateur Radio 
Transceivers) and they were every bit as time intensive as building the 
units themselves.  This way, I can check, double check, and triple check 
each part and make sure they are built the way I want them built.  Does that 
make sense?  I don't doubt that there are a LOT of very talented folks out 
there who would have no problems building them.  It's the one or two that 
really screw it up and I don't have many spares of several of the components 
(simply too expensive to have extra stock).  My margin on these modules is 
almost pathetic.  If someone blows a DAC or the microcontroller, or blows 
the traces off the PCB... it's out of my pocket to fix it.  If it were a 
resistor or an op-amp.... no problem.  But there are a couple *very* 
expensive parts on the PSIM-1 that require proper handling.  No, I don't 
build them in an environmentally controlled clean room wearing a lab coat 
and white cotton gloves... but I know that when I ship one of my modules, it 
will work *flawlessly* right out of the box.  If I simply ship out a bag of 
parts I can't guarantee that.  I know all this sounds a bit strange... and 
at some point I may change my ways... but for now, no kits.  Sorry.

As for the remaining modules... I may have been a little over-confident 
trying to get them all shipped by the end of this month.  Then 31st is 
rapidly approaching and if I don't push back the schedule I'm going to end 
up in a padded room some where!  ;)  You'll all have them by Christmas. 
Most probably... much sooner.  But having a deadline so close that is 
probably unrealistic is about killing me.  I hope you all understand.

I've also had a TON of requests when another batch will be available.  I 
can't answer that right now.  I can't think about that right now.  I just 
want to get this batch finished.  Then, I'll think about things.  Okay?

Take care everyone!
- Brice
http://www.SynthModules.com

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Larry Troth" <larry@unicode.com>
To: "Synth Modules" <SynthModules@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:46 AM
Subject: [SynthModules] Re: Re: Re: PSIM-1 schedule update


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> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:34:27 -0500. Brice wrote:
>>... I *thought* I was designing it for easy manufacturing...
>>but I was thinking of it as how I would build it as a kit...
>>not a bunch of them.  Yes, the PSIM-1 was originally designed
>>as a kit (hence the extensive use of through-hole parts). ...
>
> Brice, I had asked this once before, and I'll ask again.  Please consider
> going ahead and selling them as kits.  Blacet does a good job and his
> instructions are NOT in the same league as MOTM or PAIA.  But many of use
> have assembled his kits and they work great.  (I just finished a Final
> Filtre, and I'm debating the mounting of my Time Machine before I start 
> it.)
> We are used to complex kits and the necessary wiring, testing, ... 
> involved.
> You could expand your user community much faster and with fewer headaches
> this way.  PLEASE?????
>
> Sincerely, Larry Troth,
> V.P. Technology
> Larry@aspgs.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ASP Global Services, Inc.
> 21011 Itasca Street, Suite G
> Chatsworth, CA  91311-8501
> voice: (818) 678-2601 x206
> fax : (818) 337-7563
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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