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Re: [emax] Re: New version of EMXP with RS422 support

2010-06-24 by Bill Sterling

Why not put it out for bids? How many hats do we have to wear in this life?
If you can find some other '80s instruments that could be fitted likewise,
that would make it worth someone's while to do production on...

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:51 PM, esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

>
>
> I would say about 50 USD, that's *without* a nice case and with the wires
> soldered directly to the board.
> Once the thing must be built into an attractive case with built-in
> connectors for both USB and EII/Emax cables, and with some leds on it, the
> price will increase a lot.
>
> My emucombox device is just sitting in the box in which the Atmel demo
> board is delivered, the USB cable is connected to the Atmel demo board's
> native mini-USB bus, and the cable towards the EII and Emax is just a set of
> wires, soldered to the print board and to a DB25 EII connector and at the
> same time to a DB9 Emax connector. Not professional at all, but it works and
> this way the device is very cheap.
>
> Here's my estimation of maximum prices for the individual parts of the
> Emucombox (in EUR):
> - Atmel AT90USBKEY kit --> 30 EUR (includes USB cable)
> - UA9638 and UA9637A line driver ICs --> 3 EUR
> - Resistors and capacitors --> 2 EUR
> - SUB D DB9 connector with casing --> 4 EUR
> - EuroCard print board 10x10cm --> 5 EUR
> - Print connectors --> 2 EUR
> - Wires --> 2 EUR
> But it should be quite easy to lower the total price with 20 pct...
>
> ///E-Synthesist
>
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>, "s*" <scartattack@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Approximately how much does one of these cost to build?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Scott
> >
> > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:46 AM, emax_dx5 <cadena100rb@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Those are really good news.
> > >
> > > Hope to build it as soon as I have some time.
> > >
> > > Thanks to everyone involved into this design .
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.obsoletecomponents.ca
> >
> >
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> >
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