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From: "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm>
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Subject: Re: Go Forth And Prosper
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 17:17:35 -0400
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On Tue, 20 May 2014 16:50:31 -0400, rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/2014 4:30 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:

>> It seems to me, lots of other boards are done in small to moderate
>> quantities at much lower cost.  How many Trinkets do you think
>> adafruit.com sells?
>
> Don't know, don't care.  I build hardware for a living and it is hard to
> build low quantities of anything for under $100 and actually make a
> buck.  I can't really dispute anything you've said because one man's
> "moderate" quanities are another man's "mass" quantities.  I'm talking
> about 100 to 1000.  Every time I build 100 boards it costs me about $100
> a board which contains some $40 in semiconductors.  I suppose the parts
> cost on Simon's boards is much less than $40, but that just means his
> costs are in line with mine I think.

Ok, this might sound "snippety", but let the user supply more of their own
hardware.  E.g., when I buy a PC motherboard it comes with an empty socket
for a processor, empty sockets for memory, empty connectors for USB cables,
etc.  Then, buyers of your boards and Simon's and other board producers can
go in on a mass bulk purchase of those items, if they want, or re-use  
existing
components, or use more off-the-shelf components, e.g., USB hardware,  
instead
of custom stuff.


Rod Pemberton