Mnyb wrote: > Meaning that the DAC "kit" will not include any wand board ? > > If that's the case I'll get one in 1-2 months , ( I will get into a > period of a lot do to professionally will not be home much , will be on > custommer sites ) . > > When the carrier board is released a link to what would be a proper > power supply would be good too , or will it be included ?
In addition to what Jackofall mentioned, remember there are two phases: csp1 which is a beta test, only a small number will be made and csp2 which will be a general release. Csp1 is going to just be a carrier board, the users will need to buy a wandboard, case, PS etc. and assemble the pieces themselves. The CPU module from the wandboard will need to be swapped to the csp1 carrier. The only tool needed is a screwdriver and maybe pliers if you want to use wifi. Exactly how csp2 is going to be distributed has not been completely worked out yet. We would like to make available several options, such as a kit and a fully assembled box. We might be able to offer the carrier board by itself, or maybe a complete kit with all the pieces from one place, or some intermediate method, we don't know exactly how this is going to work out yet. It's going to take some time to get all this worked out. We are trying to come up with multiple options so someone can get parts and do the final assembly themselves, thus saving some money, or spend a little more to get the fully assembled box. We are not trying to be secretive, the details simply have not been worked out yet, there are no concrete details at this point. So IF you are planning on being on the csp1 beta test group you will definitely need to purchase your own wandboard, the dual model. If you plan on using wifi you will need the antenna, the csp1, will NOT use the wandboard plastic case, it is using a specific Hammond aluminum extrusion case. The power supply used for a wandboard will be usable for csp1. Be careful, some wandboard distributors include a PS, many do not. Csp1 will include a micro USB port as a power port, you can use either the barrel or the USB port for power (just not both at the same time) If you get a wandboard now, can you reuse it's cpu for later releases? Maybe, we don't know yet whether we will be releasing the later products without cpu modules. BTW there is no official beta group yet, no official "list". When csp1 is getting closer to being available we will do that. So don't start trying to jockey for position in the list just yet, any such requests are going to be ignored (at least by me) at this point. I want to focus my attention on getting boards designed and working first. For everybody, please be patient, this project is being worked on in people's spare time, it's going to take some time to get the different pieces of this done correctly. I know a lot of you are excited about this, but don't expect a finished product immediately, there is a lot to do and it IS going to take some time to get it all done. John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
