We buy a few of the headless pieces of equipment... But usually the price delta isn't great enough to warrant inconvenience.
~Brett On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 22:02 -0800, Alan Bloom wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 09:12 -0800, Richard Thorpe wrote: > > Could the P3 be offered without a screen? and I hope thats a RS 232 > > passthrough on the back in the Orlando pictures. Without a > > screen( small computer screens are dirt cheap) the P3 would be a > > better kit and cheaper, plus no "screen vendor" problems to hold up > > delivery. > > The plan is to make an optional VGA board at some point, although it > won't be available at introduction. I suppose that would theoretically > allow offering a "no display" option to save some cost. > > When I was working at HP (that became Agilent Technologies) there were a > few instruments that were offered with no front panel. The idea was > that much test equipment is used in automated test systems in factories > where all instrument control and data output is via computer so that the > front panel isn't needed. > > However it turned out not to be a very popular option. Having a working > front panel is very handy for designing and programming a test system > when it is first being set up. Even after the system is in operation, > troubleshooting problems is much more difficult if the instrument does > not have a front panel. I don't think we ever sold very many of that > option. > > Alan N1AL > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
