> Like I said, the overwhelming majority of the customers who are > interested in the Kestrel NEVER built an electronic circuit before. > Never! They don't even have breadboards.
It's only good. Breadboards suck. Airwire into a tin can is better IMHO ;-) > > > you're really talking to people who have never picked up a soldering > > iron before, then I fear for our profession. Most of these people > > will give up in frustration with fried components and lifted pads. > > David, with a comment like that, I must question where you've been all > these years. The homebrew kit industry all but died along with the > introduction of SMT -- it's not a coincidence as to why. > > > You know, the philosophy of using the right tool for the job is not > > obsolete. > > You seem to have this idea in my head that I'm ass-backwards. Please > stop. I've explained no less than three times now that these decisions > are based purely on a BUSINESS-level decision-making process. Maybe not > as bluntly as that, but I was hoping that you might put 2 and 2 together > by now. I apologize if I seem frustrated, but I am. I hate repeating > myself. > > If I don't design my kits around the needs of my customers, nobody will > buy them. Ergo, I'm essentially out of business. It doesn't take a You don't need the customers to buy the kits. It just suffices if they send you the money ;-) > rocket scientist to figure this out. > > > Don't fear SMT. SMT is good. :-) > > Again, I don't fear SMT. Those $22 superscalar MIPS processors are > awfully appealing to me, and as long as I build for myself exclusively, > the idea of using $100 FPGA chips isn't that bad to me (seeing as how > it'll probably replace at least that much cost in combined board space > and discrete components anyhow). Is it possible to compile Linux on such a bugger? Cl<
