On Dec 23, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Tom Metro wrote: >> >> Also, the ability to create color animations or blinking patterns >> makes it even more flexible than a plain "Red Alert" signal. > > Sure, but is it worth $30? Probably not. At least not for most typical > applications. If it is successful, no doubt there will be a Chinese > knock-off for $5 that just uses a simple single-color LED, instead of an > RGB LED with the ability to do fancy color fades. Unfortunate for the > developers, as they deserve to get the sales themselves, but you have to > match your price point to your application. I think at a $5 to $10 price > point they'd sell in excess of 3 to 6 times what they'll sell at $30.
Well, you know how it works. $30 is the early adopter, Kickstarter price. If they are successful, that brings volume, and at volume, other prices can happen. If like drew estimated this can be made for $5 in volume, then it would be sold at around $10-12 to be sustainable… and I can see buying a handful. At $30, like you said, it is a bit pricey. Best -F _________________________________________ -- "'Problem' is a bleak word for challenge" - Richard Fish (Federico L. Lucifredi) - flucifredi at acm.org - GnuPG 0x4A73884C _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
