Andre priced the components from Digikey and others, and it looks like the parts cost will be less than $500 even then. That's good. Moreover, we may be able to buy parts out of someone else's inventory, which will help even further. This isn't solid yet, however.
On 5/28/09, Josephblack <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25/05/2009, Timothy Normand Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > snipFor reference, the Bill of Materials for OGD1 is here: > > > > http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=ps980ejSIf-3DeoBkURvDZQ > > > snip > > > Second is the volumes we need to build in. We're ready to make 25. > > We thought we could make just 25. We may still be able to make 25. > > The first problem is in actually getting those quantities. Parts > > suppliers don't want to sell in quantities less than 100, so we need > > > help finding ones who will.snip > > Last time I bought a small order it was very nearly worth it buying > 1000 rather than 25. I wonder if we could make some small savings and > help out the project with individuals buying some of the components in > larger quantities. I am willing to pitch in $800-1000 (amount depends > upon exchange rate). How many of, say.. the capacitors would this get? > > Would you be able to provide some prices for reels or any other > sufficient quantity? > > I would be happy to buy some of these on condition you pay me back > when you use them. If enough put our hands up, in we would only need > purchase a few items in smaller quantities. > > Anyone else up for this? > > JHB > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
