In a message dated 13/02/2007 19:33:40 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If your paper design proves to work in practice, fine. If it doesn't you may be able to get it to work by a bit of tweaking. You can also be in a situation in which you get now return whatsoever on the capital. In other words Quanta could give £5,000 of members' money to develop a card and see no return on that money whatsoever. I agree that a complete design from bottom up could be a risky business but why if one was is not achievable are all other possible routes ruled out. Why not consider adapting commercially available boards. Startup costs of a project could come down to a few hundred pounds plus programming time. Have a look at Bitwise systems site : _https://www.quickusb.com/_ (https://www.quickusb.com/) for $149 dollars you get a USB module that can be adapted to interface to custom systems, board are made with a variety of adaptors. Drivers are supplied in linux & windows format with documentation. volume price breaks start at as little as 10 units. Duncan _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm