Adrian Ives wrote, on 7/Feb/11 12:05 | Feb7:
Dave,
Bill of Materials: Yes
Schematics: Yes
Plan: This will depend upon the likely demand. My initial question was
intended to gauge this ... because, honestly, I don't know how many QLs
remain in circulation and, of them, how many owners would consider buying
this kind of hardware. Maybe they would like to wait and see if a
microdrive-emulating SD card slot comes along ... I know I would buy one of
_them_ if they were available today!
Anyway, if the demand is only there for a handful of units, I will likely
build them myself on an as-needed basis and then, obviously, it won't be
possible to pass on the advantage of bulk pricing for the components - the
most expensive of which is the USBWiz module.
It's worth remembering that the single most important component of this
project is the driver. Until that is completed there is really nothing
viable to market.
Regarding the driver, several I/O traps are still not fully implemented and
proper performance and resilience testing cannot begin until that is done,
but I'm making good progress.
Yes indeed you are - it looks good.
I have two USBWIZ modules and I saw another two at the Vienna QL show.
.... so there is probably a market for firmware/drivers only.
Tony
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