Hi,
On 2021-12-26 23:38, Attila Kinali wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2021 15:54:06 -0500
Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote:
The market is what dictates how fancy an OCXO gets made. Bottom
line is that there really isn’t that big a market (and willingness to pay
for super duper TC). If indeed you could do all the fancy stuff and
still keep the sell price below $10 then who knows ….
I wonder about that. I was told by an ex-manager of
Oscilloquartz, that their biggest problem with the 8607
was that the Option 08 sold too well. So much, that
they had a huge over-supply of the other, lesser
versions of the 8607, to the point that even raising
the price of the Option 08 beyond what a car cost
didn't recover its cost.
Sure, such a high stability oscillator doesn't have a
mass market. And it's definitely not a comodity item.
But there seems to be decent market even if its very
expensive.
Well, within some very small market segment it may feel unlimited. Trust
me when I say I wish I could fit 8607s into my boxes, but they would not
fit the price-range, size and to some degree power options. There is
actually quite many oscillators made today that also do not fit the bill.
There isn't one market. There is actually several parallel market
segments, each with their own quirks and logics to them. The oscillators
is put in different environments for various reasons.
I see increased market for wider temperature range, as more devices
needs to operate in cars, so outside of 0 to 70 C range into -40 to +85
C. That does only benefit a small class of oscillators market and
feature wise.
Another thing we see is that synthesizer chips take over. We use less
odd frequency oscillators today in our designs. That also changes the
market.
So what may be true for Oscilloquartz and their very narrow
customer-range, does not apply to other uses, and I am also in telecom
timing just as them.
Cheers,
Magnus
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