Re: ZVT

Tossing in my 2 cent... I want one no mater what the cost, kit or built

Funny thing was I just pulled all my problem vector monitor out to get
them fixed and "behind me"... All I have been thinking about all week
was how I wish I had a ZVT on the bench

-=Mark=-

Bill Paul wrote:

> At 12:56 PM 1/7/03 -0600, Bachmann, Joe wrote:
>
>> Is there any new news on when the ZVT will be available? Or a price
>> range?
>
>
> Zonn and I were recently discussing this.
>
> We're having trouble figuring out the number that we could make and
> sell. We've heard from about 5 people that are interested. In order to
> build that few, the price would be absurdly high. One option we have
> been considering is some sort of kit, or perhaps bareboard only, or
> board plus programmed CPU. We would probably open source the firmware
> as well.
> If we made 25 boards, the bareboard would have to sell for around $50.
> If we made 100 boards, the bareboard would have to sell for around $30.
> The programmed CPU would be about $20
>
> The ZVT proto we made a while ago had two boards, a milled plastic
> front panel, and front panel artwork. All those items make the cost go
> up, so we think that if we made the kit PCB a single board, with room
> for an LCD and buttons, it would be more cost effective. We could also
> design it to fit into an off the shelf plastic case if desired.
>
> Any comments are appreciated. Thanks,
> -Bill
>
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