[Gta04-owner] Invitation to indicate interest in next batch of GTA04A5 boards

[Boudewijn]

On 3-4-2013 18:16, Bob Ham wrote:
> On 2013-04-02 20:39, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:19:55 +0000
>> Bob Ham <rah at settrans.net> wrote:
>
>>> Are these one-off costs the only ones? If so, I'm wondering if there
>>> is enough interest in the community to raise €3000 to enable new case
>>> kits and consequently new cases to become available.  Perhaps this
>>> one-off sum can be crowdfunded?
>
>> Once the community has its own case kit(antennas etc...) we would be
>> more free to change components on the PCB right?
>
> Not really.  I don't think the availability of case kits will affect 
> the freedom of users to change components on the PCB.
 From one thing comes another. As you say, it could lead to a larger 
community, thus larger volume, and so other components come within reach 
(because of minimum order quantities). Many requirements used stem from 
space/shape constraints inherited from GTA01/02 form factors.

> The advantage of having usable case kits for sale is that it increases 
> the appeal of the GTA04 boards.  With increased appeal comes more 
> purchases and so a larger community with more contributors.
>
> At present there don't seem to be any fully working boards for sale at 
> all.  Nikolaus, are you intending to produce any more GTA04A4 boards 
> if the GTA04A5 remains financially untenable?
As far as I understand, it is not the switch from A4 to A5 that costs 
extra money: the switch is already prepared in design and necessary to 
change end of life components. It is the production as such (especially 
one time start up costs per production run) that prohibit another 
production run :-(

Best regards, under the circumstances ;-) ,

Boudewijn