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

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 03.04.2013 um 18:16 schrieb Bob Ham:

> 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.
> 
> 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?

There is no difference between A4 and A5 boards except some minor redesign (replace BMA180 by some other accelerometer, replace FDJ1027 treansistor by some other, add a wire for the 1s impulse from GPS to some interrupt input).

-- hns