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Message #03438



To: Evan Dudzik evandude@yahoo.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:53:05 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: In the Works?Bicore Hextile Photovores



I know Dave's working on some HExtiles right now as a long term project,
although I will mention that in the pastI belive it was Dave who said
solarbotics *wouldn't* make hextiles because there wasn't enough demand. Am
I right about that one Dave?

Well, I kinda feel a little bad about this one, because I've got some
Prototype bicore SMD hextiles at the PCB shop right now, which I should get
back in a week or two. After that, if it's all to my satisfaction I suppose
I could produce them, commercially. However, this is where I may be steppin
on Solarbotics toes. I've basically worked from what I knew, and a little of
what I've seen, (although I've never seen a full view of one of Mark T's SMD
tiles) and I've come up with what appears to work for me. I've also made a
few other boards, a SMD Nu board, a SMD 245 driver board, Power Board and
small tri-tiles.

As for selling the tiles, I guess I'll have to talk to the powers that be,
first. Now that Dave's seriously going forward on this one this may not be
so easy. As it would be direct and blatent competition. And what would be
the difference between the boards? Technically, they would be the same.
Unlike motors or solarcells, a PCB is a PCB, and there's not much
difference. So it would be a 'who want's to deal with who' type of set up.
Although I'm sure Dave could get a nice intro written by Mark T himself
though.

so, hum.

Dennison



>How many other people want a decent schematic, pcb layout, and
>component placement guide for a bicore photovore? I have seen Justin's
>bicore schematic, and i have seen pcb layouts for Mark T's hextile
>bicore PV's but they dont have parts placement guides, so do we all
>have to GUESS where the parts go and what parts are used? Not all of
>us are the masters at making out stuff like that. could someone make a
>pcb layout with more details? I mean lots of people would like to make
>a hextile PV i know.
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