Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03451
To: "Dennison" dennlill@buffnet.net, "Evan Dudzik" evandude@yahoo.com,
From: "Hyndman" hyndmanm@cadvision.com
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 20:30:30 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: In the Works?Bicore Hextile Photovores
>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.
I've seen them in person, and they are NICE. I'm sure the hextiles Mark
uses are not inexpensive to manufacture. Black PCB w/ gold
>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.
Just remember, GOLD PCB's. :)
Devin
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