[Arm-netbook] Wifi

[jonsmirl at gmail.com]

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:44 AM, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 3:03 PM, jonsmirl at gmail.com <jonsmirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Connectors are expensive. It is best to eliminate them where possible.
>> For example I doubt if anyone other than a hobbyist will use your RGB
>> LCD connection because of the need to make another PCB with two
>> connectors on it.

An alternative would be to put on a common format LCD/touch connector
and drop the PCMICA connector. Those connectors aren't standardized
but some support multiple screens.  Otherwise I need to make a PCB to
convert PCMICA to the LCD connector format. The PCMICA connector is
just in the way and not adding any value.

Here's another option:
https://plus.google.com/photos/100699090485695364248/albums/5687506352827064145


>
>  ok, you may have misunderstood the intent here: the *initial* market
> includes "hobbyists", however the goal has always been to then move on
> to mass-volume production.
>
>  however, we've flatly refused to "seek investment" because any
> investors will want share of profits, dividends etc. end-result will
> be that they would demand termination of the CIC initiative.
>
>  hence the bootstrap approach, which has the advantage that the NREs are lower.
>
>  so, yes, great, connectors are expensive... if bought in EU or USA
> low-volume quantities, but the decision-making isn't based on pricing
> levels for low-volume EU or USA sales, it's based on mass-volume
> pricing in S.E. Asia.
>
>  l.
>
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