<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Tom Cubie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mr.hipboi@gmail.com" target="_blank">mr.hipboi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:42 AM, luke.leighton <<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> we have a bit of a conundrum over component pricing. $7 or thereabouts is<br>
> due to the use of EOMA-68 (casework etc). but even subtracting $7 from $113<br>
> we're still a whopping $26 (23%) off of equivalent devices with the same<br>
> functionality.<br>
><br>
> the target's $80. can anyone help source parts on this list that will help<br>
> us to reach the target?<br>
><br>
> l.<br>
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> 3200mAh battery $6.00 EEMB 10000<br>
> LD070WS2-SL05 $30.00 LCD (IPS 1024x600)<br>
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</div>Save 12$ here.<br></blockquote><div><br>great! which one? we don't know which one, that's the problem.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
> STM32F103RC6 $2.20 10000 high-end version, excludes delivery<br>
> (from HK across to Guangdong)<br>
> Capactitive 5T $11.00 NJY 10000 CTM with NO CONTROLLER<br>
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</div>Why no controller?</blockquote><div><br> because the STM32F can do the job of the controller: that saves even
more. all we need is the glass. a 100-pin STM32F is $2.35 in 10k
quantities, and it can cover 5 different jobs.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> A touch panel with controller is 7$. Save 4$ here.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>great! which manufacturer? we don't know who to contact.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">
> 0.3MP Camera $3.00 10000<br>
> 3-axis Accelerometer $1.08 Digikey? 10000 Bosch BMA250<br>
> PCB $1.50 appx 3in x 6in<br>
> EOMA68 CPU Card $38.00 CPU Card (1ghz 1Gb RAM / 4Gb NAND)<br>
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</div>Save 6$ here.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>great! if you know how (e.g. the cost of the CPU has gone down) we would love to know.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im"><br>
</div>Btw, luke, where do you plan to manufacture the cpu card.<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb"><br></div></blockquote><div><br> we're open to suggestions because the volumes will be high enough to need multiple suppliers.<br><br></div></div>