On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 5:03 AM, Adam Van Ymeren adam@vany.ca wrote:
Hey Luke,
Your latest crowd supply update mentions wanting people to buy the pre-production prototypes and ideally help contribute to the software.
yehyeh that would be awesome. and a huge help to everyone.
How much are you planning to sell them for?
well they cost around $USD 200 each (possibly more) to make - 10 of them were made @ around $USD 2,000. however i have a very simple rule: i can only accept what people are *grateful* and willing to pay. so, basically: offers accepted immediately without hesitation, and with gratitude. i have... five left i think. also you'll likely need a micro-desktop (i have some 1.6 boards available) they were something like...$50 to put together.
also please bear in mind, i'm in taiwan, i can't read the street signs: i travel by recognition of bus stop numbers and landmarks. i mention this because it would be really *really* helpful if you could arrange collection (DHL is ok, Fedex is better as they deliver first and invoice for customs duty afterwards: DHL will *hold* packages until you've paid).
the alternative is Track-and-Trace EMS Post, which i've done to NZ and that was absolutely fine. it's also cheaper, but bear in mind it ends up in your country's *local* (registered / signed-for) postal service. if you're happy with that then i know exactly where the post office is, done 2 packages already (one to HK as well), arrived absolutely fine. just bear in mind it'll be a leeetle bit slower.
btw likewise this goes for the various other people who've asked for a dev-board, i know there's 2 people in Austria / Germany... no wait three: phil as well, you're based in germany now.
I'd be interested in one, and I'd love to help contribute to the software side of this project
_great_.
as it's much more within my skill set than high frequency HDMI routing.
ha, funny :) man that's a long ride...
l.