Personally, I quite like the "semi-kit" idea. Was the final decision to
include some input attenuators for the cv control? I would much prefer
if there were two "general uncommitted" attenuators, like you mentioned
before. It would be well worth the extra cost.
But that's just me....
Matthew
On 16-Aug-05, at 9:47 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> d) The MOTM-810 VC EG is a 'semi-kit'. I will make the pc board SMT,
> with ∗just∗
> the SMT parts stuffed. You
> will still solder the pots, jacks, wires, etc. There are just too many
> parts to
> be practical (~90 resistors, 16 diodes, 18 transistors).
> Also, SMT will keep the price ∗lower∗ because I can stuff them all at
> once in 1
> day and not even have to buy a single part (all I
> do is hand the assembler a stack of boards and a BOM and some $$$).
> The design
> is in my CAD system, JH has to proof-read the schematic.
> Then I can start the layout, which will be ∗after∗ I start the '650
> production
> layout, which is ∗∗∗MONDAY∗∗∗ (yippee).
>
> Paul S.
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