Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...> 
wrote:
>
> > > Andrew M Wrote:
> > >
> > > But seriously guys - the UI is pretty unimportant
> > > isn't it ?  It's like saying a honda CB250 is a
> > > better family car than a volvo becuase it comes
> > > in red.
> > >
> > > Isn't what the PCB SW does and doesn't do more
> > > important than the colour of the paint job ?
> >
> > LeonH wrote:
> > 
> > How would you like to drive a car that had the
> > brake and clutch pedal positions swapped?
> 
> It would suck a LOT for the first few hours.
> 
> And I would not do it on public roads till I was
> used to it.
> 
> But if having the clutch and brake the other
> way around meant I could get 2 liters / 1000 km,
> 200,000 Km service intervals and it had a post
> mix bundy and cola machine within reach of the
> drivers seat - I would be there.
> 
> I have ridden motorbikes with the controls
> reversed and never been spooked by it too much.
> Anyone that would have problems with trivial
> details like that should probably reconsider
> a career in a childhood daycare center.

The real problem is that in an emergency one tends to revert to the 
most familiar configuration, not usually relevant with software but 
potentially disastrous in a car or on a motorbike.

> 
> This is not a dig a anyone, I respect Leon and
> his opinions a lot.  I also would probably love
> Pulsonix.  But I am looking at spending less
> than 10K on software, preferably less than 5K.

Pulsonix starts at a lot less than that - £1250 for 1000 pins. Easy-
PC is about the same price as Eagle.

Leon