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> After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be
> microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a
> variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some
> years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but
> done with individual logic chips with some design innovations which
> were not part of it's first edition.
>
> The main consideration here was price. It's my intent to offer an
> affordable alternative for multiple sequencers within a single system
> and I'd like to release this module at around the same price point as
> the Model 15. Given that most o, i's incorporation with the 21C
> translated to more parts, more cost with no additional performance
> benefits.
>
> it's on the bench now, board art in progress.
>
>

>
> Will this module also be thinner than the older PlanB modules with the
> paralel boards instead of perpendicular?  It seems with the Model 15
> getting thinner (I finally saw a Rev 3 M15 at Big City), and the
> thickness of the joystick, the PlanB line is maybe getting thinner?
> i.e. thinner cases...  No complaints here, I like the slimmed down
> look.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, (i think you can figure that out)
> <peter@...> wrote:
> > After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be
> > microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a
> > variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some
> > years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but
> > done with individual logic chips with some design innovations which
> > were not part of it's first edition.
> >
> > The main consideration here was price. It's my intent to offer an
> > affordable alternative for multiple sequencers within a single system
> > and I'd like to release this module at around the same price point as
> > the Model 15. Given that most o, i's incorporation with the 21C
> > translated to more parts, more cost with no additional performance
> > benefits.
> >
> > it's on the bench now, board art in progress.
> >
> >
>

> 
> Finally got a shipment in last week which we needed ...and there were
> 25 pieces in the envelope.  25 pieces. So yeah, they're a joke. plus
> they cost four times as much as the new jacks which have a superior
> design to put it mildly.
> 
> 
> - P
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, Don Kim <dkimcg@> wrote:
> >
> > Will this module also be thinner than the older PlanB modules with the
> > paralel boards instead of perpendicular?  It seems with the Model 15
> > getting thinner (I finally saw a Rev 3 M15 at Big City), and the
> > thickness of the joystick, the PlanB line is maybe getting thinner?
> > i.e. thinner cases...  No complaints here, I like the slimmed down
> > look.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:32 AM, (i think you can figure that out)
> > <peter@> wrote:
> > > After some thought, I have decided that the Mini Milton will not be
> > > microp based. Instead we're calling on the original design, a
> > > variation of the circuit used in the board kit which was released some
> > > years back. So not analog as all sequencers are digitally based, but
> > > done with individual logic chips with some design innovations which
> > > were not part of it's first edition.
> > >
> > > The main consideration here was price. It's my intent to offer an
> > > affordable alternative for multiple sequencers within a single system
> > > and I'd like to release this module at around the same price point as
> > > the Model 15. Given that most o, i's incorporation with the 21C
> > > translated to more parts, more cost with no additional performance
> > > benefits.
> > >
> > > it's on the bench now, board art in progress.
> > >
> > >
> >
>