I'm not ever going back to full-blown kits. That is not a good use of my time. [JH, close your ears a sec.....] There is only *so much* one can conjure up with resistors, caps and op amps. And with other people offering blank boards for as low as what, $12? I have no interest in that at all. I am now concerned about my future plans for things like the 520/521 and the '102 (digital noise with CV's delay cascaded S&H). There is no way to make a '102 with the same parts as a '420 VCF. But, I think having such a module would be really cool and useful, as (again....) there is nothing like that out there, now or since 1968. These designs take *lot of time and money*. And the reality is: my time is *much* more valuable that your time. Because anyone can order something and set it aside in a closet for 2 years until use. But *I can't*. I *have* to buy the parts, the CAD tools (I spent $5300 last year on CAD/computer upgrades) the literal 100,000 parts (and hold the inventory, and pay quarterly taxes ON the inventory). I can't compete with people sitting at the dining room table and laying out pc boards 'for fun' and selling them for $15. So, all ask it again: what sort of module, that I can offer as blank pc boards (no SMT) is of interest? Is there a filter, a function, what is "missing" in the MOTM equation that you *can't get elsewhere*? Most of my current future module plans *assume* a SMT technology, simply because that is the form factor the parts are available in. Paul S.
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Just one more thing to think (and for me to worry) about
2009-02-13 by Paul Schreiber
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