[MinnowBoard] Lure Plans

Tue Aug 12 15:08:27 UTC 2014

Don,

On 08/11/2014 10:15 PM, Don Wilde wrote:
> You might also consider 4dsystems.com.au's product line. A $35 lure
> would be a very dumb board indeed, and you'd use up quite a bit of
> your MAX's CPU cycles to keep it fed doing anything really
> interesting.

we have our own resources for doing for doing displays as we already 
have them for beaglebone black. the low cost display is plenty for a lot 
of people so we want to have that as an offering.

Dave

> On 8/11/14, Ferchu R <chamac2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> $35 would be an interesting price point for a LCD Lure. Would like to know
>> if you have plans on the diagonal size and if would be resistive or
>> capacitive.
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-11 18:07 GMT-05:00 David Anders <danders at circuitco.com>:
>>
>>>   Ferchu,
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/11/2014 06:05 PM, Ferchu R wrote:
>>>
>>>   I would be interested in two lures:
>>>
>>> MiniDisplay Lure: What would be the size of this display?. I know it's
>>> hard at this point, but what would be the price order?
>>> USB Hub Lure: Would be interested on price too.
>>>
>>>   I know you don't have exact prices for this at this times, but for those
>>> of us who are planning to base a product on MinnowMax, US50~US70 on each
>>> Minnow set could be a big difference.
>>>
>>>
>>> the intention is to keep the lures in the $35MSRP or less range, with a
>>> couple of specialized lures running in the $45 to $65 range...
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-08-11 17:51 GMT-05:00 David Anders <danders at circuitco.com>:
>>>
>>>>   Chris,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 08/11/2014 05:47 PM, Chris Benson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dave,
>>>>
>>>>   Does the NIC Lure only come with a single PCIe-based gigabit Realtek
>>>> ethernet port, or will there be more than one?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   currently the plan is to provide only one nic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   How many Lures can be used simultaneously on a MAX?
>>>>
>>>>    that is entirely dependent on what interfaces are used and how they
>>>> are used.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Is the USB Hub Lure switched or unswitched?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   i am sorry i do not understand your question...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Has CircuitCo considered creating a 'prototyping partner program' for
>>>> early adopters of specific Lures (like for people on this mailing list)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   there are no plans to separate out the lures discussions from the main
>>>> mailing list.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Will it be possible to secure volume discounts on the MAX and its Lures
>>>> once production ramps up sufficiently?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   because of the way minnowmax pricing is structured, there are no plans
>>>> to provide volume discounts. this is the same with other open hardware
>>>> platforms such as the beaglebone black...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Recognizing that Lures are still in prototyping right now, could you
>>>> please announce target availability dates for these Lures?  For those of
>>>> us
>>>> with significant dependencies on the proposed Lures, even an extremely
>>>> tentative 'no-promises' date would be better than none at all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   i can't share any dates with you currently, but i will be in a better
>>>> position to do so in about two weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Thanks,
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:09 PM, David Anders <danders at circuitco.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Greetings All,
>>>>>
>>>>> i'd like to share with everyone the proposed list of lures that will
>>>>> initially be available for the MinnowBoard Max. this list is currently
>>>>> just
>>>>> a proposed list and some of the names/features may change:
>>>>>
>>>>>     *Cape Name* *Description*  Calamari Lure Educational  Moto Lure Dual
>>>>> motor support  MiniDisplay Lure SPI based LCD with Touch  RS-232 Lure
>>>>> rs-232
>>>>> with db-9 connector  Generic Proto Lure standard prototype cap  Power
>>>>> Supply Lure wide voltage range support  Audio Lure new audio cape based
>>>>> on cirrus logic  PWM Lure 32 PWM interfaces for LED/Servo  Relay Lure 4
>>>>> generic gpio controlled relays  CAN Bus Lure CAN Bus support  RS-485
>>>>> Lure RS-485 interface support  ADC Lure multiple ADC inputs  SeaCat
>>>>> Lure
>>>>> mPCIE+mSATA  Nic Lure Gigabit ethernet lure  USB Hub Lure 4 port USB Hub
>>>>>   Ika
>>>>> Lure Arduino Style Headers  Jetsam single mPCIE  Flotsam single mSATA
>>>>>
>>>>> feedback and/or suggestions are welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
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