29 Dec
2012
29 Dec
'12
8:36 a.m.
On 12/28/12 4:03 PM, John Wilson wrote:
It really seems like devices like this should be Ethernet with TCP/IP.
The device is vendor neutral (no drivers to load) and no t(r)olls to pay
for USB or PCI IDs. I've been working on a couple of coupler designs using
one of the Chinese LM3S9B92 blue boards
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150839172147
Please
consider a PCI version. There are several people I know looking
for that.
I'd sure consider it, but the PCI SIG doesn't kid around with their fees!
When I talked to them (many years ago when it was slightly cheaper) they
wouldn't even guarantee that they wouldn't reallocate your vendor ID if
you stopped renewing, although it's hard to see how they could do it w/o
causing just as many problems for the new owner.