Recent discussion of the SBC6120 and the IOB6120 reminded me that I've
been wanting an IOB6120, so I spent a little time looking into having
boards fabbed. I talked to Jim Kearney, who said he has no objections.
It looks like 25 pre-sold boards at $28 is a workable price. Though
less likely, 50 boards pre-sold would be make it $16.
Issues:
I'm not currently able to front the cost, so it would have to be a
pre-pay deal.
I'm willing to do the footwork to order boards, but I'm not ready to
tackle kitting full parts sets.
J.C. Wren said he believes that at one point there may have been issues
sourcing flash chips. If original or compatible parts are no longer
available, then there's no point. It'll take me approximately a dozen
round-tuits to check all of these. Perhaps someone else is intimately
familiar with the parts and could do it, or we could split them up among
a group and each check a handful?
According to Jim, this board is a non-trivial build. I think I can
probably pull it off, but I'm not about to start building 25 of them for
others. This may limit the number of folks interested in buying.
So:
Discussion of the above issues (or others)? How many would buy IOB6120
boards (I'll try to keep score)?
Cheers,
De