[Fpga-synth] ARM FPGA Audio board assembled, test code working

[Eric Brombaugh]

On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Jim McGee wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 08:48 -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:
>
>> I've got some updated information, including a photo of the completed
>> board, the source for the bootloader, base firmware and test FPGA
>> design.
>
> Eric, are you planning on selling any blank PCBs for this board?
>
> I'm curious because this last December, after stumbling across this
> email list, I started working on an FM-based design using a AVNET
> Spartan 3A development board in conjunction with an LPC2103  
> development
> board.
>
> I think your board would make a much better target for the code that
> I've been playing with than the collection of development boards and
> assorted adapters that I'm currently using. Plus, if I ever actually  
> get
> the code to the point that it is useful, having it running on your  
> board
> would increase the likelihood that it would be useful to someone else.
>
> If you are planning on selling some, I'd like to sign up for two.

Jim,

The thought of selling boards had crossed my mind. There are a few  
things I'd tweak about this layout if I were to do that, but I am  
considering it. One thing I'll need to do is get a rough idea of how  
much interest there is to see if it's worth doing a larger run.  
Building these boards at BatchPCB costs about $47 ea including  
shipping & setup, but if I had a larger quantity the price would  
probably come down a lot.

So far I've had inquiries from a few people, but I'd probably need  
commitments for at least a dozen or so boards to make it worthwhile.  
I'll do a little research to see how much I'd be selling them for at  
that quantity and get back to the list with a rough guess.

Eric