[Noisebridge-discuss] Is there interest in an SMD practice electronics kit?

[Jack Perkins]

You can put me down for one of these!

-Jack

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
> For me personally, a kit has to end up being something I want or want to
> make, as opposed to 'just' practice.  So, can you explain electronic
> dice a little more: is it, you push a button and it sticks a number on a
> screen or what?
>
> Rachel
>
> Josh Myer wrote:
>> Who all would be interested in an all-SMD electronics kit?  I've got a
>> design for all-SMD electronic dice that works, but it's got a few
>> awkward corners.  I'm not pushing it into production just yet, entirely
>> because I'm not certain there's a lot of interest in it.
>>
>> The board's designed to include a bit of everything that's reasonable to
>> hand-solder, with a couple of slightly awkward (but totally doable)
>> spots to force a few lessons in working with SMD.  In particular,
>> there's an SSOP16 chip at the heart of it, which is tricky to solder
>> down.  This may be a little ambitious, and I should probably swap it out
>> for a SOIC16.
>>
>> The other thing: since it's kinda specialized, I won't be able to sell
>> many, so I need to charge ~$20.  Is it worth that to you?  I prefer to
>> keep my kits as cheap as I can, entirely because I want them to be
>> edumacational, but I also need to at least break even on them.
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback you may have (off- or on-list)!
>> --
>> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>>  josh at joshisanerd.com <mailto:josh at joshisanerd.com>
>>
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