6 Jun
2006
6 Jun
'06
1:44 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:16:31PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
You're not only getting the readymade board, but
also full source
code, which is way more than e.g. M-Audio provides. And with buying
the unit, you also support the developement of the source code as free
software. Plus: It's probably a very small run with not a big number
of units produced.
From pictures of the Maker Faire, it looks like the
buttons are custom
made as well, and that the PCB is huge. Add those two items onto
it
being a small run device, and that even more explains the price.
I'm aware of some off the shelf buttons that have a LED in them.
However, it an exposed LED, not something that makes the entire button
glow nicely, and these off the shelf buttons have a fairly cheap feel to
them. If anyone cared for building their own cheaper knock offs, I
could ask the hardware engineers what those buttons are.
--
Joshua D. Boyd
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