[NTLK] Next followup on EM300 and SER-001 boards

[Rufus Kohn]

Hi Frank,

Can you explain to this noob what the extra board will do for the eMate?
And please let me know if you need aid to keep the project rolling.

Kind regards,

Rufus

Op di 28 aug. 2018 om 00:10 schreef NewtonTalk <newtontalk at pda-soft.de>:

> > Lats year I?ve made Jake?s internal WiFi board for Newton. I ordered
> board
> from here:
> >
>
> https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping/2layer-green-pcb-5cm-x-5cm-max
> .html
> <https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping/2layer-green-pcb-5cm-x-5cm-max.html>
> >
> <
> https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping/2layer-green-pcb-5cm-x-5cm-ma
> x.html
> <https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping/2layer-green-pcb-5cm-x-5cm-max.html>
> >
>
> Pawel,
>
> Thanks for the info. I'll sure keep that in mind.
>
> The good news is that today I had the phone call I had hoped for. The lady
> told me that she found the board thickness info in a text file in the zip
> file I had sent. She admitted that things were her fault. So it seems I
> needn't pay for what I got.
>
> The not-so-good news is that they cannot manufacture 0.8mm boards with
> their
> PCB-Pool system. PCB-Pool means they won't manufacture only your boards,
> but
> group the boards of many customers in a way that they can be manufactured
> together as one huge board, which reduces production cost drastically. The
> thinnest boards they can manufacture with that system are 1mm.
>
> As luck will have it, 1mm will fit, albeit barely, in the eMate's memory
> board holder. So I'll be able to order five usable EM300 prototype boards
> without any additional cost.
>
> The SER-001 board is a different story. Since a handful of people on this
> list have reported cracked case parts after having had this board in their
> Newtons for a longer time, chances are good that the additional 0.2mm
> thickness would aggravate this problem. Having this board manufactured in
> its original thickness of 0.8mm is almost 7 times more expensive than the
> 1mm PCB-Pool version, which isn't really an option at the moment. Although,
> admittedly, I'm stinking rich, I'm not going to shell out 600 bucks for
> five
> prototype boards that, provided I can turn them into working SER-001
> boards,
> can be sold at 40 bucks apiece at most.
>
> I still have a couple of unpopulated SER-001s board from David that I could
> try to populate once I've saved enough for my reflow soldering equipment. I
> also have three brand-new originally sealed SER-001 boards from my own
> supply that I can (and very much would like to) sell. So for the time being
> I guess I can dare putting the SER-001 project on hold without jeopardizing
> the satisfaction of the worldwide SER-001 demand.
>
> I'll keep you posted :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank
>
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