[simpits-tech] Interesting site...

[Chad C. DeMuth-Olsen]

Is there a website for Phidgets?

Chad

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Brace" <chris.brace@paradise.net.nz>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Interesting site...


> Peter,
> yes your right the radio does use a lot of phidget devices! As Chester has
> pointed out, I asked for these devices and along the way have been trying
to
> keep in the design philosophy of the phidgets themselves, while giving
> feedback to Chester of ways of making them better and more useable. We are
> trying to work out how this could be done a little better, but there are
trade-
> off's.
> An example being where a particular panel needs just a single encoder and
1
> LED display (8x7seg) then phidgets are perfect for it. On the other hand
if
> you have a device like the C172 radio stack where there are a cluster of
> devices then using a bunch of individual devices becomes a real hastle and
not
> very cost effective either, so a mulitpurpose device would be much more
> practical. It is obvious in the radio example, but often the line is a
little
> less easy to spot. I found this while working on the radio project and I
guess
> this is the only way to really find this type of problem out.
> Im not too worried about the numbers at this point, since I have two pit
> projects on the go with both types of needs and I figure I'll use the
devices
> anyway. As the phidget devices mature and the ideas fine tune them Im sure
you
> will see that they become a very cost effective solution being simple to
use
> and easy to install.
>
> Chris.
>
> > It seems to me that Phidgets could become as expensive as an Epic if you
> > use a lot of them. I looked at Chris Brace's Cessna radio and he's using
> > 19 Phidgets. If I've got something wrong, I'd be glad to be corrected.
> >
> > I been working on building the FSBUS system. I've still got a way to go
> > but the new English site will make it easier. I've been translating the
> > documentation using Babelfish. If you can make your own circuit boards,
> > which isn't that hard, it's a much more economical solution.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > At 08:08 26/11/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> > >It's more of a "desperate man's EPIC". Go with Phidgets. They come
> > >already assembled and they just *work*.
> > >
> > >g.
> > >
> >
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