Rubbish, within three years the chip-set for TTP-C will cost no more than a
standard CAN chip-set does today from Vector! This will be on the order of
$7 to 10 per node for an 8 node system. The application tool chain already
exists.
This is NOT JETsons technology it IS 2003 technology and available in high
volumes for automotive applications in 2005. Don't believe me? Visdit
TTTech.com and learn something!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <AC5E@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] On the practical side
>
> While dreaming of a shack with capabilities straight out of the Jetsons is
> nice - realization at an affordable-to-most-hams is another matter.
>
> Essentially - enabling Ethernet on most of the peripherial equipment is
> going to cost big bucks, and a serious programming effort on the part of
many very
> small ham equipment suppliers. The guy who makes a thousand keyer
interfaces
> or rotor control boards a year, and who clears five bucks on each
interface,
> isn't going to invest the time and effort to do that. The expense would be
> ruinous.
>
> Changing from RS232 to USB will cost each vendor a bit initially, and a
bit
> of reprogramming as well, but save money in the long run as sources for
'232
> chips dry up. The guy who makes those thousand keying interfaces a year
may add
> a few bucks to the cost of an interface, but we would still be able to add
> peripherials to
> our stations, and use them with whatever comes along for a very long time.
.
>
> And those who insist on controlling everything from the computer in the
> bathroom can still do that, just as well and probably more cheaply, with
a $200
> buck remaindered or refurbished computer in the shack and a remote control
> program in front of the john. For about the same cost as the guesstimated
increase
> in price of one or two Ethernet enabled peripheral cards.
>
> Marketplace success depends on either bringing product to the largest
> possible market - or making a very expensive product for a very limited
market.
> Ethernet seems to me to be a product for a limited market.
>
> 73 Pete Allen AC5E
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