At 07.54 2005.08.29 -0400, you wrote:
>Byron A Jeff wrote:
>>Building infrastructure to start a project is a chore. Something that
>>facilitates rapid prototyping for early success would be the ticket.
>
>That's part of the concept behind the QuickProto series
>(http://www.embedinc.com/products), coming Real Soon Now (units supposedly
>on their way to me from China right now).

How many do you make the Chinese company manufacture for you each run?
Do they make everything (PCB and soldering)? Do you send the components,
or do they even provide them?

Just curious. :)


>>The prototyper would of course have to double as a code dumper so that
>>finished project can be transferred off the prototyper.
>
>I don't agree with this at all.  You only need one programmer, or code
>dumper if you want to go that route, but you will probably do multiple
>projects.  It doesn't make sense to burden each prototyping board with a
>programmer.  Besides, my concept of a prototyping board is that it *is* the
>finished project for a one-off.  The prototyping board takes care of the
>standard infrastructure without dictating the project to the extent
>possible, and leaves generous room for you to add your project-specific
>stuff.  Of course any infrastructure provided will limit some choices for
>the end project, so some judgements and tradeoffs need to be made.  There is
>no single right answer.  That's why I plan on making a series of different
>QuickProto boards, but also realize that I'll never make everyone happy all
>the time.  The QuickProto-01 is my judgement of the most widely appealing
>prototyping board for the most common unspecialized middle of the road
>project.
>
>
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