--- Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:

> > 1. Add up all the sales you've made of your
> Wisp628 programmer since
> > day 1. Subtract from that all your real costs
> (parts, assembly labor,
> > shipping, returns/refunds, taxes, etc.). These are
> the real cash
> > amounts you make/lose in building the units. It's
> a rough gross
> > margin number.
> 
> Note: I sell mainly kits, so the per-Wisp628 labour
> is very low. The
> assembled Wisp628's I sell are assembled by Olimex,
> not by me (OK, I put
> in the chips and I solder a crystal). 
> 
> > 2. Now add up every single hour you've ever spent
> on the hardware
> > design, software design, documentation for the end
> user and
> > production, answering production questions,
> technical support (both
> > online/forums and direct emails/calls from
> customers).
> 
> Yes, there is quite some cost in that. But I sell
> other things beside
> the Wisp628, so a good reputation is worth some time
> spent.
> 

  Wouter and Olin has build a good reputation for PIC
by providing programmers that work. That is a fact.
Even they did not make a fortune with the programmer's
they do have a very good reference for future work on
PIC and such. Future employers may also look at these
reference before awarding them with the contract.


John


 
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