<.............someone somewhere has to pay for the several buckets full of expensive high-power semiconductors that the designers blow up in the process of stabilizing the design. > That sound totally plausible. :) But the design is not fully stabilized until AFTER it gets into the hands of John Q.Public. <G>
RJ
On 8/29/2016 9:34 AM, David Roden
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On 29 Aug 2016 at 9:09, Robert wrote:I expect my controllers to come in well under $100 each for the prototypes.I'm not a EE and I'm sure you know WAY more about this than I do. I think it wouild be SENSATIONAL to have a few more choices. Again, with your experience I'm sure you know this, but for the sake of others listening: folks who've designed EV controllers tell me that the reason that short-run high-power products like this are so pricey is that someone somewhere has to pay for the several buckets full of expensive high- power semiconductors that the designers blow up in the process of stabilizing the design. ;-) YMMV ......... David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to the "etpost" address will not reach me. To send me a private message, please use the address shown at the bottom of this page : http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Elec-trak mailing list Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak
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