[Yes, replying to myself.] On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:05:44AM -0600, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:17:24AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > * Kenneth Pronovici > > > > | I think what you're forgetting (or at least ignoring) is that designing > > | hardware is not exactly like designing software. The process is > > | similar, yes, but it's not an apples-to-apples comparison. At the > > | least, this is because testing your hardware "implementation" is not > > | "free" (as in beer). Nor am I aware of many free (or even cheap) > > | hardware development tools or "environments". > > > > You can get microcontroller development boards with a handfull of ICs > > off atmel for around 30-40 euros. Etching 12x8cm boards costs you a > > couple of Euros and you can get a lot done without going that far, > > even, but just soldering stuff. Not free, but cheap enough that «it's > > too expensive» isn't a real argument. > > I stand corrected on these costs. Again, I'm not claiming to be an > expert here - can the development Bruce is suggesting really be done on > this sort of development board? (I think someone else answered this in a different reply to my original note.) > > FPGA equipment is on the same magnitude of cost -- still a bit off > > «thousands of dollars» > > Not sure where "thousands of dollars" came from (not me), but OK. Aha, I see where you found this in my original note (although you didn't quote it). In that paragraph, "thousands of dollars" was just an example for illustration, although I chose the magnitude of the cost from one of the links Bruce posted (I recall seeing a $5400 fabrication cost listed on one of those pages). KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
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