2012-02-27 16:18:31
We visited Vinterhack in Tidaholm this weekend. It was the same old guys as always and great atmosphere. The party place was new though, and it was very good. While there we worked on the SuperVidel project with Pep. He added more stuff to the XBIOS+NVDI drivers and we added things to the VHDL code. Now we have a SuperBlitter-done interrupt, and separate VSYNC interrupt vectors for the VGA and DVI outputs. Also added a new 32bit alpha blitter mode, but had no time to test it.

Regarding the production of SV, Svethlana and Extenders:

We have emailed our chinese connector supplier to verify offered prices, but haven't heard anything yet. These connector prices are necessary for the SV and Extender boards, but not for the Svethlana.

We had some discussions with the manufacturer, and got more sensible prices on some components, but not all.

2012-02-18 10:27:47
We have received the quote. It looks ok, but it's not great. The result is a combination of component prices, high fixed startup costs and that we need to make 4 new SV-prototypes to be sure that everything works after all the changes we've made. This makes the final price including 25% Swedish VAT end up slightly above 300EUR (slightly above 240EUR for all non-EU customers and VAT-registered EU companies). :-/

We pointed out to the manufacturer that some component prices were way too high and now we're awaiting their adjustments. This might take a week.

The SVEthLANa has also been struck by the high startup costs. 30EUR + VAT is no longer realistic. It will be more like 40EUR + 25% VAT.

We haven't determined the final price for the Extender-boards yet, but we have decided to let people buy them separately even if they don't buy a SuperVidel.

2012-02-14 22:57:34
The manufacturer phoned us today and told us we should get the quote tomorrow or the day after that. They had some questions to be answered before they can put the quote together. But they were no big issues so they should be able to finish it now.

2012-01-24 06:16:30
Yesterday we emailed the manufacturer, so now we're waiting for a quote from them. :) It should normally take 2 weeks.

2012-01-22 19:40:02
And now we're done with the Svethlana and Extender boards too!!! Tomorrow we'll email the manufacturer to start the quotation process. :)

2012-01-14 19:04:06
Just finished the Gerber files and BOM for the Supervidel! :) They are ready to be sent to the manufacturer.

We need to do this for Svethlana and the Extender boards too, but they need no additional checking since we have already tested this version of the Svethlana by soldering one ourselves.