Re: New project...PCI based servo control board

[Jon Elson <elson-at-pico-systems.com>]

alex wrote:

>John,
>your post completely reflects my thoughts.
>It looks like Jon is chasing wrong crowd - his product
>is too good for  hobbyists (16 bit DACs). What is the way out?
>May be to increase the price (I hate to say this), put money into marketing?
>  
>
The PPMC (analog servo) setup was not aimed at the hobbyist crowd.  It uses
the best of everything, and the basic set has over $80 of connectors in it.

The Universal Stepper Controller definitely WAS aimed at the hobbyist 
market,
and uses very cheap wire terminals, and a minimum of any other parts, to 
keep
the cost down.  Its main purpose was to put everything you needed on one 
board
for either closed-loop steppers or higher-speed operation than can be 
done with
software generated step pulses.  I've advertised products before, at the 
$2000
price level.  I just don't know if it makes any sense to advertise a 
product like
this with such a narrow market.  I will be working on getting it supported
by Mach2, as well, which should help things.

Jon