I keep asking the following question and i continue to get no reply from SFE.
Olimex, has the new LPC-H2888 ready for shipment, why is sparkfun not wanting to stock these new boards from them.
No need to reply sparkfun. i got the pricing from them.
2 pcs $149.95/ea
50 pcs $112.50/ea
100 pcs $105.00/ea
that is WAY to much money for them.
i understand that they have spend allot of time designing those boards. and are most likely trying to recoup the money for that, however i think they are shooting themselves in the foot at that kind of pricing.
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Semiconductors alone cost ~$30 in Olimex-quantities.
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It’s a multilayer PC board. $++
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The LPC2888 is a BGA. You can’t visually inspect it, you have to do a functional test or X-ray. If you order the board in a single quantity, the BGA is probably installed on a rework station and everything else on the board is hand soldered. Time++ = $++.
And of course, the Olimex gang has to eat, pay bills, make the morning coffee and make sure there’s an adequate supply of toilet paper in the company bathroom. God forbid they make a few bucks on this thing.
I design the same type of stuff for a living. For that type of board in mid quantity (100) that’s a damn good price.
I design the same type of stuff for a living. For that type of board in mid quantity (100) that’s a damn good price.
so do i, and its marked up quite high.
However, i dont want them to run out of toilet paper…
That’s way too expensive for an ARM7. Get a Mini-ITX for $200 ^^
LOL, you aren’t kidding there.
i think that one is going to be a dead product for them due to the cost.
a mini-ITX system will have a lot more power but still at a higher price. Instead, I’d look at the AVR32. There is a network board from Atmel - NGW100 (iirc) that goes for about $75 and has about the same performance.
i’ll just stick with my LPC2378 and slap ehternet on it.
i would love the LPC2888, but NXP just had to make it BGA only 