[PD] Connection with sensors - new devices?

[Marc Lavallée]

Le 22 Décembre 2005 08:16, Mathieu Bouchard a écrit :
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Marc Lavallée wrote:
> > So there's a specific market for this product. Think about all the junk
> > food that's ripping off hackers; most of them are not willing to bake
> > their own potato chips and mix their own sugared fizzy water...
>
> Well, maybe it's just because I don't really like potato chips and
> sugared fizzy water anymore, but I don't approve that food either. And
> just because some stereotype of hackers is into that kind of food doesn't
> justify it nor justify selling LEDs at ludicrous prices.
>
> And of course, just because there's a market doesn't make it right. 

Infusion System is still in business and have new products. Appart from the 
expensive LEDS (and probably other devices), I wouldn't say that it's 
completely wrong business. The Wi-miniDig seems a good idea. There's a lot 
of stereotypic artists out there that love that kind of electronics.

> You should know, you know more markets than I do.

I know that some industrial markets are comparable or more expensive. 
For many newbies, Infusion Systems products are a good choice.

Le 22 Décembre 2005 08:21, Christian Klippel a écrit :
> anyway, if we would take the fast-food example vs. the icube price:
> a hamburger would costs about 30 dollars, and an extra 10 dollars for the
> nice packaging.

My example was potato chips; it's harder to cook... Since we don't eat LEDs 
everyday, it's possible to pay more without going bankrupt; that's why some 
people are willing to pay. Like stereotypic hackers hate cooking, 
stereotypic artists hate soldering; of course, the market is smaller, but 
big enough for a microscopic business like Infusion Systems.

> on ebay (at least in de) you can grab whoe sets of led's. they usually
> sell them in quantities of one hundred, including a resistor per led. the
> price is about 25 euro for that.

They were probably made in China. 
What would be your price to assemble a hundred LEDs?

> even the construction of the infusion stuff isnt qualifying for that
> price. a piece of hose that shrinks when heated, so that the cables wont
> bend at the connections. thats common practice.....

It's common practice in your business...

> it is ok when ready-built things cost a bit more. but that stuff is
> really just a rip-off.

Then globalization is our friend...
--
Marc