Re: Independent board comparisons
- From: "GPE" <See_GPE_website@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:40:18 -0500
"CornCob" <ping.crosby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1186079276.191694.305250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 20 Jul, 04:46, martin <martin.reyno...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Jul 19, 8:20 pm, "GPE" <See_GPE_webs...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Following up on the board theft thread that is running in RGP and the
> discussion of quality versus pricing.
> I believe there needs to be an honest, independent review of > replacement
> boards out there.
> In this group with more than one manufacturer of a replacement board, > there
> are:
> Bally rectifier boards (3 different sources)
> DMD display LED boards (don't forget Vishay)
> Gottlieb System 1 power supplies
> Gottlieb System 80 power supplies
> Williams System 3-7 CPU boards and driver boards (only one source?)
> TZ clock boards
> Williams segmented display boards
> Flipper boards
> WPC driver boards
> Williams power supplies.
> Probably others that I'm forgetting....
> What we need is a pinhead with an electronics background who can not > only
> test and evaluate the operations of the boards BUT can also do a design
> evaluation as well.
> Unfortunately, I don't fall into the 'independent' part of this > process.
> So, are there any able bodied reviewers out there? Would be EXCELLENT > to
> have a write up at a site such as at popbumper.com.
> Anybody?
> --
> Ed Krzycki
> Great Plains Electronicswww.GreatPlainsElectronics.com
Ed, I think that people would trust your opinion. I agree that if you
have a board in the running, you should probably not comment without
full disclosure. But I don't know that there are enough reviewers to
do it otherwise.
On the subject of copies, there is a Chinese entity doing direct
copies of boards. Here's one:http://iobium.com/twilight_zone_switch_26_eddy.htm
Boards are generally hard work if you do your own design. Prototyping
costs, reruns and testing make it a tough game. Just copying someone
else's traces is a short cut. And it makes it really hard for the
original designer to recover costs.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Interesting read on those Eddy boards and yet what's even more
interesting is that "Marco" has come up again... I did expect you to
talk about another parts reseller. Who else sell's these boards?
I did a quick google on PinScore, didn't find to much.
Ping
Ping
.... did you see them solderjoints on the copy? For a final product... YEEUUUCCHH!!!!
They should have been embarrased to deliver such a critter...
-- Ed
.
- References:
- Re: Independent board comparisons
- From: CornCob
- Re: Independent board comparisons
- Prev by Date: Re: Where to buy playfield glass to fit Paragon
- Next by Date: Re: Paragon NOS playfield on eBay
- Previous by thread: Re: Independent board comparisons
- Next by thread: Re: Independent board comparisons
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
