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MMZ_TimeLord · 05-13-2004, 09:42 AM

This is a poll to see how many people I can get in on this deal.

Based on this article...

http://www.madhacker.org/mbmsensors.htm

and this one...

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1059/

I am considering a run of boards similar to what Starbuck3733T did here...

http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve...3631&f=77909585

I have had an offer from a friend of mine that works at a PCB manufacturing plant. They do up to 42 layer backplane boards for telecom. He offered run me a batch as their "dummy" batch for calibration of the equipment. He's talking 220 boards of my design PER dummy board. They run a MINIMUM of 48 boards for a dummy run! (Thats a total of 10,560 boards for free.)

Please let me know how many people would want one BEFORE I give him an answer next month.
I would like a minimum of 24 orders before I do the run.

Tomorrow I'm going to tour one of the plants to see how they do this.

I have already secured pricing from Digikey on the parts.

UN-soldered kits will cost $20. I will include SOT-23 transistors for probes and two 20 ft lengths of 30 guage insulated wire. (Blue and White)

Soldered kits will cost $40. I will include probes with SOT-23 transistors pre-soldered to five foot lengths of 30 guage insulated wire.

If you purchase a soldered kit and wish longer probe lengths PLEASE MAKE A POST WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS!

Here is the probe design... SOT-23 Package (That's 115 x 51 Thousandths of an inch!

)

Here is the design for the board. It uses ALL surface mount components. Capacitors and Resistor are all 0805 size components. (That's 80 x 50 Thousandths of an inch!

)

05-13-2004, 09:42 AM	#1
MMZ_TimeLord Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA, Earth Posts: 433	Would you buy a MAX1668 based Temp monitor(kit)? This is a poll to see how many people I can get in on this deal. Based on this article... http://www.madhacker.org/mbmsensors.htm and this one... http://www.overclockers.com/tips1059/ I am considering a run of boards similar to what Starbuck3733T did here... http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve...3631&f=77909585 I have had an offer from a friend of mine that works at a PCB manufacturing plant. They do up to 42 layer backplane boards for telecom. He offered run me a batch as their "dummy" batch for calibration of the equipment. He's talking 220 boards of my design PER dummy board. They run a MINIMUM of 48 boards for a dummy run! (Thats a total of 10,560 boards for free.) Please let me know how many people would want one BEFORE I give him an answer next month. I would like a minimum of 24 orders before I do the run. Tomorrow I'm going to tour one of the plants to see how they do this. I have already secured pricing from Digikey on the parts. UN-soldered kits will cost $20. I will include SOT-23 transistors for probes and two 20 ft lengths of 30 guage insulated wire. (Blue and White) Soldered kits will cost $40. I will include probes with SOT-23 transistors pre-soldered to five foot lengths of 30 guage insulated wire. If you purchase a soldered kit and wish longer probe lengths PLEASE MAKE A POST WITH YOUR REQUIREMENTS! Here is the probe design... SOT-23 Package (That's 115 x 51 Thousandths of an inch! ) Here is the design for the board. It uses ALL surface mount components. Capacitors and Resistor are all 0805 size components. (That's 80 x 50 Thousandths of an inch! ) __________________ MMZ>TimeLord "Oooooooooh... that's gonna leave a mark!" Last edited by MMZ_TimeLord; 05-13-2004 at 09:49 AM.