I was trying to figure out how what to change the heading to in order to make it more widely appealing and took a hard look at the board design in the first post.
I think the 12 and 6 o’clock LEDS would benefit from being reversed. Am I reading this wrong?
I know this isn't really a Group Buy situation, but that is the most common paradigm here for purchasing a newly developed product. Maybe change the subject to something like this:
"Group Buy" Interest: Q8 MCPCB for Luxeon V/SST40/XML/XHP50 Emitters
The 6 oclock can’t be reversed without reducing the ground trace thickness, best to leave it like it is.
The 12 oclock LED could be switch around, although it seemed more confusing that way with the LED’s orientation switching so much, although it is still kinda confusing, so I doubt it would make a big difference. Just be sure to check the labels when installing the LED’s.
Which does point out one mistake, I forgot a - sign on one LED.
Yeah, it will not change the function at all, the - sign is not a real issue since the + is still there on that LED and basic common sense should tell people which way the LED goes lol.
TA, I am absolutely certain you have forgotten more about this than I even know. So please understand that I am confused rather than challenging you. Why would reversing the LEDs as shown in this MSPaint masterpiece shown below require a reduction in trace thickness? ( And are we talking thickness or width?)
Nice upgrade of the design TA! Perhaps even worthy to pass through to Kerui after all.
Interest list is at 61 boards now. I hope that on TLF there’s some additional interest.
I just PM-ed with Sundy, and Neal has indeed contacted her about the boards last monday. According to her, Neal said that I was going to tell her how many boards were going to be ordered. Which is a bit confusing because it will never be more (or less) than the minimal quantity of 230 boards, and the decision to go through with this is not by me but by Neal because he is going to pay for them.
I will contact Neal when he is back from his trip and ask about this.
In the meantime, with interest in just 61 boards, it still does not look like having these boards made is a very viable thing, unless all interested people are prepared to pay 3 dollar more per board. But perhaps Neal sees this different, and expects extra sales when the boards are there (and results using the boards are dripping in). I don’t know!