takemehomegrandma wrote:
@Hans
It looks like they're managing to do what Eyetech tried but failed to do
I don't read any signs of *success* out of the publicly available info, but at least it looks like they are *trying*, which is always a good sign to see at fresh entrepreneurs! :-)
Well, there are no solid indicators of success, but the Zigbee module and form-factor change suggests that some customers have had their input. Zigbee is a bit of an odd thing to put in; I hadn't even thought of that. However, I can see how its useful.
This is, IMHO, further than Eyetech got. I don't recall seeing any changes to their board designs to satisfy industrial needs.
their primary business is with industrial customers, so they don't rely on Amiga related sales for survival.
That leads to the follow up question whether there really are any of these mysterious and rather vague "industrial customers"? In true volume, enough to "rely on for survival"? And why they would buy this product rather than something else?
If the specifications match what the control equipment needs, it would be a reason to buy this over something else.
However I still strongly question the FPGA. Why is it still there? I wonder if that has *ever* been used by *a single one* of acube's customers? And for what, exactly?
Your guess is as good as mine. I see it as an easy way to put a data bridge in to existing equipment.
No? It doesn't have Altivec you say?
I wish that they would stop making non-altivec PowerPC chips. It would be nice if having an SIMD unit could be assumed to be the minimum spec.
Hans
