<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Rick<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For a retainer, how about we stick to the rate listed in our proposal -- $640K / 9 is $71K per month.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Since we&#39;ve already invested time, we would like a month that we can back-bill so I can pay myself back for that effort, plus 2 months forward so that we&#39;re always a month ahead as we continue working.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here&#39;s the first board design rolling off the line:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_me3dsboi0" alt="image.png" width="563" height="558"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here&#39;s the first draft of the GPS module.  It is dual-band, and with an RTK it can get down to 10cm of accuracy.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><img src="cid:ii_me3eab6j1" alt="image.png" width="563" height="558"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We&#39;ll probably launch this board on Monday, we&#39;re just doing our checks now.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Next week we&#39;ll likely be ready to launch another board, so it would be nice to have some money so that I&#39;m not paying out of my own pocket.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Elias and Mar shared some power supply requirements.  I&#39;ll likely whip up something over the weekend, but I think he wants more than just the 2 BECs -- he definitely needs a Jetson Orin Nano, and he definitely needs a higher rail for the LIDAR.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If that&#39;s all he needs, it&#39;s probably a week of effort.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I&#39;ll definitely think about it this weekend and start to scribble something up.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We have 3D renderings in progress, we&#39;ll send them when we&#39;re done.  We might even have a built prototype of the GPS module before you show -- just in case you need more handy-feelsies</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If your acolytes are as good as you say, the GPS might even be functional for your show.</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We successfully got the OSD processor talking to the OSD module last night (via a gob of wires on a bench).  Sometime next week I&#39;ll be building the first serious development platform for the OSD, because Joel said he&#39;ll have code ready in less than 2 weeks -- that way we can muscle in on the Chinese in that market!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As soon as I do a little more soul-searching on the FCC, I&#39;ll work on finishing that up as well.  In 3 weeks I could have protos good for show-and-tell but not necessarily function, because that thing has about 8 sensors in it and a bunch of other crud.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Remember, these first revs are for us to learn, and I&#39;m teasing myself that the first one I launch might be in the 30mm form factor -- the only problem is that if anything is wrong, it&#39;s too packed for my fingers to get in there to fix or patch anything.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As in money-makers, I started the IMU.  Our costs on that will likely be $300 each but they sell for $1200 from what I saw.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The GPS probably has 2X money in it the way it&#39;s designed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That&#39;s all the news that is fit to print at the moment.  Please get back to me on the numbers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For the prices I&#39;m telling you, I should be able to do something approaching residential-grade production electronics in a month or two.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I would like to have a build cycle in there so that your guys can start to test the pieces I&#39;m building.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Thomas Pownall</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">CADX Services, Inc.</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font 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