<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Rick:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The $50K number I mentioned was just the raw cost for payroll for Dan and I since we&#39;ve started working on this. I neglected to add in Joel&#39;s efforts, as well as material expenses, and I didn&#39;t have any profit on that number.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Joel&#39;s got 82 hours of his own on this so far on various pieces of software.  Parts and boards, I think I&#39;ve spent around $3500 so far.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">As such, it would be $60K to reimburse our raw costs thus far.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We had originally quoted $71K per month for the first 9 months.  Ideally we&#39;d prefer to be a month ahead instead of a month behind, and have some profit in there somewhere.  That would mean $71K (back effort) plus $71K (month going forward).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Looking at what we&#39;ve been doing for the dollars, we&#39;ve currently got over 6100 files and 560 subdirectories in this project.</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">Additionally, I would like to launch (in the next couple of weeks) at least 2 more boards, if not 3.  Out of those 3, I think I can hand-assemble 1 for prototypes, the other 2 boards use parts that will not allow hand assembly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If I do local assembly, you&#39;re probably talking 2 months and a little under $20K to get prototypes of each of those 2 boards built up.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">What I&#39;d like to suggest is just a couple of the IMU modules for show-and-tell and possible sales, and at least 10 of the FCCs.  We only need 1 or 2 of the debug / demo boards for the OSD.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All of that is approaching quickly, I want to be able to give Joel more realistic hardware to target his software efforts to.  He&#39;s been doing primitive overlay with a video screen, thank goodness he hit a self-induced snag, it bought me some time!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">At that point you should have at least 3 (if not 4) unique prototypes.  They might even be suitable for cost analysis and show-and tells.</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">Do you have a MRP system picked out?  I&#39;m at the point where I should start making a database for parts and a pile of component specification sheets.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If you don&#39;t have one, we might be able to help.  I have one called PEDYN, you type in what you want to build, it looks at your inventory and then creates all the POs needed to buy the individual pieces you don&#39;t have in stock.  It also helps you to plan and cost out jobs.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">It&#39;s not a good program to maintain because Microsoft has been trying to crush it for the past decade -- but it&#39;s still out there, still being supported.  It&#39;s based off Microsoft Access, and of course Access gets you in bed with Microsoft, which means to me it&#39;s not a good place to start.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The good news is, there are some nice Linux-based flavors that look interesting.</div><br clear="all"></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 face="courier new, monospace">Tel: 585-624-1491 X101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Fax: 585-582-1101</font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:tpownall@cadxservices.com" 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