Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
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Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
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Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#2Super cool but WAY too expensive for what it is.
That thing should be $5
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#3Super cool but WAY too expensive for what it is. That thing should be $5
Or less. You could buy an entire raspberry pi for what they're asking!
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#4Super cool but WAY too expensive for what it is. That thing should be $5
Something like this shouldn't cost more than $0.50 in parts to make, and it shouldn't cost more than a computer mouse, which already has not only an LED but a relatively expensive optical recognition system built in.
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#5Super cool but WAY too expensive for what it is. That thing should be $5
Given the recent criticisms of other hardware Kickstarters that were perceived (quite likely correctly) as being unprofitable and a risk it is kind of refreshing that they've staked out a profitable price point to start.
They do open source the plans so I suppose it is possible to build one yourself for less.
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#6Comments like these are exactly why I will never do consumer products.
Home user/hacker: this thing only cost $0.50 to make, I won't pay more than $5 for it.
Industrial user: I need an indicator that I can hang off the USB port of the computer and light up when a new work order comes in so the guy at the other end of the workcell knows to start working on it right away without having to be sitting at the PC. $150 each? Cool, it'll pay for itself inside a week. Send me 20!
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#7Super cool but WAY too expensive for what it is. That thing should be $5
Something like this shouldn't cost more than $0.50 in parts to make, and it shouldn't cost more than a computer mouse, which already has not only an LED but a relatively expensive optical recognition system built in.
It shouldn't cost more than $0.50 when you're building millions of units monthly overseas. This group is obviously not there yet. Do you understand the economies of scale and geography at work here?
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Something like this shouldn't cost more than $0.50 in parts to make, and it shouldn't cost more than a computer mouse, which already has not only an LED but a relatively expensive optical recognition system built in.
It shouldn't cost more than $0.50 when you're building millions of units monthly overseas. This group is obviously not there yet. Do you understand the economies of scale and geography at work here?
When people say X should cost Y, what they really mean is that they only value X at Y.
You can't get them to increase their valuation by arguing that X can't be made profitably for price Y.
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#9Comments like these are exactly why I will never do consumer products. Home user/hacker: this thing only cost $0.50 to make, I won't pay more than $5 for it. Industrial user: I need an indicator that I can hang off the USB port of the computer and light up when a new work order comes in so the guy at the other end of the workcell knows to start working on it right away without having to be sitting at the PC. $150 eac…
I would rather sell to a million home users at a realistic price than to a thousand "industrial" users for some obscene amount for a small part like that.
Or maybe: please do sell this for $30+ so that we can buy it on deal extreme a month later for $5 :-)
Re: Kickstarter for scriptable USB RGB LED
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
It shouldn't cost more than $0.50 when you're building millions of units monthly overseas. This group is obviously not there yet. Do you understand the economies of scale and geography at work here?
When people say X should cost Y, what they really mean is that they only value X at Y. You can't get them to increase their valuation by arguing that X can't be made profitably for price Y.
Good point.
So why is the perceived value dropped so low? Is it the plethora of teardown sites that show you "oh, SuperWidget Tab4 only has two chips and an LCD in it. How expensive can that be"? Or is it the deluge of cheap commodity stuff on Monoprice and NewEgg that has inoculated us as how this stuff needs multiple generations of devices to cost-reduce the toys down to a price that is finally acceptable?