New Warpfeed electronics

[spydervenom]

here's my opinion on snaps and why i dont like them.

whenever i try to get the batteries out of the snaps, not only is it alot of un-neccesary effort(hehe..i'm lazy) but i also get paranoid that i'm gonna pull the wires out of the snaps or rip the thing in half.

also, i dont know if they are a part of the design or not, but on my turbo rev as well as my non-y egg 2 they have the hold buttons or w/e they are called. i never have liked them too much. i doubt you remember it, but about a year ago i complained to you about mine because it didn't seem to work correctly.

keep up the great work. my timmy eq will hopefully be here monday

[WickedAirSportz]

Well, the 5 prototype circuit boards I got cost me about $250. I can get production circuit boards made relatively cheap in 1000+ unit quantities. This board is a little more costly than most because of the unique shape. I did make it a little smaller than the stock board, and eliminated a few extra cuts to reduce the price.

I would like to offer this product in the same price range as the TurboRev ($30-$40).

[Miscue]

That sounds to be a fair price that people would be willing to pay.

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

Sounds good to me!

[WickedAirSportz]

If you use the high quality solid plastic clips, you don't have to worry about ripping wires and folding the battery clip in half, breaking it. The only reason we had to use the cheesy clips with the TurboRev was because of space constraints... the good clips are quite a bit taller and the battery and clips would not fit in the Revolution. The Warpfeed has ample room for good battery clips.

[JT2002]

hrm, it sounds great, but will it do anything for my warp now? its modded already with an on/off, and has bigcell mod. right now with my timmy and ur board, i can already control spin duraton. although this might change if i get an xmag. so, persuade me that even with all teh stuff i have i will still want this. and what are you going to do about the wiring? is each board going to have to be soldered by the user or what?? and also jim, havoc put those good quality clips in my warp and they shred teh old clips to pieces.

p.s. this new board looks like its going to do for teh warp what ur board did for aka

[WickedAirSportz]

PINK PCB? No thanks... BLUE has been a color I have always used, and I will stick with that.

The Equalizer can control the spin duration, but what about those that use the sensor? You currently have to use the jumpers to set the duration, and as the battery gets lower, the spin duration time changes.

With the stock board, there is no way to adjust the speed of the motor. The speed is dependant on whatever the battery level is, meaning that it changes as your battery voltage drops. There is no way to change the torque load either.

This will be a user solder-in accessory. There really is no way to make it plug-n-play.

The battery savings alone will pay for itself pretty quickly.

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

I know. I keep forgetting to unplug mine. Sheesh.

[S.S Bandit1]

Maybe intellifeed the loader as well... and provide logic to make both revy and warp work together as best as possible?

^^^^^^^^That would be AWESOME!!!!!!^^^^^^^

Heck, I'd pay $50 for this mod. Maybe more. I think Tom should buy these boards as well. Battery consumption has been the only thing that really made me dislike warps (9v batteries are like $4 a piece for good ones)

[JT2002]

oh boy. soldering is not my specialty.
jim heres a suggestion. add a little equalink plug in there that would be crazy

[Miscue]

Originally posted by S.S Bandit1

^^^^^^^^That would be AWESOME!!!!!!^^^^^^^

Heck, I'd pay $50 for this mod.

Hush you!

[WickedAirSportz]

Adding the Equalink means changing the CPU, adding an oscillator, and the support circuitry... raising the production cost by about $5.00. I also don't think there is enough room for this. I wanted to use the same CPU as the Equalizer (for cost savings), but it really doesn't fit well so I opted for a smaller package CPU that didn't need an external oscillator.

[JT2002]

ok cool. so too bad this installation wont be too user friendly lol. i tend to find it a pain in the *POOF* to solder very small objects with a soldering gun. the guns r a pain in the #$$. oh well, we will see.

[Miscue]

Dude... soldering is easy. If you have troubles... practice with an old circuit board or something.

[magnj]

Thanks WAS

I will be checking out your site now. I figure My Bushy is never gonna sell my bushy unless it has some crazy stuff in it, so why not have some fun.